Pyongyang, August 21 (KCNA) -- The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un received a letter from the members of the expeditionary group of the General Association of Koreans in China for a study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu on August 16.

The letter said that the period of the study tour they spent in the area of Mt Paektu under the special love and benevolence of the respected Marshal was a significant period they would never forget in their whole life as they cherished in their hearts the immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung who left bloody traces of the anti-Japanese revolution on every mountain of Paektu and the patriotic spirit of the fighters.

During the visit, they keenly realized that the aspiration of the people becomes the long-cherished desire of the Party and the state and is being translated into reality without fail in any adversity in the motherland, the letter noted.

The letter said that they would set their direction of life under the great loving care of the respected Marshal even though they live in an alien land and would firmly trust and follow the Marshal only and devote themselves to the patriotic activities for the prosperity of the motherland no matter what trials and difficulties they may face in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu they grasped in the course of the expedition.

The members of the expeditionary group stressed in the letter they would strengthen the General Association of Koreans in China into a dignified overseas citizens' organization of Juche Korea, the patriotic compatriots' organization faithfully upholding the leadership of the respected Marshal only and make positive contributions to glorifying the traditional DPRK-China friendship. -0-