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Kim Jong Il Sends Birthday Spreads to Centenarians
Pyongyang, August 17 (KCNA) -- Birthday spreads were sent by General Secretary Kim Jong Il to female centenarians Hong Jong Ju and Jo Jong Suk residing in Sukchon County, South Phyongan Province and Munchon City, Kangwon Province carrying his profound loving care.

Subject to all sorts of maltreatment and insult as members of the stateless nation after their births in the period of the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists, they could not enjoy a worthy life and happiness till President Kim Il Sung liberated the country.

They worked hard with their single desire to repay the great benevolence shown by the Workers' Party of Korea and the President for them. They kept themselves busy even after they became pensioners.

They like boiled rice mixed with four other staple cereals and food made out of bean, in particular. They are always optimistic in their life, doing kitchen work and tending family gardens.

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