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"Song of Women" Favored by Kim Jong Suk
Pyongyang, March 8 (KCNA) -- "Song of Women" created more than six decades ago represents happiness the Korean women began to enjoy after the liberation of the country from the Japanese colonial rule.

It was a favorite song of Kim Jong Suk, an anti-Japanese war hero.

When meeting some women officials, she told them that a song should be created about the Korean women enjoying happiness after the liberation, free from maltreatment and humiliation.

When the "Song of Women" was created under her guidance, she appreciated the writer and composer for the good song about women's emancipation.

President Kim Il Sung, in his lifetime, recalled that Kim Jong Suk liked the song so much.

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