Present there were officials of the confederation including its Chairman Pak Kyong Ho and compatriots.

The participants laid floral baskets and bouquets before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il before paying tribute to them.

Speakers at the event spoke highly of the immortal exploits the President performed by defeating the brigandish Japanese imperialists and liberating the country.

They recalled that the people in the homeland are bringing about fresh leap forward and progress day by day in building a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation under the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il.

They called on the Koreans in Kirgyzstan to actively turn out in the patriotic struggle for the national reunification and prosperity, keeping pace with the compatriots in the homeland.

Then followed an art performance given on the same occasion.