There took place a seminar, photo and book exhibition and film show in Pakistan, seminar on Marshal Kim Jong Un's work in Spain and round-table talks and photo exhibition in France between Dec. 12 and 17.

Displayed at the venues of the events were portraits of smiling President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and photos dealing with the exploits of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un.

Also on display there were books and photos introducing the successes made by the Korean army and people in building a thriving socialist nation.

Korean film "The Tower of the Juche Idea" was screened at the film show.

Zabed Ansari, secretary general of the Karachi branch of the Pakistan-Korea Friendship Association, said in a report that Kim Jong Il is revered by the world progressives as he performed great feats for accomplishing the cause of human independence.

The chief of the Madrid Group for the Study of the Juche Idea said that HE Kim Jong Il was an outstanding Songun brilliant commander who always led socialist Korea to victory and a peerless patriot who provided the self-defensive nuclear deterrent firmly guaranteeing the final victory of the cause of Songun.

Benoit Quennedey, international secretary of the Radical Party of Left of France, and other speakers praised Kim Jong Il for performing feats for accomplishing the cause of national reunification and global independence.