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Pyongyang, May 11 (KCNA) -- The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un received a letter from the members of the congratulatory group of the Korean Youth League in Japan on May 9.

In the letter, the congratulatory group members expressed gratitude in reflection of all the Korean youths and students in Japan to the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un for inviting them to the homeland at an important time when the Eleventh Congress of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League took place to participate in its celebrations, being considerate of the intention of the Korean youths and students in Japan, and showing special loving care for them during their stay.

They said that their time in the homeland was unforgettable days when they keenly felt the intense loyalty, ardent patriotism and indomitable fighting spirit of the youth in the homeland who are erecting edifices for new life and new well-being of the people through the unyielding struggle in the van of building a socialist power.

While enjoying the evening gala and torchlight procession of youth and students and the performance of the art squad of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League and schoolchildren held to mark the Eleventh SPYL Congress which fully demonstrated the revolutionary enthusiasm of the passionate youth, they keenly realized the unshakable faith and firm pledge of the youth in the homeland to build a manifold fortress around the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un and only follow the road of invariable loyalty and repayment under his guidance forever, the letter noted.

In the letter, they vowed to play a vanguard role in the patriotic movement for glorifying the new decade's struggle of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and make the Korean community in Japan seethe with youthful vigor of new generation, while breathing the same breath and taking the same step with the youth in the homeland, true to the important letter sent by the respected Marshal on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the formation of Chongryon.

They wished the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, the benevolent father of the Korean youths and students in Japan and their destiny and future, good health. -0-

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