A real man of the people ...SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has watched a performance by soldiers at a Korean People's Army (KPA) art festival, state media said Tuesday. The report of Kim's visit to a military event came two days after his trip to industrial and tourism facilities in Jagang Province.
The Korean Central News Agency and other North Korean media said Kim visited the 33rd KPA art festival and watched the performance by soldiers from KPA Units 567, 531, 762 and 630. The report did not say where the event was held.
Kim "waved back to the enthusiastically cheering performers and audience" after the performance, the report said.
Kim praised the soldiers, saying, "The best socia1ist system centered on the popular masses in the DPRK is invincible as its defense line is guarded by these elite armed forces like an invulnerable iron wall."
Kim's extensive entourage encompassed military top brass and Workers' Party leaders, the report said.