Chairman Kim Jong Il remembered by overseas Koreans   Events were held by overseas Koreans' organizations to cherish the memory of the great leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of his demise.

Officials of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) met at the Korean Hall in Tokyo of Japan on the 16th to lay a floral basket before the portrait of Kim Jong Il.

Present on the occasion were Chairman Ho Jong Man, First Vice-Chairman and Director of the Organization Department Pak Ku Ho and the vice-chairmen of the Central Standing Committee, the Chairman of the Central Audit Committee, the Department Directors and other officials of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon.

All the participants paid homage to Kim Jong Il, praying for his immortal life.

That day officials of the Korean Youth League in Japan, the Union of Democratic Korean Women in Japan, the Korean Educational Association in Japan, the Korean Health Workers Association in Japan, the Union of Korean Students in Japan and the Korean Youth Publications placed bouquets before the portrait of Kim Jong Il and paid tribute to him.

The General Association of Koreans in China held memorial functions on the 17th.

Floral baskets were laid before the bronze statue of the great leader Kim Il Sung at the Yuwen Middle School in Jilin and the portraits and pictures of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the embassy and missions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in China in the name of the General Association of Koreans in China, the Association of Korean Women in China, the Jilin City Branch of the Jilin Regional Association and the Zhongnan Regional Association of the General Association, and the family of Hwang Paek Ha, China-resident Korean related to the anti-Japanese revolution.

A Korean documentary on the immortal history of the revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il was screened in Shenyang of China.

It was watched by the officials of the headquarters of the General Association of Koreans in China and members of the Shenyang City Branch of the Liaoning Regional Association.

The Social Confederation of Koreans in Russia also held a memorial meeting on the 16th.

The meeting was attended by members of the Social Confederation of Koreans in Russia and members of Russian political parties and public organizations.

Before the meeting, the members of the Social Confederation of Koreans in Russia placed a floral basket in front of the picture of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the embassy of the DPRK in the Russian Federation and paid tribute to them.

Speeches were made at the meeting.