Military promotions in DPRK

General Secretary Kim Jong Il of DPR Korea on September 27, 2010 issued Order No. 0051 on promoting the military ranks of commanding officers of the Korean People's Army [KPA].

He said in his order that all the servicepersons of the People's Army and people are now significantly celebrating the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea with unbounded reverence for President Kim Il Sung who made a new history of building a revolutionary party in the era of independence and strengthened and developed the WPK into vanguard ranks of revolution with high prestige and invincible might.

He stressed that the WPK born from the deep and strong roots struck in the anti-Japanese revolution has honorably discharged its mission and duty as a political staff of the Korean revolution since the very day of its founding and performed immortal exploits to shine long in the history of the country.

The KPA is demonstrating its might before the world as a powerful revolutionary army of Mt. Paektu after growing to be a strong army of the leader and the party, devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution with arms and performing heroic feats to shine long in history in the defence of the country and building of a thriving socialist nation, he noted.

Expressing the firm belief that the commanding officers of the KPA who have grown up under the care of the party and the leader would creditably discharge their honorable missions and duties as the mainstay and main force of the revolution in accomplishing with arms the revolutionary cause of Juche which started in Mt. Paektu, remaining true to the Party's leadership in the future, too, he issued an order on promoting the military ranks of KPA commanding officers on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the glorious Workers' Party of Korea.

It is noted in the order that the military ranks of Kim Kyong Hui, Kim Jong Un and Choe Ryong Hae and three others are promoted to general, the military rank of Ryu Kyong to colonel general, the military ranks of Ro Hung Se and Ri Tu Song and four others to lieutenant general and those of Jo Kyong Jun, Jang To Yong and Mun Jong Chol and 24 others to major general.

Earlier General Secretary Kim Jong Il was reelected as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the conference of the WPK convened at a historic time when a signal turn is being effected in carrying out the revolutionary cause of Juche, the cause of building a thriving socialist nation.

The conference solemnly declared internally and externally that Kim Jong Il was reelected as general secretary of the WPK with unanimous will and wishes of all the party members, servicepersons and people of the DPRK as he performed the immortal exploits to shine long in the history of the country and developed the WPK into the party of President Kim Il Sung, ever-victorious Juche-type revolutionary party by wisely leading the revolutionary cause of Juche to victories only with his outstanding idea and uncommon revolutionary practices for half a century since he embarked upon the road of the revolution in his early years.

His reelection to the supreme post of the WPK, organizer and guide of all victories of the Korean people, is the highest glory and happiness of millions of party members and servicepersons and people of the DPRK and a great auspicious event of the country and the nation.

His reelection is an expression of absolute support and trust of all the party members, the servicepersons and the people in Kim Jong Il who provided the great guiding idea indicating the path to be followed by the Party, the revolution and the era of independence by comprehensively developing and enriching the immortal Juche idea, converted the DPRK into invincible politico-ideological power, military power and scientific and technological power and consolidated the single-minded unity of the leader, the Party, the army and the people as firm as a rock by successfully embodying the idea, opened a new era of prosperity unprecedented in the nation's history spanning 5 000 years with his Songun revolutionary leadership and has made undying contribution to carrying out the cause of independence against imperialism.

It marked a great political event that strikingly demonstrated the unshakable faith and will of the army and people of the DPRK to resolutely defend and glorify the undying revolutionary feats performed by Kim Il Sung and accomplish the Songun revolutionary cause under the tested and seasoned leadership of Kim Jong Il.

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