Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- All the people in the DPRK commemorates the 110th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung , whose august name shines in the nation's history spanning 5 000 years, as the great revolutionary event, holding him in high esteem as the eternal sun of socialist Korea. They extend the highest respects towards the sacred temple of Juche with ardent yearning for him that remains unchanged, no matter how much water may flow under the bridge.

Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun together with his wife Ri Sol Ju on April 15, the Day of the Sun, the greatest auspicious holiday of the Korean nation.

Accompanying him were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly , Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary for Organizational Affairs of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, and other leading officials of the Party and the government, officials of the Party Central Committee, members of the Cabinet and leading officials of the working people's organizations.

Leading officials of the armed forces organs were present there.

Placed at the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il was a floral basket from the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un .

Also laid before the statues were the floral baskets in the names of the WPK Central Committee, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK.

The respected General Secretary and his wife, together with other visitors, paid high tribute to the statues of the great leaders.

At the halls where the President and the Chairman lie in state, the respected General Secretary and his wife made deep bows to the President and the Chairman as a token of their best wishes of immortality to the great leaders who built Korean-style socialism guided by the idea of believing in the people as in Heaven on this land, made the unprecedentedly glorious history of victory and miracles and laid the eternal foundations for ensuring the dignity and prosperity of posterity.

All the participants made a firm pledge to remain absolutely loyal to the idea and leadership of the respected General Secretary who adds eternal luster to the cause of the President and the Chairman and fulfill their heavy duty and responsibility entrusted with by the Party and the people by dedicating themselves to the sacred struggle for comprehensive development of socialist construction. -0-

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