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North Korea Fetes Late Eternal President Kim Il-Sung
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Apr 15, 2004 05:36pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, April 15, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | North Korea Fetes Late Eternal President Kim Il-Sung
Reuters
North Korea celebrated the 92nd birth anniversary Thursday of late leader Kim Il-sung, who almost 10 years after his death is still president of the communist state he founded. North Koreans by the thousands danced in colorful costumes to the memory of the world's only deceased head of state, state television showed.
North Korea's "Day of the Sun" was being celebrated and his exploits discussed at gatherings from Mongolia to Guinea and from Rwanda to Peru, the official KCNA news agency said. "Speakers at the meetings were unanimous in stressing that Kim Il-sung is the paragon of the world revolutionaries and a veteran statesman recognized by the world and that his undying exploits would shine forever," KCNA said. King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, an old friend of the late leader, was in Pyongyang to show "boundless reverence" for Kim, while the presidents of Russia and the Palestinian Authority sent messages or floral baskets, KCNA said. "Noting that Kim Jong-il has successfully carried forward and carried out the revolutionary cause of Kim Il-sung through the Songun revolutionary leadership, they praised Kim Jong-il as the world's political elder and a distinguished leader of the human cause of independence," KCNA said. |
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