calendar>> January 1. 2015 Juche 104
Kim Jong Il's Demise Anniversary Observed in Foreign Countries
Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- Organizations of different countries posted on their websites special write-ups with portraits of smiling leader Kim Jong Il and his photos from December 15 to 18, Juche 103 (2014) on the occasion of the third anniversary of his demise.

The Russian Tynda Group for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism posted an article titled "Mt. Paektu and Kim Jong Il".

The article said Mt. Paektu, the holy mountain of the Korean revolution, would be unthinkable apart from Kim Jong Il.

Introducing his strong mettle and courage as a peerless great man who brought about only victory in the standoff with the U.S. and eye-opening events by opening up the June 15 era of reunification, the article said his august name and feats will shine long with Mt. Paektu.

The Brazilian Center for the Study of the Juche Idea in an article said the past three years since his demise were a period that proved invariable loyalty and noble sense of moral obligation of the Korean people and their yearnings for him.

It noted that the Korean people brought about great change by hastening the dynamic advance.

The Anti-Imperialist Forum of Germany in an article titled "Korean people miss General Kim Jong Il" said that Marshal Kim Jong Un warmly love the people as Kim Jong Il did.

He is always alive in the hearts of the Korean people and other progressives of the world, the article added.

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