calendar>> April 14. 2014 Juche 103
Day of Sun Observed in Foreign Countries
Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- Celebration meetings were held in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand and South Africa between April 5 and 7 on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

Displayed at the venues of the meetings were photos dealing with exploits of Kim Il Sung, leader Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un.

Also on display there were works of Kim Jong Un, books and photos introducing Songun Korea.

The acting secretary of the Yangon Regional Committee of the Union Solidarity and Development Party of Myanmar said that Kim Il Sung was a prominent leader who founded the immortal Juche idea, built socialism centered on the popular masses on the land of the DPRK and made a contribution to the cause of global independence.

M. Jahangir Khan, chairman of the Bangladesh Group for the Study of the Songun Policy, and other speakers highly praised Kim Il Sung as the founding father of socialist Korea, saying that progressive humankind could have a powerful ideo-theoretical weapon for national liberation and anti-imperialist struggle as he founded the Juche idea and Songun idea.

Songchit Pullarp, chairman of the Organization for the Study of the Juche Idea of Thailand, and Chanai Longoen, chairman of the Thailand-DPRK Friendship Association, said that they would deeply study works of Kim Il Sung, adding that the Juche idea is an original one.

Bonakele Majuba, secretary of the Mfumalanga Provincial Committee of the South African Communist Party, extended his highest tribute to Kim Il Sung who embarked upon the road of revolution in his early years and performed immortal exploits on behalf of the era and history.

Congratulatory messages to Kim Jong Un were adopted at the meetings held in Thailand and South Africa.

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