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Heroes held in embrace for immortality

Date: 19/05/2026 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

The lives of the brave combatants who participated in overseas military operations are shining as the bright stars of the country that never fade forever under the warm care of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

A ceremony of awarding state commendations to the commanding officers and combatants of the overseas operations unit of the Korean People’s Army was held at the headquarters building of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on August 21 last year in the presence of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

The respected General Secretary personally pinned the DPRK Hero Medal beside each of the portraits of the martyrs who laid down their precious lives in the overseas military operations to faithfully carry out the order of the motherland and embraced the commanders and combatants who returned to the country.

A few days later, he met the bereaved families of martyrs again, presented photos of the martyrs wrapped in the national flag of the DPRK to the bereaved families respectively and had a photo taken with them.

That day he said that a new street would be built in Taesong District, Pyongyang, for the bereaved families and named Saeppyol (morning star) Street in praise of the soldiers’ exploits as brilliant as the star. And he noted that the remains of the martyrs would be laid to rest in the best place of the arboretum just in front of the street and a monument to the immortal combat feats be erected in memory of the great soldiers.

He also called the senior officials of revolutionary schools and said that we should bring up the children of the martyrs well to be hard-core elements of the revolution and genuine sons and daughters of the country.

Afterwards, he provided careful guidance over the buildings to be built in Saeppyol Street to ensure every element of them shows the warm sincerity of the state for the bereaved families left by the brave fighters. He also energetically guided on several occasions the whole course of the construction of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations from design and building to the arrangement of the details about combat feats and the creation of symbolic memorials so that the names and features of the martyrs will shine forever as a cluster of stars.

As a result, Saeppyol Street sprang up in the Hwasong area in February for the bereaved families and the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations was inaugurated to praise the great heroic spirit of the brave Korean People's Army soldiers, who participated in the overseas military operations, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the conclusion of the operations to liberate Kursk of the Russian Federation in April.

He said in his speech in commemoration of the inauguration that the overseas military operations of the KPA were unheard-of activities conducted by the service personnel who upheld the order of the Party and the country with their voluntary conscience and moral rights, the most sincere and beautiful men who burned their hearts with pure, strong loyalty and overcame the extreme limits with its infinite viability.

Comrade Kim Jong Un has put on the apex of glory the fine sons of the country who performed immortal feats for the times and history and the younger generations with their noble self-sacrifices and heroic military services and takes responsible care of the destiny and future of their bereaved families.

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