KIM JONG UN VISITS REVOLUTIONARY MUSEUM OF MINISTRY OF PEOPLE'S ARMED FORCES

Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, visited the hall "Supreme Commander and Comrades-in-Arms" at the Revolutionary Museum of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the death of Jo Myong Rok. Jo was a revolutionary comrade-in-arms of leader Kim Jong Il and prominent official of the party, state and army.

Kim Jong Un, who is also supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), had a look at Jo's photos and mementoes displayed in the hall.

He said that November 6 was the third anniversary of Jo's death.

Jo was a close comrade-in-arms of Kim Jong Il, he said, adding he missed Jo so much and visited the hall on the occasion of his death anniversary.

The feats Jo performed for the party, revolution, country and people will shine long along with the advance of the revolutionary cause of Juche, he noted.

He then went round the hall.

He said that the hall displays photos of President Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's lifetime comrades-in-arms who protected the party with arms by staking their destiny on the party and leader.

It was thanks to the harmonious whole and revolutionary comradeship between the supreme commander and his comrades-in-arms that the Korean revolution made triumphant advance despite all sorts of trials and difficulties, he noted. Commanding officers of the KPA, remaining infinitely loyal to the party and revolution, shared the same idea, intention and destiny with the supreme commander.

They were staunch revolutionaries and true soldiers who dedicated themselves to laying solid foundations for comradeship, pride of the Korean revolution and source of invincible might, and to developing the KPA into invincible revolutionary armed forces, he said.

He gave an important instruction to renew the hall.

He underscored the need to rebuild the hall to showcase the faith, obligation and feats of the revolutionary soldiers, who dedicated themselves to the party, leader, country and people, to help service personnel and people get a good knowledge of their noble ideological and mental world.

He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, Kim Su Gil, Ryom Chol Song, Ri Jae Il and Hwang Pyong So.

KIM JONG UN VISITS MARTYRS CEMETERY OF KPA NAVY

Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, visited the cemetery of fallen fighters of KPA Navy Unit 790 who met heroic deaths while performing their combat duties.

He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, Ryom Chol Song, Kim Myong Sik, Pak Thae Su, Jo Nam Jin, Hwang Pyong So, Kim Tong Hwa, Hong Yong Chil and Ma Won Chun.

After receiving a report that commanding officers and sailors of submarine chaser No. 233 fell while performing their combat duties in mid-October last, he took a measure for finding out all their bodies and holding a solemn funeral for them.

He examined the layout of the cemetery several times and gave a detailed instruction on how to make grave stones and rails and what colour of stone should be used. He also instructed officials to have pictures of the fallen fighters carved on their grave stones.

The above-said commanding officers and sailors thus came to enjoy immortality thanks to his profound loving care.

Kim Jong Un laid a flower before the cemetery and paid silent tribute to the memory of the fallen fighters.

Senior officials of the party and army who accompanied him placed flowers before the cemetery and observed a moment silence in honour of them.

He looked round the cemetery.

Watching stone pictures of the fallen fighters one by one, he said that he felt as if they had risen up to greet him.

Feasting his eyes on the cemetery built in a quiet and sunny place with blue sea ahead, he said that the cemetery is located in a very good place as it is near from where the unit is stationed.

He said that sailors of the unit have now become able to sail for performing their combat duties as requested by the fallen fighters after bidding farewell to them, adding that he felt much relieved after having a burial ceremony for them.

He noted that he could hardly go to sleep, when thinking they died at so young ages, though the defence of the country is accompanied by sacrifices.

He said that he felt heart-breaking when thinking of the fallen fighters who served in the navy, their hearts burning with the dream and hope to perform feats with great ambition and their parents grieved at their deaths and their wives who had waited for their return from voyage. He added what bitter sorrow they might feel as he felt so painful.

After watching the cemetery, he said that there should be the name of the owner of each grave, adding he would like to be that owner and asked officials to carve his name on the grave stones. I will feel relieved a bit only when my name is carved on them, he noted.

Saying that the martyrs are his comrades-in-arms and comrades, he stressed that although they died before realizing the lifetime desires of the great Generalissimos under the leadership of the supreme commander, they showed all service personnel how a soldier should carry out the order of the country through their heroic deaths.

The revolutionary spirit of the martyrs who readily dedicated their precious lives to defending the country's sea will always live on, he said.

He stressed that not only the sailors of the unit but all the service personnel of the KPA should learn from the exploits and noble spiritual world of the martyrs who firmly defended their posts till the last moments of their lives and carried out the combat order at the cost of their lives.

KIM JONG UN GIVES FIELD GUIDANCE TO SHIPYARD

Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), gave field guidance to the shipyard managed by Ju Song Ho.

He went round various places of the shipyard including the sheet metal processing shop, parts assembly ground and general assembly ground to acquaint him in detail with the shipbuilding.

He was greatly satisfied to learn that the officials, workers and technicians of the shipyard were waging a dynamic drive to build modern ships.

He said there is no goal out of reach as long as there are proud and brave workers who heartily respond to the Party's idea of pushing back the frontiers of the latest science and technology and make devoted efforts to translate it into reality.

Thanks to the wise leadership of Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il solid shipbuilding bases were established in the country, he noted, adding this is a powerful demonstration of the might of the self-supporting national economy.

He underlined the need to make sustained efforts to build modern ships at the shipyard, noting that the development of the shipbuilding industry is of very weighty importance in the country as it is surrounded by sea on three sides.

He said that it is necessary to develop the shipbuilding technology, put the production process on a scientific and modern basis and ensure the best quality of all parts as the shipbuilding industry is one of the important criteria showing the nation's level of the development of science and technology and industry.

In order to build modern ships the relevant units should produce necessary equipment and raw and other materials qualitatively and supply them in good time, he stressed.

He set forth tasks before the shipyard, expressing his expectation and belief that its workers would creditably perform their honourable mission and duty.

He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA.