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North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un visited and paid tribute to the North Korean Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs' Cemetery on the occasion of the "Victory Day of the Fatherland Liberation War" (Armistice Agreement Day, July 27), according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 27th.

Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, paid tribute at the 6.25 War Martyrs' Cemetery on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War (signing of the Armistice Agreement) and personally awarded commemorative pistols to military officers.

On the 27th, the North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency reported, "Comrade Kim Jong Un awarded the Baekdusan commemorative pistols to the key commanders of the Republic's armed forces on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the great Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War."

The awarding ceremony held on the 26th at the Central Committee headquarters building of the Party was attended by Chief of the General Staff Pak Jong Chon, commanders of military branches and corps-level units, the Director of the Military Security Command, the Minister of State Security, the Minister of Social Security, the Commander of the Guard Command, the Director of the Guard Bureau, the Chief of the Guard Department, the Director of the State Affairs Commission Security Bureau, as well as key commanders of various armed forces agencies, members of the Executive Committee of the Party's Korean People's Army Committee, and officials of the Party Central Committee.

Chairman Kim emphasized, "On the day of the great victory, I intend to award the 'Baekdusan' pistol, newly developed and produced by our military labor class, as a commemorative gift to the key commanders of the Republic's armed forces," adding, "This is a sign of the Party's great trust and expectation for the new generation of military commanders who will firmly grasp the revolutionary weapons and carry forward and complete the Juche revolutionary cause to the end."

The commanders who received the weapons solemnly pledged, as reported by the news agency, "To cherish the commemorative pistols in their hearts until the last drop of blood remains, to trust and follow only the Supreme Leader no matter what cataclysmic events may come, and to fulfill the sacred mission of defending the leader, the fatherland, and the people."

Furthermore, the agency reported that the participants "raised high the Baekdusan commemorative pistols engraved with the name of the Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un, passionately expressing their determination to fight with their lives for Kim Jong Un, never forgetting the Party's trust and expectations even for a moment, and pledged a fiery oath to devote all efforts to making the entire army the best elite and strongest force, firmly upholding our Party's great cause in a thorough wartime readiness."

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un visited and paid respects at the North Korean Patriotic Liberation War Martyrs' Cemetery on the occasion of the "Victory Day of the Fatherland Liberation War" (Armistice Agreement Day, July 27), according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 27th.

On the same day, Chairman Kim also paid respects at the Martyrs' Cemetery.

The news agency reported, "Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Martyrs' Cemetery of the Fatherland Liberation War on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and expressed profound respect to the martyrs of the People's Army."

While laying flowers, Chairman Kim said, "The immortal merits of the defenders of the fatherland in the 1950s, who established the noble spiritual heritage of the revolution amid the fierce warfire, will shine forever in history," and added, "I am confident that the heroic fighting spirit of the martyrs will continue as the eternal soul of socialist Korea."

Chairman Kim has continued his public activities day after day following the urgent convocation of the expanded emergency meeting of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee on the 25th.

Meanwhile, North Korea distorts July 27, the day the Armistice Agreement was signed, as "the day of victory in the fight against the United States" and uses it for propaganda purposes.

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