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Many People Visit Monument to Victorious Battle of Pochonbo

Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- The Monument to the Victorious Battle of Pochonbo in the DPRK has been visited by more than 9, 874, 400 people from over 36, 080 organizations for the past 55 years since its erection.

In the last ten years alone, at least 1, 600, 000 people visited the monument.

President Kim Il Sung organized and guided the Battle of Pochonbo on June 4, Juche 26 (1937).

The brilliant victory in the battle aroused all Koreans to a nation-wide anti-Japanese resistance, instilling into them the hope for national restoration and conviction that Korea is not dead but alive and its independence can be achieved on the strength of the nation itself.

The monument was erected on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Pochonbo.