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80th anniversary of Writers Union of Korea commemorated
  A meeting was held on the 12th to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Writers Union of Korea.
  Present there were officials concerned, officials of the Central Committee of the Writers Union of Korea and its provincial committees, and officials, writers, teachers and researchers of relevant units and educational institutions.
  Mun Yong Chol, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Writers Union of Korea, made a commemorative report.
  He said the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung established the Writers Union of Korea on October 13, 1946, though he was so busy building a new country.
  He noted that the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il led the union step by step to play the vanguard role in championing the Workers' Party of Korea and defending socialism of Korean style with the revolutionary pens.
  Under the energetic leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un the Writers Union of Korea is greeting a new heyday of its development in the new era of the Juche revolution, the reporter said and called upon all the creation guidance officials and writers to bring about a fresh revolutionary upsurge in the creation of literary works true to the idea and intention of the Party.