PYONGYANG, April 15 (Itar-Tass) — New North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivered his first speech before people on Sunday during a military parade on the occasion of the 100th birth date of his grandfather – Kim Il-Sung.
This is the first public address to the nation by the North Korean young leader.
Kim praised in his speech services and achievements of his grandfather – the founder of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “Our country has become a great world military power,” he also said. The speech by the young North Korean leader was 20-minute long. He confirmed in his speech determination to continue the policy of songun (priority of the army) in compliance with behests of Kim Jong-Il.
The late father of the present head of the North Korean state Kim Jong-Il made just a few personal addresses to people over his 17-year rule of the country.
The North Korean capital held a military parade on the occasion of the 100th birth date of the country’s “eternal president” Kim Il-Sung. Various military hardware and numerous regiments of the Korean People’s Army passed Pyongyang’s central square (named after Kim Il-Sung) to patriotic tunes of military marches.
Kim Jong-Un, Kim Il-Sung’s grandson and first secretary of the Korean Workers Party, the Korean Army supreme commander-in-chief and first chairman of the State Defence Committee, watched the parade from the VIP stand.
The abortive launching of the Shining Star-3 satellite from a cosmodrome in the country’s north-east did not mar the atmosphere in the North Korean capital, marking pompously the 100th birth date of Kim Il-Sung. Korean schoolchildren and students, donned in parade uniforms, lay down flowers these days at numerous mosaic panels and statues of Kim Il-Sung.
Numerous foreign reporters and delegations from various countries, including Russia, were invited for the festivities.
NKorea leader delivers speech before people first time
Kim praised in his speech services and achievements of his grandfather – the founder of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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