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National Meeting Marks Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Start of Work at C.C., WPK
Pyongyang, June 18 (KCNA) -- A national meeting was held at the April 25 House of Culture Tuesday to mark the 49th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Kim Jong Il started his work at the Central Committee on June 19, Juche 53 (1964), reflecting the noble intention of President Kim Il Sung and the desire of all the service personnel and the people.

He led the WPK along the road of victory with his extraordinary ideological and theoretical wisdom, outstanding leadership ability and noble popular personality, performing immortal feats before the era and the revolution, the country and its people.

He formulated the President's revolutionary idea as Kimilsungism and proclaimed the modeling the whole of society on the Juche idea as the supreme programme of the WPK. Then he set forth the line of building the party which called for modeling the entire party on Kimilsungism.

He formulated the Songun politics as the revolutionary leadership mode of the party and developed the WPK into staff of the Songun revolution.

He demonstrated the dignity and might of Kim Il Sung's Korea before the whole world and ushered in a new history of building a thriving socialist nation on this land.

He clearly oriented the party building and activities to implementing the Songun revolutionary line to bolster up the country's defence capability in every way.

Thanks to his energetic leadership the DPRK could demonstrate its might as a satellite manufacturer and launcher and usher in a new heyday in building socialist culture.

A new turning phase of the movement for the country's reunification was opened and its international prestige and influence further increased and the international solidarity with the Korean revolution grew stronger remarkably.

Choe Thae Bok, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK, made a report at the meeting.

The portrait of smiling Kim Jong Il and his immortal feats will always be remembered by our party members and other people and world progressives to shine forever, he said, adding:

Kim Jong Il's Juche-oriented idea and cause of party building are being successfully carried forward and developed by the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

Victory and glory are always set in store for the Korean revolution which is dynamically advancing, flying high the party flag of Juche under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Present at the meeting were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju, and other senior officials of the party, the state and the army, officials in various fields, persons of merit and Pyongyangites.

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