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Development of Movement for Inviting Koreans in Japan to Come to Fold of Chongryon Called for

Pyongyang, January 15 (KCNA) -- Officials of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) issued statements in support of the joint New Year editorial which calls for putting the movement for inviting Koreans in Japan to come to the fold of Chongryon on a new higher stage.

Pak Chang Gil, chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Headquarters of Chongryon, said that all the officials and compatriots under the metropolitan headquarters warmly hailed the joint editorial which reflected the great plan, unparalleled grit and courage of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

He noted that compatriots in Japan would bring about a turn in the patriotic movement by putting the above-said movement on a new higher stage, keeping in step with the people in the homeland who started the general advance on all fronts of socialist construction by dint of great mental power.

All the officials and activists under the metropolitan headquarters would be motivated to decisively foil the moves of the Lee Myung Bak group to perpetuate the division, implement the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration and make a positive contribution to the drive in the homeland to build an economic power, he added.

Pu Yong Uk, chairman of the Osaka Prefectural Headquarters of Chongryon, referred to the fact that the headquarters vigorously waged a hundred-day movement for inviting Koreans in Japan to come to the fold of Chongryon as a movement involving all compatriots last year, stressing that the headquarters would channel all efforts into reinforcing Chongryon's mass base this year, too.

Pak Jong Min, chairman of the Hokkaido Prefectural Headquarters of Chongryon, underscored the need for all the officials to thoroughly carry out the mass line in order to firmly rally the compatriots around the organization true to the noble intention of Kim Jong Il reflected in the joint editorial.

Ri Ju Hak, chairman of the Fukuoka Prefectural Headquarters of Chongryon, said that he would creditably fulfill his responsibility and mission to attain the action goal set by the organization by developing the above-said movement into a movement involving all Koreans in Japan.

Jo Sok Hui, chairwoman of the Aichi Prefectural Headquarters of the Union of Democratic Korean Women in Japan, said that she would achieve shining results by displaying strong mental power in all activities including the work with Korean women this year.