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Koreans in China, Russia Pay Tribute to Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, July 11 (KCNA) -- Koreans in China on July 8 presented floral baskets before the statue of President Kim Il Sung at Yuwen Middle School in Jilin and paid tribute to him on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of his demise.

Attending it were Koreans in China including Choe Un Bok, chairwoman of the General Association of Koreans in China, members of the DPRK consulate general in Shenyang and branch offices in China and officials of Jilin Yuwen Middle School.

Officials of the Liaoning Regional Association and Shenyang branch of the General Association of Koreans in China and other Korean compatriots paid floral tribute to the President's portrait in the DPRK consulate general in Shenyang on the same day.

Officials of the Zhongnan Regional Association of the General Association visited the DPRK embassy in Beijing to pay floral tribute to his portrait.

The vice chairman of the Central Association of Korean Nationals in Russia, the chairman of the Koreans' Autonomous Society for National Culture in Nakhodka and the chairman of the Autonomous Society for Korean National Culture in Partizansk City and other Korean compatriots in Russia visited the DPRK consulate general in Nakhodka on July 7 to lay floral baskets before a full length portrait of the President and General Secretary Kim Jong Il standing together on Mt. Paektu.

Officials of the Khabarovsk Territory United Confederation of Koreans presented bouquets to the full length portrait of the President and Kim Jong Il at the DPRK mission in Khabarovsk and made a bow.

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