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Kim Jong Un Visits War Museum Nearing Completion
Pyongyang, July 1 (KCNA) -- Marshal Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, visited the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum close to completion.

Going round different parts including the victorious Fatherland Liberation War memorial tower, exhibition of weapons which performed feats in the war, the victorious war museum, he acquainted himself in detail with the construction and historic data and exhibits on display.

He said that the gatepost, a symbol of the war museum, was successfully built and the war memorial tower erected in a peculiar style from the aspect of formative art.

He noted that the museum has now a vast open-air exhibition ground as it was built to the convenience of visitors and helps them know well about the exploits of the KPA and the defeat suffered by the enemy troops.

He went round the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum.

Looking round the main lobby of the museum to house a statue of President Kim Il Sung and several halls and rooms, data displayed on the corridor and walls, large semi-panorama, exhibits, works of art and photos, etc. he said that all spaces of the museum have turned into places for education. The party made a good decision to reconstruct the museum, he added.

He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that it has been successfully built as a war museum for conveying the exploits performed by the President in winning the last Fatherland Liberation War to posterity, a center for anti-Japanese, anti-U.S. and class education and a center for educating visitors in the tradition of victory.

He stressed that the museum is an eternal treasure of the Korean revolution as it will eternally glorify the rare military wisdom, outstanding military idea and enduring war feats of Kim Il Sung, the iron-willed commander who defeated the two imperialist formidable enemies in one century and defended the independence and sovereignty of the country and nation.

He was accompanied by Choe Hwi, Pak Thae Song, Hwang Pyong So, Hong Yong Chil, Ma Won Chun, Yun Tong Hyon, Pak Jong Chon and Ju To Hyon.

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