calendar>>January 31. 2009 Juche 98
Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Sub-Unit
Pyongyang, January 31 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected a sub-unit of KPA Unit 131 honored with the title of the O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment.

He dropped in at a military lecture room and acquainted himself with the training at the sub-unit before watching its soldiers' training.

After watching the training, he expressed satisfaction over the fact that all the servicepersons have grown to be stalwart fighters firmly prepared politically and ideologically and in military technique to shatter any surprise invasion of the enemy at a single blow and reliably defend the socialist homeland and set forth the tasks to be carried out to increase the sub-unit's combat capability.

The KPA, which has inherited the brilliant traditions of the anti-Japanese war, has grown to be the invincible revolutionary ranks all members of which devotedly defend the Party and the leader and unhesitatingly dedicate even their lives to the cause of the Party and the socialist cause, he said, adding that it is the great pride of the WPK and the people to have such matchless great army.

He took warm care of the living of the servicepersons, going round various places of the sub-unit.

He showed profound care for the servicepersons, acquainting himself with their overall life down to details ranging from the use of CDs and publications to the temperature in their bedrooms and their cultural and emotional life and sideline farming.

He was very pleased to learn that the sub-units of the unit greatly benefit from the operation of pig farms as it has been put on a normal footing, stressing the need for all the units to continue paying deep attention to the supply service.

He praised the commanding officers for having made persevering efforts to provide soldiers with more abundant diet.

He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the sub-unit.

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

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