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DPRK's Satellite Launch Hailed by Chongryon
Pyongyang, April 12 (KCNA) -- Vice-chairmen of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) respectively issued statements on April 5 to hail the DPRK's successful launch of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-2.

Ri Ki Sok, vice-chairman and concurrently director general of the General Affairs Department of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon, praised General Secretary Kim Jong Il for having won another epoch-making triumph by working heart and soul while making ceaseless journey for the Songun revolutionary leadership.

Pae Ik Ju, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and concurrently chairman of its National Rights Committee, said that the said launch demonstrated to the world that the Korean people are sure to win in their drive for building a great prosperous and powerful nation.

Ko Tok U, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and concurrently chairman of its Rights and Welfare Committee, mentioned that the Kwangmyongsong-2 is transmitting the melodies of immortal revolutionary paeans "Song of General Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il" while flying in outer space, adding: This goes to prove that the historic oath made by Kim Jong Il on Ryongnam Hill to glorify Korea to the world is becoming a reality.

Pak Ku Ho, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and concurrently director of its Information and Publicity Department, expressed his will to devote his all to the patriotic work of Chongryon full of confidence sharing the same mind and breathing the same breath with the people in the homeland, bearing deeper in mind the truth that the prosperity of the country guarantees happiness of Koreans in Japan with the satellite launch as a momentum.

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