Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA): Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong on July 26 to mark the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

Present there were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and other leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, officials of the WPK Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, the Cabinet, commissions, ministries and national agencies and commanding officers of the Korean People's Army.

The KPA guard of honor lined up at the cemetery.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

A wreath bearing the august name of Kim Jong Un was placed at the wreath-laying stand amid the playing of the wreath-laying music.

Wreaths in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the SPA Standing Committee of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK were laid at the cemetery.

Kim Jong Un, together with all the participants, paid a silent tribute to the memory of the revolutionary martyrs who devoted their precious lives to the sacred cause for the independence and sovereignty of the country and the defence of its sovereignty and the people's wellbeing and happiness.

There took place a march-past of the KPA guard of honor.
Kim Jong Un placed flowers before the busts of Kim Chaek, Kang Kon and Choe Hyon on Jujak Peak who made a distinguished contribution to the war victory, with deep reverence for the revolutionaries of the first generation who created and glorified the ever-victorious tradition and history, fighting in the bloody anti-Japanese war and the flames of the Fatherland Liberation War under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung.

He said that the fighters' absolute loyalty to the leader, spirit of devotedly implementing the revolutionary tasks and courageous will without impossibility were developed into the ideological and moral qualities of the defenders of the country in the 1950s and this was the basic foundation that made the victorious wartime generation the most heroic generation of the DPRK and the model of the indomitable Korean people.

He affirmed that the glory of July 27 would continue with greater and more dynamic victory in the course of advance of our cause sacred with great pioneering and succession and that our country associated with the patriotic soul of the forerunners would be prosperous forever as a powerful socialist state.

He paid high tribute to the revolutionary martyrs who created the precious revolutionary spirit and tradition to be handed down to posterity and laid the eternal foundation for the national prosperity, praying for their immortality as a model of brilliant life and struggle for all the successive generations of the DPRK and a mainstay of their firm faith.

The honourable memory of July 27, the Day of Victory that enabled our great motherland to enjoy the everlasting dignity and fame as a strong power, and the heroic spirit of the victorious wartime generation serve as a precious ideological and mental nutrient and cornerstone of victory which dynamically encourage our people and the service personnel of the People's Army to accomplish the great historic cause of building a rich country with a strong army.

A splendid art performance was given to mark the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in the capital city of Pyongyang on July 27 when the whole country was overflowing with the respect for the heroic defenders of the motherland in wartime and the great honour and self-confidence of the successors who are firmly preserving and glorifying the high honour of war victory and opening up the wonderful era of transformation for the prosperity of the country.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, appreciated the art performance together with war veterans and persons of wartime merits invited to the celebrations of the Day of Victory.

When Kim Jong Un appeared in the auditorium, the audience raised stormy cheers of "hurrah!"

The performers and audience paid the highest tribute to Kim Jong Un, the symbol of the mightiness of our Party, state and people and banner of all the victories and glory, raising enthusiastic cheers.

Kim Jong Un extended congratulations to the war veterans, the persons of wartime merits and all the people across the country and officers and men of the whole army who are significantly celebrating the holiday of great war victory.

He met with war veterans and sincerely wished them long life in good health.
Lovely children presented bouquets of fragrant flowers to Kim Jong Un and war veterans.

Among the audience were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and other senior officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, officials of the WPK Central Committee, leading officials of ministries and national agencies, service personnel of the People's Army, officials and lecturers engaged in the administration of revolutionary relics associated with the victorious war, Pyongyang citizens including descendants of war heroes, students of revolutionary schools and other youth and students.

Diplomatic envoys of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation staying in the DPRK were invited.

The art performance began with preludes "July 27, Our Victory Day" and "July 27 March", adding to the excitement of the meaningful Day of Victory that made the audience recall the ever-victorious history of our glorious Republic and convinced them of the greater victory in the future. Put on the stage were wartime songs and others in praise of war victory resounded in the annals of succession.

The performers warmly congratulated war veterans and persons of wartime merits, the first generation defenders of the motherland who created the great history of war victory of our state, representing the unanimous desire of all the people across the country.

Children's Union members and boys and girls presented bouquets to war veterans and persons of wartime merits.

The performers sang in an excited tone wartime songs in high praise of the spirit of defending the country and revolution displayed by the wartime generation who bravely fought in the fierce war to safeguard the sovereignty and honour of the motherland with the transparent revolutionary faith that the motherland is just the embrace of President Kim Il Sung and they are sure to win when they absolutely believe in and follow him. The audience were filled with great emotion as the songs made them respectfully recollect the legendary annals.

Song "Red Blossom" newly composed on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of war victory was an eruption of the warmest respect of our people for the wartime generation who defended the sacred sovereign right and beautiful future with infinite loyalty to the Party and revolution and ardent patriotism and created the indomitable and heroic spirit, a motive force of sure victory.

The audience were deeply touched by videos showing the matchless self-sacrificing spirit, heroism and brilliant feats of excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese people who shared life and death, fighting shoulder to shoulder with our people in the same trench of the struggle of repelling the invasion of the imperialists, and Chinese songs such as "Battle Song of Chinese People's Volunteers".

The performers artistically and superbly depicted the DPRK people's eternal thanks to the brave fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers, who assisted our people in their sacred and righteous war under the uplifted banner of resisting America and aiding Korea even in the difficult days of building the country and made an important contribution to the war victory and the defence of global peace and security, and the truth that the DPRK-China friendship based on the shared ideal and militant fraternity will be immortal along with the history of the great war victory.

Watching documentaries on the three years of war which imposed miserable misfortune and pains on our people filled with the delight of greeting the liberation and joy over new life, terrible disasters in rigorous 1129 days and lessons of history they should never forget, the audience bore in mind as their strong will the important sense of duty of our generation to adorn with the greater victory the glory and honour of our state the defenders of the motherland in the 1950s achieved at the cost of their blood and reliably hand them down to the next generation.

The art performance was acclaimed by the audience as it helped them have a firmer conviction that as long as the noble spirit and soul, sources of winning war victory, are alive, and the new generation faithful to the intention march on proudly, victory belongs to the DPRK forever.

At the end of the art performance, war veterans and persons of wartime merits gave bouquets to performers.

Through the art performance, the successors further hardened their faith and will to firmly defend and carry forward our ideology and system, precious tradition of victory the first defenders of the Republic safeguarded at the cost of their blood and glorify the DPRK, our beloved motherland, as the more powerful and endlessly prospering socialist power.