calendar>>April 15. 2009 Juche 98
Letter to Kim Jong Il from Chongryon Central Standing Committee
Pyongyang, April 15 (KCNA) -- General Secratary Kim Jong Il received a letter from the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) Wednesday on the occasion of the Day of the Sun.

The letter said that President Kim Il Sung was an immensely benevolent benefactor and tender-hearted father who brought the officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan the joy of national resurrection and the honor and dignity of being full-fledged overseas citizens of an independent and sovereign state and the pride of being the vanguard of the world overseas compatriots movement and took care of them with profound loving care.

The letter pointed out that Kim Jong Il imbued the people with the unshakable faith that President Kim Il Sung will always be with us in the difficult days when the country faced a stern trial, firmly protected the destiny of the country and the nation with his invincible Songun leadership and brought a great new era of the greatest prosperity unprecedented in the nation's history spanning 5,000 years to the homeland, adding that it is thanks to the benevolent leadership and loving care of Kim Jong Il who has always taken care of the officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan that they have defended Chongryon, a patriotic legacy of the President, and firmly protected the national dignity and the honor of being overseas citizens of the DPRK.

The letter expressed the will to hold the President in high esteem for all ages and defend generation after generation the undying feats performed by him in the movement of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan by dedicating all his noble life to it and add shine to them.

It evinced the resolution of the officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan to keep pace with the people of the homeland bringing about a great leap forward through the new general advance, holding high the torch of Kangson, and make this year a year of a decisive turning point for laying the foundation to usher in a new heyday of Chongryon and the movement of Koreans in Japan.

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