calendar>>July 11. 2014 Juche 103

Condolences Expressed over Death of Jon Pyong Ho

Pyongyang, July 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju and other members of the state funeral committee and officials of the party, armed forces and power bodies, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, those in the field of national defence and those of the party and power bodies in Pyongyang visited the bier of Jon Pyong Ho, general of the Korean People's Army and honorary curator of the KPA Museum of Weapons and Equipment, and expressed condolences over his death.

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

Placed before the bier were wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the Central Military Commission of the WPK, the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, the Cabinet of the DPRK, the General Political Bureau of the KPA, the General Staff of the KPA, the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, field of national defence industry and party and powers bodies, factories, etc. in Pyongyang.

The mourners observed a moment's silence to the memory of Jon Pyong Ho who devoted his life to the sacred struggle to accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche and the revolutionary cause of Songun, true to the leadership of President Kim Il Sung, leader Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un.

They expressed profound condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased.