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Kim Jong Il Enjoys Art Performance
Pyongyang, December 25 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il enjoyed the "Concert Celebrating December Holiday" given by the State Merited Chorus.

He warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering audience and heartily congratulated them who are devoting themselves to the defence of the country and the prosperity of the socialist country, upholding the Songun revolutionary leadership of the party.

Put on the stage were colorful numbers including male chorus "Comrade Kim Jong Il Is Our Supreme Commander", female solo and male chorus "We Will Surely Come Back Holding the General in High Esteem" and male solo and chorus "Where Are You, Dear General?".

He highly appreciated the success made in the performance, expressing great satisfaction over the chorus’s splendid concert rich in the ideological contents and high in artistry as it is replete with the faith and will of the DPRK and the revolutionary soldier spirit and extended thanks to all creators and artistes.

He praised the artistes of the chorus for their feats, noting that it has creditably performed its sacred mission as buglers of the Songun era over the past 15 years since its first concert, imbuing all the servicepersons and people with ardent love for the party and the leader and the country and its people and indomitable confidence and will by singing revolutionary war songs.

He had taken a photograph with them.

Among the audience were Ri Yong Ho, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Kim Yong Chun, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK, vice-chairman of the NDC and minister of the People's Armed Forces, Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok and Hong Sok Hyong, members of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., the WPK, Kim Kyong Hui, member of the Political Bureau and department director of the C.C., the WPK, Kang Sok Ju, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-premier of the Cabinet, Jang Song Thaek, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-chairman of the NDC, Kim Jong Gak, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and first vice director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, Kim Yang Gon, Kim Yong Il, Pak To Chun, Choe Ryong Hae, Thae Jong Su, and Kim Phyong Hae, alternate members of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., the WPK, Mun Kyong Dok, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK and chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the WPK, Ju Kyu Chang, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and department director of the C.C., the WPK, U Tong Chuk, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Kim Kyong Ok, Kim Won Hong, Kim Myong Guk, Jong Myong Do, Ri Pyong Chol, Kim Yong Chol and Yun Jong Rin, members of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su, department directors of the NDC, commanding officers of the army, leading officials of the society and servicepersons of the KPA.

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