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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit
2005-12-11
Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected KPA Unit 667 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment. After receiving a salute, he mounted a forward command post. Feasting his eyes on the defence theatres, he learned in detail about the terrain conditions and received a report on the situation from its commander.

He set forth tasks to be fulfilled to increase the unit's combat capability in every way, expressing great satisfaction over the fact that it is reliably defending the outpost of the country. He underscored the need for the servicepersons to maintain a high degree of combat alertness in order to safeguard people-centered socialism of Korean style as firm as an iron wall.

He learned about how the unit's training programme has been implemented. Watching a-match-for-a hundred soldiers engrossed in training, he appreciated their strong enthusiasm for training. He said that the primary revolutionary duty of the soldiers is to undergo successful training, highly praising the unit for concentrating all efforts on training so that its commanding officers and men may acquire war methods and combat capability applicable to an actual war.

Going round an educational room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a kitchen, a food processing room and entertainment and cultural facilities, he acquainted himself with every aspect of the soldiers' life including their beds, conditions for their diet, cultural life and cultivation of their emotions and feelings, the operation of a billboard for the honored and a wallpaper. He met commanding officers to learn about the problems arising in the soldiers' living and show profound loving care for them.

He walked the compound of the barracks. Seeing cosy barracks and buildings standing among various species of fruit trees and their surroundings kept neat and tidy, he highly appreciated the feats made by the commanding officers and soldiers, satisfied with the fact that they have spruced up their post with ardent patriotism. He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.

In-line commentary here would've been like puttting earrings on a tap-dancing pig...
Posted by:Pappy

#1  Exactly right, Pappy! LOL!

Not sure if the editor noted potential irony in this line:

...people-centered socialism of Korean style as firm as an iron wall.

You mean like the Iron Curtain the Soviets used to have?
Posted by: Raj   2005-12-11 09:53  

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