They had a kick-off meeting in front of the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in Hyesan City on Saturday.

They laid floral baskets and flowers before the statues and paid homage to the great leaders.

At the meeting, its reporter and other speakers stressed the need for the school youth to deeply grasp the feats of Kim Il Sung, who instilled into all Koreans hope for national restoration and aroused them to the sacred war for national liberation through the victory in the battle of Pochonbo, and get fully ready to become brave warriors for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche by enshrining the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, the spirit of the blizzards of Paektu.

After the meeting, the members of the study tour group began their march towards Pochonbo.