calendar>>June 10. 2009 Juche 98
Foreign Military Attaches Visit Mt. Paektu Area
Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- Military attaches of foreign embassies here visited the area of Mt. Paektu from June 7 to 9 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

They laid a floral basket before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on the shore of Lake Samji and paid tribute to him.

Being briefed on the Samjiyon Grand Monument, they looked round several groups of sculptures.

They visited Kim Jong Il's birthplace in the Paektusan secret camp and climbed Mt. Paektu.

They also went round the Township of Samjiyon County whose appearance has changed beyond recognition, the Paektu Hall and the sports village in the area of Mt. Paektu, etc. and the Monument to Victory in Battles in the Musan Area and the Taehongdan Potato Processing Factory.

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