Kim Jong-un Pays Condolences to 100-Year-Old Partisan Hwang Sun-hui... Emphasizes Baekdusan Spirit and Self-Reliance

'Revolutionary 1st Generation' Who Fought Against Japanese Occupation with Grandfather Kim Il-sung

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un personally visited the funeral hall of Hwang Sun-hui, a 'first-generation revolutionary' who fought alongside his grandfather, President Kim Il-sung, in the anti-Japanese struggle, on the 17th, expressing his condolences, according to the Korean Central News Agency on the 18th. Chairman Kim is seen looking at the portrait of Director Hwang Sun-hui.

Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, visited the funeral hall of Hwang Sun-hui, a 'first-generation revolutionary,' to pay his respects. Hwang Sun-hui was a figure who fought alongside President Kim Il-sung in the anti-Japanese struggle.

Recently, North Korea, which declared the 'direct breakthrough battle' as a new policy and has been propagandizing residents to fight like the past anti-Japanese partisans, praised Hwang Sun-hui's death as an opportunity to exalt his 'Baekdu Mountain spirit.'

The North Korean state media, Korean Central News Agency, reported on the 18th, "Comrade Kim Jong-un, together with Mrs. Ri Sol-ju, visited the bier of the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighter Comrade Hwang Sun-hui, who was a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly and director of the Korean Revolution Museum, on January 17 and expressed deep condolences."

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un personally visited the funeral hall of Hwang Sun-hee, a 'first-generation revolutionary' who fought alongside his grandfather Chairman Kim Il-sung in the anti-Japanese struggle, to pay his respects on the 17th, the Workers' Party's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on the 18th. Photo of Hwang Sun-hee featured on the front page of Rodong Sinmun

Hwang Sun-hui is a representative figure of the 'female partisan lineage,' having been active in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army along with former President Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-suk, the mother of Kim Jong-il, and she was 100 years old this year.

She was the wife of Ryu Kyong-su, former commander of the 105th Tank Division, who first entered Seoul during the Korean War, and it is known that their marriage was arranged by President Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-suk.

Due to these connections and the symbolism of being a former partisan, Chairman Kim Jong-un has shown respect by embracing Hwang Sun-hui, who was in a wheelchair, during his inspection of the Korean Revolution Museum in 2017.

On this day, Chairman Kim paid tribute and meditated in front of the body laid in the Seojang Hall of the Botonggang District in Pyongyang, met with the bereaved family to express condolences and offer comfort.

Kim Jong-un was accompanied by Park Pong-ju, Ri Man-gon, Ri Il-hwan, Choe Hwi, Ri Pyong-chol, Pak Tae-dok, Pak Tae-sung, Kim Yong-chol, and Kim Hyong-jun, all vice chairmen of the Workers' Party.

The agency stated, "The hall, where the funeral song solemnly resounded, was engulfed in sorrow over the loss of Comrade Hwang Sun-hui, a steadfast female revolutionary and first-generation revolutionary fighter who followed the Great Leader (Kim Il-sung) through countless anti-Japanese battles and faithfully upheld the revolutionary leadership of the General (Kim Jong-il) with conviction and loyalty."

It particularly emphasized that Hwang Sun-hui "made outstanding contributions to defending, preserving, and glorifying the Party's revolutionary traditions and spreading the Baekdu Mountain spirit and the fighting style of self-reliance throughout society, especially in the anti-Japanese battlefields."

Hwang Sun-hui passed away at 10:20 a.m. on the 17th due to respiratory failure caused by acute pneumonia.

North Korea announced that Hwang Sun-hui's funeral would be held as a state funeral under the joint name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, the State Affairs Commission, and the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

The State Funeral Committee was composed of 70 senior officials from the Party, government, and military, chaired by Choe Ryong-hae, first vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission. The funeral procession is scheduled for the 19th.

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