Foreign Media Observes Anniversary of Korea's Liberation

Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- Media of different countries and regions carried special write-ups titled "Legendary hero, benefactor of liberation", "Turning point of history, Korea's liberation" and televised Korean films on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of Korea's liberation. The August issue of the Belarusian newspaper Vperyod carried an article illustrated with a photo of President Kim Il Sung. It said: August 15, 1945 is the day when Korea was liberated from the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists. Comrade Kim Il Sung liberated the country by leading the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle for two decades. A Guinea TV on August 12 televised Korean films "Masikryong Ski Resort" and "Okryu Children's Hospital". The Russian internet homepage "The DPRK Today" posted a special write-up illustrated with a photo of the President on August 11. The homepage praised the peerlessly great man for driving one million troops of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese imperialists into bottomless predicament with his superb guerrilla war methods and leading all people to stage resistance and greet on their own initiative the great event of national liberation. Articles dealing with the President's exploits for national liberation on August 13 and 15 were posted on internet homepages of the Anti-Imperialist Forum of Germany and the African Regional Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People headquartered in Nigeria. -0-