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Kim Il Sung Prize awarded to composer of "Song about the Motherland"

Kim Il Sung Prize was awarded to Sol Thae Song, Chief of the Creation Section of the State Merited Chorus, who wrote the "Song about the Motherland", a famous song of the times.
The "Song about the Motherland" is a famous song of national importance which impressively represented the great pride in our great motherland and the ideological sentiments of all people to love the dignified Democratic People's Republic of Korea with all their soul and glorify it forever.
A meeting was held on the 9th to award Kim Il Sung Prize to People's Artist Sol Thae Song who wonderfully created the "Song about the Motherland".
Present there were Ju Chang Il, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Hyong Sik, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, and officials, creators and artistes of the State Merited Chorus.
A decree of the Standing Committee of the SPA of the DPRK was read out and Kim Il Sung Prize was awarded to Sol Thae Song, Chief of the Creation Section of the State Merited Chorus.
Speeches were made at the meeting.