Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- The title of the Hero of the
Republic was posthumously awarded to Yu Kyong Hwa, former student
of Kim Chol Ju University of Education for fully displaying the
spirit of devotedly defending the leader and revolutionary
comradeship. Early in January last when there broke out fire all of
a sudden, she protected the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and
leader Kim Jong Il and saved her revolutionary comrades from the
flames at the cost of her life.
The Title of the Hero of the DPRK and Gold Star Medal and the Order
of the National Flag First Class posthumously awarded to her were
conveyed to her bereaved family at an awarding ceremony held
Wednesday.
At the ceremony speakers referred to the brilliant life of her who
always lived with rare desire and hope to be a true daughter of
Songun Korea, adding that was why she displayed to the full the
intense loyalty and noble comradeship to the last moments of her
life.