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Kimjongilia Show Held in China
Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA) -- A Kimjongilia show was held in Shenyang, China, on Feb. 13 to commemorate the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il. It was sponsored by the General Association of Koreans in China.

Displayed at its venue were flowers of the sun carrying boundless reverence of all people against background of poem "Shining Star" written by President Kim Il Sung and Jong Il Peak.

Present there were Chairperson Choe Un Bok and officials of the association, delegates of its organizations and Koreans in China, the consul-general and staff members of the DPRK consulate-general in Shenyang, members of DPRK trade missions in Shenyang and personages of different strata of China.

Speeches were made at the show.

The participants expressed burning emotion, looking round flowers in praise of the great man.

Choe Un Bok said that immortal flowers came to full bloom with deep reverence of the world people on the occasion of the 70th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il.

All Koreans in China will devotedly contribute to building a thriving nation in the DPRK and reliably preserve the patriotic tradition under the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un, Choe said.

The director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government of China said that the feats of Kim Jong Il, who made great contribution to strengthening the Sino-DPRK friendship, would be everlasting.

The director of the Center for Korean Peninsula Studies of the Liaoning Provincial Academy of Social Sciences said that Kimjongilia fully mirrors the great personality of Kim Jong Il, a peerlessly elder statesman. "Shining Star" will go down forever with the beauty of Kimjongilia, the director added.

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