Ri In Mo at Lake Chon on Mt. Paektu, after his rapatriation to the North.

An obituary of Ri In Mo was published Saturday in the joint name of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK.

Born into a family of fire-field peasant in Kim Hyong Gwon County, Ryanggang Province, on August 24, Juche 6 (1917), Ri participated in the anti-Japanese struggle in his early years under the influence of the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by President Kim Il Sung during the Japanese imperialists’ colonial rule and struggled for the liberation of the country after joining the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland.

He took an active part in the work to form grass-roots level organizations of the party after the liberation. He held the posts of chairman of a myon committee of the party, director of the information department of a county party committee and director of the information department of a city committee of the party from October Juche 34 (1945) to June Juche 39 (1950).

He was active as a war correspondent of the KPA during the Fatherland Liberation War. He was arrested by the enemy in January 1952, while conducting activities at the Mt. Jiri People’s Guerilla behind the enemy lines during the temporary retreat of the KPA. He had spent 34 years in prison since then.

He remained true to the revolutionary faith and principle as member of the WPK, not yielding to the enemy’s brutal torture, appeasement and deception. He continued the movement for reunification even after his release from prison.

He came into the care of the socialist homeland on March 19, 1993 to find the remainder of his life rewarding and worthwhile.

He was awarded the title of twice hero of the Republic, "Kim Il Sung Order," National Reunification Prize and other high state citations for his feats performed for the party and the revolution, the country and the people. The obituary stressed that the life of Ri In Mo was the noble life of a true revolutionary soldier of the WPK, an indomitable man who devoted his all to the struggle, firmly believing in his party and the leader only in any grim adversity.

His noble revolutionary spirit and feats performed by him for the party and the revolution, the country and the nation will remain long, it stressed.

That day the Central Committee of the WPK, the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly and the Cabinet of the DPRK published a decision to accord the late Ri In Mo a people’s funeral and form a funeral committee which consists of Chairman Kim Yong Nam, Vice-Chairman Choe Thae Bok and 55 members including Kim Yong Il.

(KCNA, June 17, 2007)