The Cabinet ofthe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea hosted a reception at the OkryuRestaurant in Pyongyang on November 14 to welcome the players who won the 2024FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup and the IBA 2024 Youth World Boxing Championships.
Present therewere Premier Kim Tok Hun, who is also member of the Presidium of the PoliticalBureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, vice-presidentof the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the National SportsGuidance Committee, Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Kim Il Guk,Secretary General of the Football Association Sin Yong Chol, Secretary Generalof the Boxing Association Kim Won Chol, players and coaches of the football andboxing teams and their families and officials concerned and in the field ofsports.
Kim Tok Hun madecongratulatory remarks.
He warmlycongratulated the women footballers and boxers and coaches who won gold medalsin international events to bring honour to the DPRK, a powerful country, andmade a report on victory to the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un.
He said that thenews of the DPRK’s victory in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup that came only40-odd days after the win in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which means thatthe country lifted the World Cup three times for the first time in the historyof the tournament, and in the IBA 2024 Youth World Boxing Championships servedas a source of encouragement which injected confidence and fresh vigour intothe Korean people.
He expressedexpectation and belief that all players and coaches would intensify training,bearing in mind the great pride and honour of being sportspersons of JucheKorea, and thus fly higher the flag of the dignified DPRK in the internationalevents in the future, too.
Players Jon IlChong and Son Su Rim in their reply speeches said with excitement that therespected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un was very pleased with the successes madeby them, saw that a hero’s welcome was extended to them and brought dreamlikehonour and happiness to them repeatedly.
They expressedtheir will to further glorify the dignity and honour of the great DPRK withgold medals by training harder without resting on their laurels.
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