Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at Overseas Military Operations inaugurated in the DPRK

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The Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at Overseas Military Operations was inaugurated on April 26 in Pyongyang, commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s forces in overseas military operations.

The inauguration ceremony was held on April 26, marking the first anniversary of the conclusion of the overseas military operations associated with the liberation of Kursk in the Russian Federation. The event was described as solemn and ceremonious, reflecting the significance of honoring those who served and sacrificed in these operations.

The ceremony was attended by Comrade Kim Jong Un, the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and other senior Party, government, and military officials. The bereaved families of the war martyrs, the soldier-builders and creators who contributed to the construction of the museum, students of revolutionary schools, youth and students and citizens of Pyongyang were also present.

Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian State Duma, Andrei Beloussov, minister of Defense, and other members of an official delegation of the Russian Federation and staff members of the Russian embassy in the DPRK paid tribute as well.

The museum is dedicated to perpetuating the heroic feats and the ennobling spirit of the soldiers of the DPRK who gave their lives in the overseas military operations. It aims to document and showcase the bravery, dedication, and sacrifices of these individuals, emphasizing the ideals of justice and dignity upheld during the operations. By establishing a permanent institution, the museum seeks to educate future generations and preserve historical memory of these military efforts.

In his speech at the inauguration Kim Jong Un said:

The soldiers of Korea and Russia, who are faithful to the ideal of justice, fought in the same trench shoulder to shoulder to defend peace and national sovereignty, and achieved a result decisive in checking the resurrection of fascism and frustrating the hegemonic forces' ambition for a war.

The operations were military activities conducted in one region in a few months, but the strategic significance of the result is very great.

Justice and injustice have always co-existed in the whole history of mankind, and the confrontation between them has been acute all the time. But there has been no such a situation as that of today in which the forces of domination and tyranny attempt to destroy the desire for national sovereignty and freedom, after they emerged brazenly on this planet as the most shameless and aggressive ultra-rightist reactionary alliance, discarding any sleazy mask or veneer.

In the rigorous and crucial years when the undoubted demand of a country and a nation for its rights to political self-determination and development and the implementation of its obligations have become the target of tyranny, the armies of the DPRK and Russia demonstrated the strength of justice through their bloody struggle, fully aware of the noblest duties they have assumed for their countries and mankind.

The soldiers of the two countries have clearly proved that there does exist in the world a tremendous might capable of overturning the society of evils created by imperialism, by dint of the hearts afire with justice and death-defying strength, and that the tyranny of injustice can never conquer mankind.