calendar>>January 2. 2009 Juche 98
Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Tank Division
Pyongyang, January 2 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Tank Division 105 of the KPA honored with the title of the O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment and congratulated its servicepersons on the New Year.

The servicepersons enthusiastically welcomed him and offered him the warmest New Year greetings, representing the profound reverence of all the servicepersons of the KPA.

He warmly congratulated the servicepersons on the New Year, acknowledging their enthusiastic cheers.

He acquainted himself with the unit's performance of duty and mounted a reviewing stand to watch tankmen in training.

He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that all the servicepersons of the division have grown to be a-match-for-a-hundred fighters fully prepared to beat any formidable enemy and put forward highly important tasks which would serve as guidelines for further developing the KPA into invincible revolutionary armed forces.

He took warm care of the living of the servicepersons, looking round an education room, bedroom and other places of the unit.

Tank Division 105 is a model not only in combat and political training but also in the management of the unit and supply service and in all other aspects, he said, adding that this signal change that has taken place in the unit fully shows the quality, appearance and discipline of the KPA put on a highly regular basis.

Seeing diverse art works and other things created by soldiers, he said that the servicepersons of the KPA have become a model for the society in idea, morality, culture and all other aspects, adding that the days spent by soldiers are, indeed, like a course of the Songun revolution university as they help them know what is a revolution, how dear the country is to them and all aspects of their lives.

He appreciated an art performance given by servicepersons of a company under the division.

He highly appreciated the revolutionary and militant spirit of the soldiers of the company and their lifestyle, pleased to see them living and struggling full of confidence and optimism, loudly singing songs of the revolutionary army.

He had a photograph taken with the servicepersons of the division.

He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae, Kim Myong Guk and Ri Myong Su and other leading commanding officers of the army.

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