N. Korea's Kim Jong Un Takes Commemorative Photo with Company Commanders: "Top Mission Is Completing War Preparations"

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, took a commemorative photo yesterday (October 27) with participants of the 3rd Conference of Company Commanders of the Korean People's Army, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

General Secretary Kim said, "The primary revolutionary mission of company commanders is completing the war preparedness of sub-units to establish full combat readiness, and the way to execute it is a persistent and intensive training revolution."

KCNA reported that through this conference, they "powerfully demonstrated the resolute revolutionary spirit and militant mettle of the new generation of commanding officers who will shoulder the future of the military," and stated that General Secretary Kim extended words of encouragement to the participants.

Comrade Pak Jong Chon, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and the top-ranking official in the North Korean military, accompanied Kim on this occasion.

Also attending were Minister of National Defense Kim Song Gi, Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Gil, First Vice Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army Yu Kwang U, commanders of each military service, and commanders of large combined units.

Earlier, North Korea stated that the "3rd Conference of Company Commanders of the Korean People's Army was held in the capital Pyongyang on October 22 and 23," explaining that this conference was the first military-wide gathering since the 9th Party Congress.

(Photo: KCNA, Yonhap News)
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