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Officials of UAWK Tour Revolutionary Battle Sites in Area of Mt. Paektu
Hyesan, August 8 (KCNA) -- Officials and primary information officials of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea (UAWK) toured the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt. Paektu from August 2 to 8 on the 56th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's start of Songun revolutionary leadership.

They laid floral baskets and bunches of flowers before the statues of President Kim Il Sung at the Monument to the Victorious Battle of Pochonbo, Pochonbo Revolutionary Battle Site, Chongbong Bivouac and the Monument to the Victorious Battle in the Musan Area and on the shore of Lake Samji and the mosaic in the secret camp on Mt. Paektu depicting the three commanders of Mt. Paektu and paid tribute to them.

They went round different places in Pochonbo Revolutionary Battle Site.

They climbed Mt. Paektu via the Spring Site in Poso-ri, the Tableland of Junghung, the Rimyongsu Revolutionary Site, the Chongbong Bivouac and other revolutionary sites and battle sites of the anti-Japanese war.

After visiting the Paektusan Secret Camp they held an oath-taking meeting in front of Kim Jong Il's birthplace in the Paektusan Secret Camp. They looked round the historic relics preserved there with much care.

During their tour, they visited the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station and conducted diverse political and cultural activities such as a contest of singing revolutionary songs in chorus, a meeting for hearing impressions of the reminiscences of anti-Japanese guerrillas read by them and poem recitation.

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