calendar>>August 19. 2013 Juche 102
Korea's Liberation Day Marked in Foreign Countries
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Lectures and film shows took place in Serbia, Benin and Nigeria on Aug. 12 and 13 to mark the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Korea.

Participants in the film shows watched "Korea Emerged from the Ruins" and other Korean films.

Batric Miyovic, general secretary of the New Yugoslavia Communist Party of Serbia, said that President Kim Il Sung led to victory the protracted anti-Japanese armed struggle without any rear or assistance from a regular army, thus achieving the historic cause of Korea's liberation.

Kim Il Sung saved the Korean nation from the fate of colonial slavery and set a good example in the national liberation struggle, the general secretary noted, adding that his immortal exploits would go down in the modern history of Korea and the history of the world revolutionary movement.

Hessou Kohovi, chairman of the Benin-Korea Amicable Association "Long Live Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader" and the Benin National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, said that Kim Il Sung achieved the historic cause of national liberation through his Songun leadership. Thanks to his leadership the struggle of the Korean people against the Japanese imperialists could be confidently waged along the right road, the chairman stressed.

Prof. Usman Abu Tom at Nasarawa University of Nigeria praised Kim Il Sung for defeating the formidable Japanese imperialists with his unique strategy and tactics and superb war methods.

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