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Anniversary of KPA Marked in Different Countries
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Events took place in different countries to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA).

Meetings, seminars, photo exhibitions, lectures, film shows and receptions were held in Germany, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Bulgaria, Poland, Austria, Spain, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Nigeria, Egypt, Uganda and Ecuador between April 18 and 25.

Displayed at their venues were photos showing the leadership feats of President Kim Il Sung, leader Kim Jong Il and respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un for army building.

The participants watched such Korean films as "Military Parade and Public Procession of Pyongyang Citizens Held in Celebration of the 105th Birth Anniversary of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung" and "Arms of Korea".

The chairman of the Anti-Imperialist Forum of Germany said that Kim Il Sung founded the KPA, the genuine people's army, 85 years ago and that under his leadership, the KPA could defeat the U.S. and Japanese imperialists and fully discharge its mission and duty as the army of the people in socialist construction.

The chairman of the Hungarian Workers' Party and personages of the Tradition Association of the Polish People's Army and the Youth Group for Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism Formed in Austria praised the great leaders' feats for the foundation and strengthening of the Korean revolutionary armed forces.

The chairman of the Tanzanian National Coordinating Committee of the Juche Idea Study Groups stressed that Kim Il Sung, the founder of the KPA, is a prominent military strategist and an ever-victorious iron-willed commander.

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