calendar>>August 20 2010 Juch 99
Diverse Events of KPA Held
Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) -- The 19th art show, the 3rd pencil drawing festival and a calligraphic contest of the Korean People's Army were inaugurated at the April 25 House of Culture Thursday on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

Displayed in their venue are more than 680 art pieces of different kinds--Korean paintings, oil paintings, pencil drawings, pen paintings, calligraphic works, sculptures, etc.--created by military painters and servicepersons.

Among them are excellent pieces praising the undying exploits of Kim Jong Il and depicting the servicepersons who are performing feats in defending the country and building a thriving nation.

Present at the inaugural ceremony were officials of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, servicepersons and art creators.

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