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Condolences to Kim Jong Un from Nepali Party Leader

Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- The dear respected Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, received a condolence message from Jhalanath Khanal, chairman of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist－Leninist) and ex-prime minister of Nepal, on Dec. 20 last year.

At the news of the untimely demise of the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il I express profound condolences to the WPK and all the Korean people in grief over the loss on behalf of the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist) and on my own, the message said, and went on:

Comrade Kim Jong Il was a genuine patriot and a perfect leader who set an example for all the leaders of the world to follow.

The message hoped the Koreans would overcome the sorrow with strength and advance the country, holding aloft the red flag of independence and development upheld by Comrade Kim Jong Il.