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Fitness Center Completed in Pyongyang
Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- The construction of the modern Fitness Center in Thongil Street, Pyongyang was completed.

The center is equipped with all kinds of apparatuses for physical exercise and treatment conducive to improving the health.

It is associated with the love for people of the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un who makes the people's interests a top priority.

Kim Jong Un visited the center in September when he stressed the need for it to discharge its mission and role as a public service center and make good management of the service activities.

An inaugural ceremony took place on Tuesday.

Present there were Choe Ryong Hae, Kim Jong Gak, Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok, officials concerned, officials of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, soldier-builders, officials and employees of the center and Pyongyang citizens.

Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Gak, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and minister of the People's Armed Forces, made a speech at the ceremony.

He underscored the need for officials and workers to make innovations in different fields of building a thriving nation, cherishing the benevolence of Kim Jong Un who spares nothing for improving the people's health and living standard.

After the ceremony, the participants looked round the center.

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