calendar>>October 16. 2009 Juche 98
WPK Birthday Celebrated in Various Countries
Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- A reading session was held in Democratic Congo, round-table talks in Poland and lectures in Iran and Indonesia from Oct. 5 to 9 on the 64th birthday of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Displayed in the venues of the functions were works of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il, photos on their immortal party building leadership exploits and books and photos introducing the glorious course covered by the WPK for more than six decades.

Speeches were made at the functions.

The chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Polish Communist Party noted with appreciation that Kim Il Sung formed the Down-with-Imperialism Union in his early years after embarking on the road of revolution and thus provided the historical roots of building a revolutionary party. And then he built firm organizational backbone and laid solid mass foundation for the party building amidst the flames of the two decade-long arduous anti-Japanese revolution, the chairman added, stressing: After the liberation of Korea Kim Il Sung founded the WPK, thus carving out a new road of building a revolutionary party in the era of independence.

The chairman of the Group for the Study of Kim Jong Il Juche Idea of Democratic Congo said that thanks to the wise leadership of the WPK with Kim Jong Il as its general secretary, the DPRK has made steady progress forward under the uplifted banner of socialism remaining undeterred despite whatever tempest.

The vice-chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Iran Parties House introduced in detail the benevolent and all-embracing politics of Kim Jong Il, saying that the WPK has grown stronger to be the invincible militant party under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

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