calendar>>June 16. 2009 Juche 98
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Start of Work at C.C., WPK Marked
Pyongyang, June 16 (KCNA) -- Meetings of youth and students and members of the Democratic Women's Union of Korea were held in the plazas of the Party Founding Memorial Tower and the Tower of the Juche Idea on Tuesday to mark the 45th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Reports and speeches were made there.

The reporters and speakers said that Kim Jong Il's start of work at the C.C., the WPK, 45 years ago marked an event of special mention as it promised a bright future of the country and people, adding that the WPK has brought about great changes in all domains of the revolution and construction under his leadership.

Referring to the fact that Kim Jong Il has upheld and preserved President Kim Il Sung's idea of party building and exploits he performed in it, developed the WPK into the Party of the President and consolidated as firm as a rock the single-minded unity of the leader and the party, the army and the people based on the Juche idea and Songun idea, they went on:

The exploits Kim Jong Il has performed by firmly defending the country, the revolution and socialism and bringing a new era of building a great prosperous and powerful nation to this land will shine forever.

Kim Jong Il has always indicated the ways for the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League and the Democratic Women's Union of Korea to follow, training the youth as reliable successors to the Songun revolution and leading with warm loving care the women's union to become a mass political organization in the era of Songun.

They called upon all young people and members of the women's union to perform commendable feats in the on-going general march, firmly convinced that eternal prosperity is in store for Kim Il Sung's nation thanks to Kim Jong Il.

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