Supreme Leader  Kim Jong Un  Confers "Paektusan" Commemorative Pistols on Leading Commanding Officers of DPRK Armed Forces

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, conferred "Paektusan" commemorative pistols on leading commanding officers of the armed forces of the DPRK on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

A grand conferring ceremony took place at the building of the headquarters of the Party Central Committee on Sunday afternoon.

The Supreme Leader came to the venue of the ceremony.

All the participants made a salute of best wishes to the Supreme Leader who is opening up the great heyday of building the revolutionary army of the Party with his gifted military wisdom, outstanding military idea, superb strategy and refined commanding art.

Present at the ceremony were KPA Vice Marshal Pak Jong Chon, who is chief of the KPA General Staff, commanding officers of the services and corps levels units of the KPA, director of the Defence Department of the KPA, minister of State Security, minister of Public Security, chief of the Guard Command, director of the Guard Department, chief of the Guard Section, director of the Guard Department of the State Affairs Commission and other leading commanding officers of the armed forces at all levels and members of the executive committee of the KPA Committee of the WPK.

Cadres of the WPK Central Committee were also present there.

At the ceremony, the Supreme Leader said that he would confer the "Paektusan" pistol, newly developed and produced by the workers of the munitions field of the country, on the leading commanding officers of the armed forces of the DPRK in commemoration of the great V-day. He continued that this is an expression of the great trust and expectation of the Party in the commanding officers of the new generation who would carry to completion the revolutionary cause of Juche by firmly holding the weapons of the revolution.

Comrade Kim Jong Un stressed the need for the commanding officers of the armed forces of the DPRK to prepare themselves to be genuine army revolutionaries with intense and truthful loyalty to the glorious Party and the state, to be those strong in ideology and faith armed with the monolithic ideology of our Party and the transparent revolutionary spirit and to be competent military activists proficient in the military ideology, theory and tactics of Juche.

He directly conferred on the leading officers the significant commemorative pistols bearing his august name in token of his trust, convincing that they would remain intensely loyal to their missions before the Party, the revolution, the country and the people and keep to the path of the arduous revolution following the Party for the final victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche.

The commanding officers who were honored to receive the commemorative pistols directly from the Supreme Leader chanted in unison their pledge of loyalty to Kim Jong Un and the WPK Central Committee, holding close to them the weapons of the revolution with which they would share their destiny in the stern road of decisive battles.

They made solemn pledges, looking up to the Party flag, to hold close to their hearts the commemorative pistols conferred upon them by the Supreme Leader until their death and trust and follow the Marshal only and fulfill their sacred missions of defending the leader, the country and the people despite whatever changes in the world just as those fighters who went through the great anti-Japanese war and anti-U.S. war with the weapons of the revolution conferred on them by President Kim Il Sung and the commanding officers in the Songun era who stood firm guard over the forefront of defending socialism by holding the pistols conferred upon them by Chairman Kim Jong Il as the pillars of their faith and will.

The Supreme Leader had a significant commemorative photo taken with the commanding officers who received the commemorative pistols.

The participants held high the pistols and made firm pledges to fight for Kim Jong Un at the cost of their lives. They made a solemn oath to cherish the Party's trust and expectation all the time, direct all their efforts into turning the entire army into the elite forces and uphold the great cause of our Party with full military preparedness.

Supreme Leader  Kim Jong Un  Visits Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, visited the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay noble tributes to the fallen fighters of the People's Army on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

Supreme Leader of our Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Vice Marshal Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, and other commanding officers of the KPA.

Comrade Kim Jong Un laid a flower before the cemetery.

He paid humble tributes to the heroes of the great years who defended the fatherland with costly sacrifice and laid a foundation of our powerful state.

Saying that the undying feats of the defenders of the fatherland in the 1950s, who provided the valuable mental heritage of the revolution amid the flames of the hard-fought war, would shine long in history, he expressed belief that the heroic fighting spirit of the fallen fighters would be carried forward as the eternal soul of socialist Korea.

6th National Conference of War Veterans Held

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un makes speech at 6th National Conference of War Veterans

The 6th National Conference of War Veterans was held splendidly in Pyongyang at the April 25 House of Culture on Monday.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, was present at the conference.

War veterans and persons of wartime merits who displayed unrivaled bravery and self-sacrificing spirit out of boundless loyalty to the leader attended the conference.

Present there were chairmen of provincial Party committees, officials of ministries, national institutions and armed forces organs, faculty members and students of revolutionary schools, and youth and students of Pyongyang.

Amid the playing of the welcome music, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un appeared at the platform of the conference with war veterans.

All the participants raised stormy cheers of "hurrah!" in great reverence and trust in comrade Kim Jong Un who represents the might and dignity of Juche Korea and the symbol of invincibility.

Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledged the war veterans, genuine patriots who made an immortal contribution in the country's history of victory in the war.

Seated at the platform were Choe Yong Rim, Yang Hyong Sop, Thae Jong Su, Ri Myong Su, Ri Yong Mu, O Kuk Ryol, Kim Si Hak and other war veterans who served as cadres of the Party and the state and senior officials of the armed forces organs for a long period.

Also ascending the platform were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee.

Officials of the Party and state Ri Pyong Chol, Ri Il Hwan, Choe Hwi, Choe Pu Il, Ri Man Gon, O Su Yong, Jo Yong Won, Kim Yo Jong, Kim Yong Hwan, Pak Jong Nam, Ri Hi Yong, Kim Jong Ho and officials of working people's organizations took the platform.

Together with them were Pak Jong Chon, Kim Jong Gwan and other leading officials of the armed forces organs.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made a significant congratulatory speech at the conference.

He extended warm congratulations to the war veterans who participated in the conference, all the participants in the Fatherland Liberation War and persons of wartime merits on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

He also paid noble tributes to the well-known and unsung revolutionary martyrs who dedicated their valuable lives to the sacred war for the country's reunification and independence and people's freedom and happiness and the fallen fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers who set a genuine example of militant friendship while helping the Korean people in their revolutionary war at the cost of blood, and war veterans.

Highly appreciating the heroic life of the generation who performed the undying feats and created the noble fighting spirit in the hard-fought Fatherland Liberation War true to the guidance of President Kim Il Sung, he expressed great belief that the war veterans would successfully hand down the spirit of the 1950s to the rising generation as the bloodline of faith.

The participants in the conference were greatly excited by the congratulatory speech full of high appreciation, respect, noble comradely loving care and noble revolutionary obligation for the participants in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

As soon as comrade Kim Jong Un finished his speech, loud cheers of "hurrah!" resounded around the venue of the conference once again.

All the participants extended the greatest glory and the warmest thanks to comrade Kim Jong Un who holds up the war veterans as the honorable master who made the great history and laid a foundation of the independent power and bestows all sorts of benevolence on them.

Kim Sung Un, hero of the Republic who is a lecturer of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, made a speech addressed to the rising generation.

Saying that comrade Kim Il Sung who is the national liberator and illustrious leader of new Korea meant the country and the pillar of faith for the Korean people and fighters of the People's Army during the days of the war, he stressed that the war veterans brought about July 27 of victory by fighting in the indomitable faith that they could never be deprived of the land and the thankful country liberated by comrade Kim Il Sung and with a unique thought that they have to kill the enemy even though they might die one hundred times.

Saying that the war veterans take pride in handing down the spirit of defending the country to the rising generation as a heritage, he expressed the absolute conviction that the DPRK would certainly win victories thanks to comrade Kim Jong Un, the iron-willed commander.

He stressed that our country would certainly win victory, asking the rising generation to uphold well comrade Kim Jong Un who devotes himself for the people's dignity and happiness and believing, holding and following only our Party despite any trial, bearing in mind the spirit of defending the country and spirit of defending the revolution displayed in the 1950s as their faith.

Then, Jo Chun Hyok, student of Kim Il Sung University, made a resolution speech on behalf of youths and Ji Yong Min, officer of the Korean People's Army on behalf of the service personnel.

Speakers extended warm congratulations and militant salute to the war veterans who participated in the 6th National Conference of War Veterans, reflecting the mind of the youth and service personnel across the country.

They said that the war veterans who honorably defended the dignity and sovereignty of the country from the imperialists' gangster-like invasion and handed down the indomitable spirit of defending the country as their valuable heritage are clearly kept in their minds as the model of true soldier.

They stressed that they would become the youth heroes, who dedicate their lives for the sake of the Party, revolution and country by carrying forward the spirit and soul in the great era of winning victory in the war, and invariably and single-mindedly believe in and follow only our Party in any storm and stress.

They made a firm resolution to devotedly defend the Central Committee of the Party headed by comrade Kim Jong Un and implement the Party's policies in the van, bearing in mind that the history of winning victory in the war and victory of socialism are guaranteed only by the spirit of devotedly defending the leader.

Comrade Kim Jong Un extended warm greetings to the war veterans across the country, warmly congratulating them once again upon performing the immortal exploits which would shine long in the history of the country.

The 6th National Conference of War Veterans fully demonstrated the firm faith and will of our people and service personnel to add shine to the proud history and tradition, created and continued under the guidance of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, generation after generation under the leadership of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and accomplish the cause of building a powerful socialist nation without fail.