UAWK Officials Make Study Tour of Revolutionary Battle Sites in Mt Paektu Area

Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Officials of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea (UAWK) from across the country began their study tour of revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu.

A kicking-off meeting for the study tour was held at the plaza in front of the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in Hyesan City of Ryanggang Province on Friday.

Attending it were officials concerned, officials of the UAWK and members of the study tour group.

The participants laid a flower basket and bouquets at the statues of the great leaders and paid tribute to them.

A reporter and speakers at the meeting noted that respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made sure that a study tour of the strategic base of the Korean revolution and a center for education in the revolutionary traditions was organized for the officials of the union.

They said that the study tour would serve as an important occasion for officials and primary officials of the union to realize the noble spirit and soul of the forerunners who provided the traditions of noble loyalty and unity in the early period of the Korean revolution.

At the end of the meeting, the members of the study tour group went round the Monument to the Victorious Battle of Pochonbo and the Ryanggang Provincial Revolutionary Museum. -0-