Thursday, November 22, 2007

(North) Korean News: "Kim Jong Il Inspects Companies of KPA Unit"

They'll never forget the day the Dear Leader stopped by:
General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected companies of KPA Unit 297.

The first leg of his inspection was the 1st company of the third battalion of the unit.

He dropped in at its service commanding room to acquaint himself with the company's performance of combat duty.

He expressed satisfaction over the fact that the servicepersons of the company have performed their guard duty with a high degree of revolutionary vigilance and in a responsible manner and the company has intensified the working class education, equipping all of them with the transparent working class consciousness.
I wonder how he could tell?
He took warm care of the living of the servicepersons, looking round an education room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a wash-cum-bath house, a non-staple food store, a barn and other places of the company.

He highly praised the commanding officers and soldiers of the company for keeping their barracks neat and tidy and assiduously managing their economic life in perfect unity.
When you've got the transparent working class consciousness, it's easy!
He said that the commanding officers have a very important role to play in establishing revolutionary discipline in the army.

He met Jon Hye Yong, company commander who graduated from the Kang Pan Sok Revolutionary School, praised her for devotedly serving at the post for defending the homeland with ardent patriotism, like her father who laid down his life for the Party and the revolution, and told her to become a fine woman revolutionary.
You become a fine woman revolutionary now, y'hear?
He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the company. The next leg of his inspection was the 1st company of the 2nd battalion of the unit.

After acquainting himself with the company's performance of duty, he learned about how the training is conducted there.

Praising the company for having obtained the top mark in the review of the drill by paying primary attention to the training, he stressed that it is a sure guarantee for increasing the combat capability to undergo an effective training.

After being informed of the supply service by the commanding officers of the company, he went round entertainment and cultural and supply service facilities to get familiar with the soldiers' living.

It is good for the soldiers of the company to conduct brisk diverse cultural activities by use of frontline musical instruments and other instruments, he noted, urging the company to become a model in art activities, too.
Using frontline art supplies?
He appreciated the successes made by the servicepersons of the company, expressing satisfaction over the fact that they are leading a revolutionary and militant life after successfully sprucing up their revolutionary post.

Noting that all of the servicepersons of the KPA are heroes whose life is shining like stars as they remain loyal to the Party, he added that the Korean revolution is making a steady advance as the era is steered by this group of revolutionaries.

He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the company.
There was no photo with the article, though. Drat!

Update: A recent and beautifully-written article about North Korea by Peter Hitchens contains the following description of a North Korean soldier:
I am prepared to believe that North Korea has a nuclear weapon, though I think the evidence is inconclusive and the country certainly does not possess an accurate, reliable rocket with which to deliver such a warhead. But its military power in general is decrepit. I saw many soldiers, though we were forbidden to photograph them. I suspect this is because they are undersized, shabbily dressed, and their weapons are ancient and probably useless. One infantryman, who halted us at a checkpoint on the way to the frontier, carried a rifle whose unvarnished wooden stock was split. The metal parts were worn and old. I should not have wanted to fire such a gun, for fear that it would blow up in my face, and I doubt if it had been used for many years.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad

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