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

Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Choe Ryong Hae, Kim Phyong Hae, Vice-Premiers Kim Yong Jin and Ri Chol Man, officials of the party and armed forces organs and national institutions, service personnel, bereaved family members and citizens.

Laid before the bust amid the playing of the wreath-laying music were wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the DPRK Cabinet.

Also placed were wreaths in the name of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, national institutions, units of the Korean People's Army, party and power bodies in Pyongyang and others.

The participants paid silent tribute in memory of Choe Chun Guk.