The President left his first footprint at Phyongchon-ri after the liberation of the country, unrolling the grand plan for founding independent national defence industry. In the period of the Fatherland Liberation War he put forward the policy for moving an ordnance factory to the underground tunnel in Kunja-ri, wisely leading the struggle to produce weapons in wartime.

Kim Jong Il visited Kunja-ri on May 24, Juche 56 (1967) and looked round underground workshops associated with the warm care shown by the President in the days of the war. He gave an instruction to build a revolutionary museum there and turn it into a center for educating the younger generation.

The Kunja Revolutionary Museum and the Kunja Revolutionary Site were built on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The statues were unveiled with due ceremony on Tuesday.

Present at the unveiling ceremony were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju, Ri Man Gon, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), Pak Thae Song, chief secretary of the South Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, officials of the C.C., the WPK, officials, workers and technicians in the munitions industry field, officials of units who contributed to erecting the statues, persons of distinguished services and builders.

Leading officials of the party and state and officials of the munitions industry field unveiled the statues.

A floral basket in the name of supreme leader Kim Jong Un was placed before the statues.

Laid there were a floral basket in the joint name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the DPRK Cabinet and a floral basket in the name of workers, technicians and officials in the field of munitions industry across the country.

Also placed before the statues were floral baskets in the names of different units including the munitions industry field.

The participants paid tribute to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il before their statues.

Kim Yong Nam, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, made a speech.

It is the eruption of the firm faith and ardent loyalty of all the service personnel and people to add eternal shine to the revolutionary exploits of the peerlessly great men of Mt Paektu who devoted their all to the development of the Juche-oriented national defense industry and thoroughly carry out the party's line of simultaneously developing the two fronts in the fighting spirit of the heroic workers of the munitions industry field to erect the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in the Kunja Revolutionary Site, the speaker said, adding:

Korea, which was under the yoke of colonial slavery after being deprived of its sovereignty by the imperialists in the past, proudly ranked itself in the advanced space and nuclear powers, startling the world people. This reality is the precious fruition of the wise leadership of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il who dedicated themselves to developing the Juche-oriented national defence industry under the uplifted banner of Songun all their lives.

Being briefed on the statues, the participants went round them.