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Significant Holidays of DPRK Observed in Different Countries
Pyongyang, May 3 (KCNA) -- Events were held in different countries for celebrating the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, the 19th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and the 80th anniversary of the Korean People's Army.

They included meetings in Tajikistan, Ecuador, Bulgaria and Uganda between April 6 and 12.

Speeches were made at the meetings.

A member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan said that Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea and the Songun idea, ushering in a new era in history, an era of independence, when the popular masses appear as full-fledged masters of society.

He stressed that the revolutionary career and exploits of Kim Il Sung would shine forever along with the human history as the sun is eternal.

The chairman of the Social Patrons Centre of the Loja City Government of Loja Province, Ecuador praised Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il as the great leaders who extended unreserved support and solidarity to the peoples in their struggle for independence.

The secretary general of the African Regional Committee of Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People noted that the DPRK would immensely prosper as it dynamically advances along the road of socialism, holding the dear respected Kim Jong Un in high esteem as its supreme leader.

A message of greeting to Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting in Bulgaria.

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