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December Issue of Magazine Thongil Published
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- The International United Confederation of Koreans brought out the December issue of Thongil, its monthly socio-political magazine.

The magazine carried the news that supreme leader Kim Jong Un visited the Samjiyon Revolutionary Battle Site and gave field guidance to the Masikryong Ski Resort near its completion and guided the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, illustrated with his photos.

It gave accounts of the news that Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay high tribute to leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of his demise and a national memorial service was solemnly held in Pyongyang.

It carried a special write-up on the occasion of the 96th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk. It praised Kim Jong Suk, the woman commander of Mt. Paektu, for devotedly protecting the headquarters of the Korean revolution during the anti-Japanese armed struggle.

The magazine introduced major monthly news in 2013.

It also edited international news.

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