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Kimilsungia Festival Venue Visited by Many Foreigners
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- Many foreigners and overseas compatriots visited the venue of the 13th Kimilsungia Festival on the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

They gave their deep impressions of the festival after the visit.

Lazarenko Veronika, a member of the "Step-Class" Dance Troupe of Ukraine, said that she could not repress admiration at the festival whose venue was decorated with Kimilsungia, rare flower bearing the august name of the President. Here in Korea I saw the most wonderful flower festival in the world, she added.

Iris Rauni Carita Klimenko, a member of the musical company of Finland, said that they were totally fascinated by beauty of Kimilsungia.

She further said: Sincerity, dedicated by every participant in the festival to cultivation of flowers on display, makes us clearly realize that Kim Il Sung is the great father of the people.

Choe Tong Won, head of the support group for the Art Troupe of Koreans in China, said that through the visit they deeply felt the faith and will of the people in the homeland to hold the President in high esteem forever.

Kwak U, a member of the support group, said that the DPRK is the only country in the world to hold the festival with the flowers bearing the august name of its leader.

Paek Thae Bom, a member of the Art Troupe of Koreans in the U.S., noted that the visit offered him an opportunity to keenly feel the personality of the President as a great man and the strong will of the people in the homeland to realize his desire at any cost. The world will see how Kim Il Sung's Korea, the country of the sun, rises up as a thriving nation, he added.

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