The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) commemorated the 73rd anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People’s Volunteer (CPV) Army into the Korean War of 1950-53 on October 25.
Kang Yun Sok, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the DPRK’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), together with Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Wang Yajun, and other representatives from the two countries, attended the ceremony, which was held at the Friendship Tower. Standing in central Pyongyang, directly overlooking the Chinese Embassy, the tower commemorates the Chinese martyrs who gave their lives in what is known in the DPRK as the Fatherland Liberation War and in China as the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Giving a high appraisal of the historical significance of the entry of the Chinese forces into the Korean front, Kang said that the party, government and people of the DPRK will never forget the heroic feats of the CPV, the outstanding sons and daughters of the Chinese people, who made tremendous sacrifices and an indelible contribution to the victory of the Fatherland Liberation War and in defence of the revolutionary causes of the two countries.
Ambassador Wang said that the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK, built in person and nurtured with special care by the older generations of the Chinese and DPRK leaders, is cemented with the blood shed by the armed forces and the people of the two countries in the arduous war.
The anniversary was also marked by articles in the DPRK press. Rodong Sinmun (Workers’ Daily), the organ of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), wrote that, the precious tradition of Korea-China friendship provided in the flames of the anti-Japanese war was further consolidated into kindred ties sharing blood and destiny in the same trench during the last Fatherland Liberation War, adding:
“The heroic feats of excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese people in the three-year war against US imperialism, common enemy of the DPRK and Chinese peoples, are recorded on the shores of Lake Jangjin and River Chongchon, Height 391, and all other parts of this land.”
Citing three key Chinese martyrs, including Mao Anying, the son of Chairman Mao Zedong, by name, the paper wrote:
“The heroic feats performed by the CPV fighters in the flames of the war were a striking demonstration of the solidity and might of the DPRK-China friendship. The stories about their feats will be handed down to posterity as a brilliant record of the noble revolutionary friendship and militant comradeship between the DPRK and Chinese peoples.”
The following articles were originally published by the Xinhua News Agency and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Ceremony held in DPRK to commemorate CPV’s participation in War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — A ceremony to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) entering the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was held on Wednesday in Pyongyang at the Friendship Tower.
Kang Yun Sok, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), and Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Wang Yajun, together with the representatives from the DPRK and China, attended the ceremony.
After solemnly performing national anthems of China and DPRK, wreaths were placed at the base of the Friendship Tower. Written on the ribbons of the wreaths were letters reading “Martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers will Be Immortal” and “In honor of Martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers”.
In his high appraisal of the historical significance of the entry of CPV into the Korean front, Kang said that the ruling party, the government and the people of the DPRK will never forget the heroic feats of the CPV, the outstanding sons and daughters of the Chinese people, who made tremendous sacrifice and indelible contribution in the victory of the Fatherland Liberation War of the DPRK and in defense of the revolutionary causes of the two countries.
Ambassador Wang said that the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK, built in person and nurtured with special care by the older generations of the Chinese and DPRK leaders, is cemented with the blood shed by the armed forces and the people of the two countries in the arduous war.
Wang expressed his confidence that the two countries will inherit the invaluable friendship and keep pushing the bilateral ties forward in pursuit of their shared prosperity.
On the same day, ceremonies to mark the anniversary were also held at CPV cemeteries in Hoichang, Anju and Kaesong of the DPRK.
In parallel with the commemorating events, the DPRK’s leading newspapers on Wednesday published articles dedicated to the special occasion.
Newspapers on Heroic Feats Performed by CPV Brave Fighters in Korean War
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) — Leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday dedicate articles to the 73rd anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) into the Korean front.
The great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War is associated with the undying feats performed by the CPV brave fighters who devoted their blood and lives to the sacred war of annihilating the common enemy shoulder to shoulder with the army of the DPRK, says Rodong Sinmun.
The precious tradition of Korea-China friendship provided in the flames of the anti-Japanese war was further consolidated into the ties of kindred sharing blood and destiny in the same trench during the last Fatherland Liberation War, the paper says, and goes on:
The heroic feats of excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese people in the three-year war against the U.S. imperialism, common enemy of the DPRK and Chinese peoples, are recorded on the shores of Lake Jangjin and River Chongchon, the Height 391 and all other parts of this land.
In those days many heroic soldiers including Mao Anying, Qiu Shaoyun and Sun Zhanyuan were produced.
The heroic feats performed by the CPV fighters in the flames of the war were a striking demonstration of the solidity and might of the DPRK-China friendship. The stories about their feats will be handed down to posterity as a brilliant record of the noble revolutionary friendship and militant comradeship between the DPRK and Chinese peoples.
Minju Joson says that it is a historic mission of the peoples of the two countries to creditably carry forward the traditional relations of friendship, not forgetting the feats of the forerunners recorded in the history of the DPRK-China friendship.
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