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Anniversary of Start of Songun Revolutionary Leadership Observed
Pyongyang, September 2 (KCNA) -- Meetings, seminars, friendly gatherings, photo exhibitions and film shows took place in South Africa, Bangladesh, Uganda and Ethiopia in the period from August 18 to 24 to mark the 50th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

Displayed in their venues were photos showing the Songun leadership feats of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

The participants in the film shows watched "Korea Shinning with Time-honored History", "Reply of Korea" and other Korean films.

Speeches were made at the events.

Bonakele Majuba, secretary of the Mfumalanga Provincial Committee of the South African Communist Party and chairman of the South African Association of Friendship and Solidarity with Korean People, said at a meeting that Kim Jong Il has turned the DPRK into a socialist stronghold while smashing the constant anti-DPRK moves of the imperialists with the powerful military deterrent.

Thanks to the Songun politics the Korean people are working world-startling miracles in the drive to open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful nation till 2012, he stressed.

M. Gamrul Huda, chairman of the Bangladesh Institute of the Juche Idea, and other speakers referred to the fact that the DPRK has demonstrated itself as a socialist power, resolutely foiling the imperialists' moves for aggression and war with its treasured sword of Songun under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.

S. N. Sserwanga, secretary general of the African Regional Committee of Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People, said at a friendly gathering that the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il ushered in a new era in which the DPRK is prospering as a strong socialist state. The DPRK guided by the great leader will as ever prosper, he added.

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