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| Korean People's Army (File Photo) |
PYONGYANG, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a national meeting here in Pyongyang on Sunday to mark the 84th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the official KCNA news agency reported.
Ri Myong Su, chief of the General Staff of the KPA, addressed the meeting, which was also attended by Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Hwang Pyong So, director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, and other officials of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the army.
Ri reviewed the creation of the first revolutionary armed forces during the fight against Japanese aggression in 1932 by late top leader of the DPRK Kim Il Sung and how his successor Kim Jong Il further developed the army "onto a new stage."
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