Pyongyang, November 18 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place at the Hall of Women on Monday to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea.

Present there were Kim Jong Sun, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the Central Committee of the women's union, officials and members of the women's union in Pyongyang.

Jon Hyang Sun, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea, made a report.

The reporter said that President Kim Il Sung founded a mass political organization involving broad sections of women on November 18, 1945, thus making it possible for the Korean women to grow into a force pushing one of the two wheels of the revolutionary chariot with genuine dignity and rights.

She said that the proud tradition of the Korean women's movement could be given steady continuity century after century thanks to the wise guidance of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

She referred to the fact that the women's union is ushering in the greatest heyday of its development, along with the noble and sacred call of the communist mother group as it is led by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

She called upon all the officials and members of the women's union to firmly believe in and follow Kim Jong Un only and fulfill their responsibility and duty for their families and society. -0-