PYONGYANG, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday held a welcome ceremony for the 528th Regiment of Engineers of the Korean People's Army, which returned from the overseas operational area, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs, attended the ceremony, said the report.
This regiment, which carried out the combat order of the WPK, was formed on May 28 according to the decisions and orders of the Central Military Commission of the WPK "to build on the valuable victory in the overseas military operations," Kim said, adding that the regiment left for Russia's Kursk region in August.
The DPRK "decided to award the regiment the Order of Freedom and Independence 1st Class and nine combatants fallen in the course of completing their military missions the title of the DPRK Hero, the Order of National Flag 1st Class and the Order of Soldier's Honor 1st Class," he said. ■