A kick-off meeting took place at the plaza before the statue of Chairman Kim Jong Il in Samjiyon City on December 1.

Present there were Ri Thae Il, chief secretary of the Ryanggang Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the youth league and members of the study tour group.

The participants laid a floral basket and flowers before the statue of Kim Jong Il and paid tribute to him.

Mun Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, made a report to be followed by speeches.

The reporter and speakers said that all the participants in the study tour would firmly prepare themselves to be the first death-defying corps of the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un that safeguard him, the destiny and future of the Korean people, politically and ideologically and at the cost of their lives by positively following the transparent spirit of defending the leader unto death and the living example of loyalty displayed by the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners.

They called upon all the participants in the study tour to powerfully demonstrate the faith and will of the young vanguards who are steadfastly carrying forward the lineage of Paektu and the bloodline of Juche under the guidance of Kim Jong Un.

At the end of the meeting, the participants marched toward Chongbong Bivouac, Konchang Bivouac and Rimyongsu Revolutionary Site.