Supreme People’s Assembly Presidium President Kim Yong Nam (2nd L) visits Korean War veterans at thei guest house in Pyongyang on 24 July 2013 (Photo: KCNA).
Senior officials of the DPRK Government and the Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] visited Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War) veterans at their accommodations in Pyongyang on 24 July (Wednesday). Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] Presidium President Kim Yong Nam, DPRK Cabinet Premier Pak Pong Ju, KWP Secretary and SPA Chairman Choe Tae Bok, KWP Secretary and Director of Cadres’ Affairs Kim P’yo’ng-hae, KWP Secretary and Director of Finance and Planning Kwak Pom Gi, Senior Deputy [1st Vice] Director of the KWP Organization Guidance Department Jo Yon Jun, DPR Vice Premier Kim Yong Jin and leading cadres of the Party Central Committee visited with the veterans who are participating in events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the war’s active hostilities. According to KCNA the senior government and party officials “congratulated the war veterans who performed immortal exploits by defeating the U.S. imperialists and honorably defending the freedom and independence of the country in the hard-fought battles decisive of the destiny of the country under the leadership of the party and leader. “