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Koreans in Japan Congratulate Kim Jong Il's Reelection
Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) -- A meeting of Koreans in Japan took place at the Korean Hall in Tokyo on October 7 to congratulate General Secretary Kim Jong Il on his reelection as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Present there were Ho Jong Man, chief vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), Pae Ik Ju, vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon and chairman of the National Rights Committee, Ko Tok U, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Pak Ku Ho, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and chairman of the Rights and Welfare Committee, Pae Jin Gu, vice-chairman and director general of the General Affairs Department of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Hong In Hum, chairman of the Central Audit Committee of Chongryon and other officials, compatriots and teachers of schools at different levels.

Ho Jong Man said in his report that the reelection of Kim Jong Il to the top post of the WPK was a great event of the country and the nation and a noteworthy event in the human history of politics.

Kim Jong Il has devoted all to the prosperity of the country and the nation and the victory of the cause of Juche for years and developed the WPK into the party of President Kim Il Sung and an invincible revolutionary party, he stressed.

The DPRK has powerfully demonstrated the dignity and honor of Kim Il Sung's nation before the whole world thanks to the precious fruition of the seasoned and tested leadership of Kim Jong Il.

Having Kim Jong Il at the top post of the revolution, Chongryon could firmly defend itself, courageously frustrating the frantic anti-DPRK and anti-Chongryon moves of the reactionary forces inside and outside Japan and dynamically advance along the road of patriotism under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, he noted.

He called on the officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan to usher in a new heyday in the movement of Koreans in Japan, cherishing the conviction of sure victory that they are sure to emerge victorious when they are led by Kim Jong Il,

Then, speeches were made.

A congratulatory message of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee to Kim Jong Il was read out at the meeting.

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