Study Tour of Revolutionary Battle Sites in Area of Mt Paektu

Pyongyang, November 9 (KCNA) -- Women's union officials and primary information workers across the DPRK made a study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu from November 1 to 8.

They went round the Pochonbo Revolutionary Battle Site, Chongbong and Konchang bivouacs. They visited Chairman Kim Jong Il's birthplace in the Paektusan Secret Camp, the sacred place of the revolution.

They grasped the strong and noble mental world of the women fighters, who unhesitatingly devoted their youth and lives to the sacred cause of national liberation, before the trees bearing slogans in the thick forests.

The study group members climbed Mt Paektu, the holy mountain of the revolution.

They had an oath-taking meeting at the plaza before the statue of Chairman Kim Jong Il in Samjiyon City.

During the study tour, they conducted political and cultural activities, including a meeting to hear impressions of the reminiscences of anti-Japanese guerrillas, a poem-reciting meeting, a contest of singing revolutionary songs in chorus and motivation activities at the construction site of the Samjiyon Mountainous Tourist Resort, and visited the Samjiyon Potato Farina Production Factory, the Samjiyon Blueberry Drink Factory, etc. -0-