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WPK's Birthday Marked in Russia
Pyongyang, October 22 (KCNA) -- Russian newspapers and internet magazines ran special write-ups to mark the 67th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

The 37th issue of the Russian paper Veteran carried a photo of leader Kim Jong Il and photo of the Party Founding Memorial Tower with an article.

The paper said:

President Kim Il Sung laid the organizational and ideological foundation for building the party in the flame of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle. On the basis of it he founded the WPK on October 10, 1945.

Leader Kim Jong Il developed the WPK into the ranks, ideologically pure and organizationally united, and the guiding force leading the revolutionary cause of Songun to victory.

The idea and cause of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il have been successfully inherited by Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the WPK.

The Russian paper Our House Sochi on October 11 carried an article with photos dealing with revolutionary activities of leader Kim Jong Il and the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

It said the WPK and people of the DPRK under the leadership of Kim Jong Un will invariably and confidently advance along the way of independence, Songun and socialism.

It carried a photo of the statues of Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

The Russian internet magazines Mar 12 and Hanber Journal carried articles praising the undying party leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il and noble popular traits of Kim Jong Un on October 9 and 10.

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