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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Marked
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Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place on Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's work "On Popularizing Physical Training and Sport and Developing Sporting Skills Rapidly". The work, published on May 19, Juche 75 (1986), clarifies the tasks and methods to develop sports of the country including the issues arising in implementing the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on popularizing sports and making them an inseparable part of the daily life. Ri Jong Mu, minister of Physical Culture and Sports, in a report said that the work is an important document which comprehensively formulated the essence and mission, position and role of sports and issues arising in developing sports. A firm foundation has been laid to step up the building of the Juche-oriented sporting power house for the past 30 years since the work was published, he noted, adding: Kim Jong Il conducted energetic activities to ensure that the revolutionary changes were brought about in all parts of physical culture and sports such as popular sports, development of sporting skills and building of sports facilities in the historic drive for accomplishing the cause of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism, and ushered in a new heyday of developing sports. Marshal Kim Jong Un set forth the idea of putting the sporting power house status at an earlier date, clearly indicated the orientation and ways for carrying out it and, as a result, huge successes have been achieved in the physical culture and sports. The reporter stressed the need to wage a dynamic struggle to develop the Juche-based sports and build a highly civilized socialist nation. The meeting was attended by officials, teachers and researchers in the sports field. |
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