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Korean Women Mark Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Start of Songun Revolutionary Leadership
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Officials and members of the Democratic Women's Union of Korea held a story-telling meeting at the Women's Hall in Pyongyang on Wednesday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the start of the Songun revolutionary leadership by Kim Jong Il.

The meeting heard touching stories told by those related to the revolutionary activities of Kim Jong Il, They said how he provided Songun revolutionary leadership with his warm love and deep trust for several decades.

Ri Yong Wol, secretary of the primary party committee of the Hotel of Scientists, told her experiences during her military service.

She recalled that Kim Jong Il sent medical cream to coast artillery women and visited her company several times to keep the promise he made to come back when the persimmons got ripened.

She said that Kim Jong Il enjoyed a performance by soldiers of the company and let the light comedy "Promise" was produced based on a true story about the company. Under his warm loving care and deep trust, she has grown up to be a party official, she added, emotionally singing the song "Tell, Way of Songun".

Pak Chang Gum, secretary of the primary party committee in Jongro-dong, Central District, said in excited tones that she, an ordinary woman, became Hero of the DPRK under the care of the peerlessly great men.

The story of Paek Ryon Hui, wife of an officer of the Korean People's Army, touched the heartstrings of the audience. She presented a solo drama "Wishes" at the contest of art squads of wives of service personnel provided by Kim Jong Il. She was honored to receive great praises and gifts from him.

She told how she became a heroine of a feature film, as a member of the art squad of the military families. The world does not know such blessed women as wives of service personnel who are blooming as azaleas at the trenches, with family-like relations with the Supreme Commander, she stressed.

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