calendar>>June 17. 2009 Juche 98
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Start of Work at C.C., WPK Celebrated
Pyongyang, June 17 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held by workers and members of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea at the Central Hall of Workers on Wednesday 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.

Secretary of the C.C., the WPK Kim Jung Rin was among the attendants.

The reporter and speakers recalled that Kim Jong Il designated President Kim Il Sung's revolutionary idea and the Juche idea as the guiding idea of the revolution in the present era, put forward an original line on modeling the whole party on the Juche idea and developed the WPK into the Party of the President.

Kim Jong Il formulated the Songun policy as the main political mode under socialism as required by the developing revolution and increased the militant function and role of the party organizations, augmenting the political and military might of the country, they said, and went on:

Kim Jong Il has defended socialism with his experienced and seasoned leadership, thereby demonstrating the honor and dignity of the country and the nation and building tremendous national power, and unfolded a new history of building of a great prosperous and powerful nation by arousing the entire army and all people, they pointed out, adding that these exploits would shine long in history.

They called on all officials, workers and members of the trade union to create a speed of the general advance in the Songun era, holding high the torch of a new great revolutionary surge kindled by Kim Jong Il, and thus contribute to glorifying this year as a year of a decisive turn in building a thriving nation.

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