DPRK honors Chinese who died rescuing girls

Hero's sacrifice seen as proof of friendship between two countries

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea unveiled a monument on Sunday to commemorate Zhang Jingrong, a Chinese man who rescued three DPRK girls from drowning in the sea off Rason city.

Zhang's family members and relatives, Consul General Tian Baozhen of China's consulate-general in DPRK's Chongjing, officials from China's Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and officials of the Rason City People's Committee attended the unveiling ceremony, Xinhua News Agency reported.