Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Watches Football Match between Missile Administration and Second Economy Commission

Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- There took place a football game between the DPRK Missile Administration and the Second Economy Commission on September 22.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, watched the game.

All the participants were filled with great excitement and joy to hold a significant sports and cultural event in the presence of Comrade Kim Jong Un at a time when they swell with the pride of having received thanks, as a token of deep trust, from the Party and the government for the precious successes they have achieved in implementing the Party's line on building up the national defences through defence science research and production.

Comrade Kim Jong Un met with leading officials in the munitions industry and extended warm congratulations and encouragement to the national defence scientific research group of the Missile Administration, the Second Economy Commission and all the munitions industrial workers who have devoted themselves to faithfully upholding the self-reliant defence policy of the WPK with practical successes.

He said today's sports game is to appreciate their efforts and express thanks to them.

Among the spectators were Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, and secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK.

The football match was held between Hwasong team of the Missile Administration and Ponghwa team of the Second Economy Commission.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his thanks to the group of defence scientists and technicians and the munitions industrial workers for the contributions they have made by performing an unprecedented miracle, to be specially recorded in the history of sacred struggle for modernizing the DPRK's armed forces and bolstering the war-fighting capability, and clearly proving the matchless development and absolute superiority of our defence capability. He said that their patriotism and loyalty and devoted efforts constitute a priceless contribution, the most invaluable one never to be bartered for anything, in terms of the security, eternal development and prosperity of the country.

He called on the defence scientists and technicians and the munitions industrial workers to further redouble their revolutionary optimism and high spirit and continuously bring about a series of leaps forward and innovations in augmenting the national defence capability by their concerted efforts and thus defend the DPRK's inviolable sovereignty and security, safeguard peace and reliably guarantee the eternal development of the socialist motherland with the absolute superiority of strength.

The two teams, greatly honoured to play the match in front of Comrade Kim Jong Un, fiercely contended for the glory of their units. Hwasong team beat its rival 4:1.

A prize-awarding ceremony was held amid the enthusiastic applause of the spectators.

All the participants, who were honoured to have Comrade Kim Jong Un's great trust and encouragement, made a pledge of loyalty to stay more faithful to the important historic mission and duty they have assumed before the Party and the revolution, the country and its people, and consolidate the national defence capability to be most powerful. -0-