Meeting Marks 80th Anniversary of Secondary Education of Koreans in Japan

 Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place at the Korean Hall of Culture in Tokyo on October 31 to mark the 80th anniversary of the enforcement of secondary education of Koreans in Japan.
Present there were Ho Jong Man, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), its First Vice-Chairman Pak Ku Ho and other vice-chairpersons, central-level Chongryon officials and those in the Kanto area, headmasters and teachers of Korean schools at all levels, parents of students, students of Korea University and students' delegates from Korean high schools.
The meeting began with the playing of the national anthem of the DPRK.
First Vice-Chairman Pak Ku Ho made a report.
He said that the 80-year history of secondary education for Korean children in Japan is a history of the peerlessly great men's special care of Koreans in Japan and outstanding guidance on their national education and a history of unity and struggle of Koreans in Japan for defending the right to national education.
He called for ensuring the steady continuity of the history of and traditions of the secondary education of Koreans in Japan, the precious patriotic legacy left by President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, the protection and development of which patriotic activists and compatriots have strongly promoted by dedicating their blood and sweat generation after generation, true to the noble intention of the respected Marshal.
A letter to respected Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.
A video titled "Pioneering and inheritance, echoes from 80 year-long history" from the homeland, dedicated to the anniversary, was shown at the end of the meeting. -0-