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Day of Shining Star Celebrated by Koreans in Russia
Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- The United Confederation of Koreans in Russia held a meeting on Feb. 14 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il (the Day of the Shining Star).

The participants laid bouquets before his portrait.

Chairman of the confederation Kim Chil Song, addressing the meeting, said that the greatest immortal feat Kim Jong Il performed for the country and nation was that he defended the sovereignty of the nation from the moves of the imperialist allied forces to stifle the DPRK and turned it into a space power and nuclear weapons state.

Then followed speeches.

His far-sightedness and policy of attaching importance to science resulted in the successful nuclear test in the DPRK, the speakers noted, declaring that the Koreans in Russia would make tangible contributions to achieving the reunification of the country and the nation's prosperity, proud of being members of the Korean nation which successfully conducted the nuclear test in the wake of launching satellite by its own efforts and with indigenous technology.

Korean film "Arms of Korea" was shown.

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