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Order of Kim Jong Il Awarded to Mansudae Art Studio
Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- Order of Kim Jong Il was awarded to the Mansudae Art Studio, a leading fine art center in the DPRK.

The art studio organized by leader Kim Jong Il is staffed with persons of experience and perseverance with boundless loyalty.

It spearheaded the project of building the gigantic statues of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill and their equestrian statues in the compound of the studio as well as portraying the great men of Mt. Paektu in many major units.

It created a number of fine art works depicting the spirit of the era of Songun, which were greatly conducive to imbuing the service persons, people and school youth and children with the revolutionary outlook on the leader and encouraging them to building a thriving nation.

A decree on conferring the order was released on Wednesday by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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