DPRK Premier Choe Yong Rim (L) talks with Korean Committee for Space Technology personnel who participated in the 12 December 2012 launch of the U’nha-3 rocket and Kwangmyo’ngso’ng-3.2 satellite during a visit to the Pyongyang guest house where the KCST personnel are living during their visit to Pyongyang (Photo: KCNA)
DPRK state media reported on 27 December (Thursday) that DPRK Cabinet Premier Choe Yong Rim visited the guest house where scientists, technicians and other personnel who participated in the 12 December launch of the U’nha03 are living during their celebratory visit to Pyongyang. Choe “warmly congratulated the space conquerors of thriving Korea who successfully launched the scientific and technological satellite this year marking the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung true to the behests of leader Kim Jong Il.” According to KCNA Choe said, “The successful launch of Kwangmyo’ngso’ng 3-2 is a special event which demonstrated the overall national power of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il’s Korea before the world” and “that scientists, technicians, workers and officials should continue to display their loyalty and repay to the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un in the future, too, not forgetting even a moment his great benevolence.” According to KCNA, Choe “asked them to make positive contributions to demonstrating the might of space power over the world by steadily achieving great successes in science and technology with their tireless study and enthusiasm.”
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