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Congratulatory Letter to Kim Jong Un from Chongryon
Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- The dear respected Kim Jong Un received a congratulatory letter from the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) on Friday on holding General Secretary Kim Jong Il in high esteem as eternal chairman of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK and on his election as first chairman of the NDC.

The letter said that holding Kim Jong Il in high esteem as eternal chairman of the NDC of the DPRK is an expression of a strong sense of moral obligation by the people in the homeland to glorify his immortal exploits forever.

It went on:

The election of Kim Jong Un to the top post of the DPRK represents the highest honor for all the Korean people as it signifies the successful realization of their unanimous aspiration and wishes and a great event in the history of the nation as it makes it possible to glorify forever the exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung in the nation-building and immortal leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il along with the prosperous homeland.

Kim Jong Un represents the life and future of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan and is their tender-hearted father, the letter stressed.

It evinced the resolution of the Koreans in Japan to single-mindedly unite around Kim Jong Un and usher in a new heyday of Chongryon as instructed by Kim Jong Il, cherishing the great national pride and self-esteem of having been blessed with the President and the leader generation after generation.

We will make a tangible contribution to the building of a thriving nation in the homeland, dynamically wage the movement for national reunification and further intensify the external activities to improve the DPRK-Japan relations, concluded the letter.

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