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Officials, Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Fighters, People Visit Bier of Kim Kuk Thae

Pyongyang, December 18 (KCNA) -- Officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters and other people of different social standings on Sunday visited the bier of Kim Kuk Thae to express condolences on his death. He was a member of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, deputy to the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and chairman of the Control Commission of the WPK Central Committee.

Seen before the bier was a wreath sent by supreme leader Kim Jong Un.

Also seen there were wreaths in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, the DPRK Cabinet, the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the Ministry of People's Security, ministries and national institutions, etc.

The mourners paid silent tribute to Kim Kuk Thae, who devoted himself to the struggle for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche, the revolutionary cause of Songun till the last moments of his life, true to the leadership of the party and the leader.

They expressed deep condolences to the family members of the deceased.