Book-reading sessions were held in Denmark, Sweden and Finland and round-table talks in Ethiopia on May 27 and 29.

The chairman of the Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association said that Kim Jong Il developed in depth the Juche idea, fathered by President Kim Il Sung, to meet the demand of the present times and developing revolution.

The Songun politics formulated by Kim Jong Il as the main political mode under socialism is the ever-victorious banner helping defend the dignity of countries and nations and realize independence of the popular masses in the world today, he added.

The chief of the Swedish Group for the Study of the Juche Idea said Kim Jong Il's start of work at the Central Committee of the WPK was a historic event of great significance.

The chairman of the Finnish National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea praised the undying feats he performed for the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence, saying progressives of the world will always remember his noble life.