Founding Anniversary of Kulloja Marked in DPRK

Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held at the People's Palace of Culture on Oct. 25 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of Kulloja, the organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Present there were officials concerned, officials of ministries and national agencies, meritorious officials and writers of the editorial board of Kulloja, journalists and editors of the Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House and information workers in charge of theory in Pyongyang.

Kim Song Chan, director general and editor-in-chief of the WPK Publishing House, made a commemorative report.

He said that the founding of Kulloja, a political and theoretical magazine of the Party, on Oct. 25, 1946 provided the WPK with a reliable spokesperson capable of most actively explaining and propagating the truth and validity of the ideology and cause of the leader in conformity with its revolutionary character and mission and a powerful ideological and theoretical weapon capable of thoroughly arming the masses with the Party's policies and inspiring them to their implementation.

He referred to the fact that President Kim Il Sung initiated the publication of the theoretical magazine of the Party, made sure that the title was called Kulloja and wisely led the magazine to fulfill its mission and duty.

He noted that Chairman Kim Jong Il not only guided the editorial plans and many important articles of each issue but also made public his immortal famous works in the magazine to put the theoretical prestige of Kulloja on the highest level and showed great love and benevolence for journalists and editors.

He stressed that the 80-year history of Kulloja is shining more brilliantly thanks to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, the great master of ideology and theory and outstanding leader.

He called upon all the officials, journalists and editors to fulfill their duty as ideological guards defending the idea and leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un with their writing brush and thus make a genuine contribution to making the magazine a powerful political and theoretical magazine of the Party. -0-