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Kim Il Sung Lauded by Foreign Figures
Pyongyang, April 15 (KCNA) -- Events were held in various countries on the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. They included remembrance meetings, book and photo exhibitions, film shows and seminars in Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Ecuador, Vietnam, Sweden, Bulgaria and Nepal between April 1 and 6.

Displayed in the venues of the events were books and photos showing the sacred revolutionary career of the President and his undying feats.

Korean films shown included "Fireworks for a Thriving Nation" and "Pyongyang Today".

The chairman of the Nigerian preparatory committee for commemorating the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung said the President is the founder of the DPRK and the great leader who built it into a country that has a strong political, military and economic foundation.

His glorious revolutionary career and undying exploits will shine long together with his august name of the sun, the chairman added.

The general manager of the Voluntad Publishing House of Ecuador said the President and General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave his family great happiness and pleasure. He would live as a family member of the Korean people, holding the peerlessly great persons as eternal father, he added.

A congratulatory message to the dear respected Kim Jong Un was adopted at a seminar in Vietnam.

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