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DPRK's Birthday Observed in Different Countries
Pyongyang, September 5 (KCNA) -- A seminar on work of General Secretary Kim Jong Il took place in South Africa, a meeting in France and a film show in Russia from August 26 to 29 on the 61st birthday of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The chairman of the Group for the Study of the Progressive Ideas of South Africa, at the seminar on Kim Jong Il's work "The Juche Philosophy Is an Original Revolutionary Philosophy" said that there are lots of philosophies and many who claim to be philosophers in the world but there is no such great philosopher as Kim Jong Il who projected the popular masses as the maker of the social history.

The director-general of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea said at the meeting that President Kim Il Sung built the DPRK into an invincible socialist power, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in defence, guided by the Juche idea. The President's cause of building a rich and powerful country has been successfully carried forward by Kim Jong Il, he added.

The general manager of "Bneshtorgprom" Co., Ltd. of Russia said after watching Korean film "Mt. Kuwol, a Famous Mountain on the West Coast" that Kim Jong Il is a popular leader who has dedicated his all to the happiness of the people.

A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar.

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