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Day of Shining Star Marked in Indonesia, Guinea
Pyongyang, February 25 (KCNA) -- There took place events of visiting the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia greenhouse in Indonesia and the Kimilsungia greenhouse in Guinea on February 12 and 13 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il (Day of the Shining Star).

The director-general of the Council for Jakarta Orchid Park of Indonesia said after looking round Kimilsungias in full bloom: it is a great pride and honor for us that there is a greenhouse cultivating them in our country.

Kimilsungia is a symbol of friendship between Indonesia and the DPRK and the flower praising the great man, he said, adding that the feelings of friendship between the peoples of the two countries will further deepen together with this flower.

The director of the council said that the visit to the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia greenhouse reminded him of the days when he visited the DPRK.

Seeing the venue of the Kimilsungia festival held in Pyongyang with splendor and visited by an endless stream of visitors, he admired the trust of the Korean people in their leader, he noted.

The vice-chairman of the Guinean Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Association praised Kim Jong Il as the great leader who devoted all his life to the happiness of the Korean people and the accomplishment of the cause of global independence.

The general secretary of the Guinean Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Association said that the immortal flower Kimjongilia represents the most boundless reverence of the world progressive people for the peerlessly great man.

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