They had detected and cleared a lot of explosives for years, contributing to the protection of lives and properties of people.

On Oct. 20 when they were working to defuse a time-bomb dropped by the U.S. imperialist aggressors during the Korean War, it went off all of a sudden. They died heroic deaths after saving their comrades at that critical moment.

Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un put them forward as the most laudable men trained by the Workers' Party of Korea and models of the security officers in the era of Songun. He made sure that the shining end of the heroes and their worthwhile lives were always remembered by the people and showed the bereaved families profound loving care and solicitude to be conveyed down through generations.

An awarding ceremony was held in Wonsan City on Oct. 27.