Pyongyang, January 23 (KCNA) -- The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on Monday announced the decision to mark February 8 as the founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
According to the decision, Feb. 8, Juche 37 (1948) is a historic day when the Korean People's Revolutionary Army developed into the regular revolutionary armed forces to declare the birth of the KPA.
Considering the foundation of a strong regular army to be essential for the building of an independent and sovereign state after the liberation of the country, President Kim Il Sung founded the KPA, the Juche-type revolutionary regular armed forces, which inherited the anti-Japanese tradition, in a span of less than three years with his outstanding idea of army-building and energetic leadership.
The Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK decided as follows to add luster to the revolutionary feats of the President, the founder and builder of the heroic KPA:
February 8, Juche 37 (1948) when the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung developed the Korean People's Revolutionary Army into the regular revolutionary armed forces will be marked as the founding anniversary of the KPA.
In this regard, April 25, Juche 21 (1932) when he founded the first revolutionary armed forces will be marked as the founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.
February 8 will be marked as the Army-Building Day.
The Party organizations at all levels will conduct politico-ideological education and significantly hold diverse events for making the service personnel, Party members and other working people deeply grasp the feats of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung for building of the regular revolutionary armed forces on the occasion of Feb. 8 every year.
The Cabinet and other relevant organs will take practical steps to significantly mark the founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army. -0-
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