calendar>>February 21. 2015 Juche 104
Day of Shining Star Marked in Mexico, Guinea, Thailand
Pyongyang, February 21 (KCNA) -- Diverse events took place in Mexico, Guinea and Thailand to honor the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il (Day of the Shining Star).

A seminar on the work of respected Marshal Kim Jong Un "Let Us Add Eternal Brilliance to Comrade Kim Jong Il's Great Idea and Achievements of the Songun Revolution" was held in Mexico, reading-session and film shows in Guinea and Thailand from February 9 to 14.

Korean films including "Fireworks of a Thriving Nation" were shown in the film shows.

The chairman of the Mexican Institute for the Study of the Juche Idea and other personages referred to the profundity and significance of Kim Jong Un's work and expressed the will to activate the work for the study and dissemination of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in the future.

The executive manager of a Guinean company said that February 16 is the most significant holiday for not only the Korean people but also the progressive mankind.

Kim Jong Il was the great statesman and model of genuine patriot who led the Korean revolution to victory, he said, and went on:

Kim Jong Il prioritized the future of the country, always looking hundreds of years ahead when he shaped any line and policy during the whole period of leading the country and the people.

It was the goal of Kim Jong Il's life and his greatest pleasure to devote himself to the building of a prosperous country and happiness of the people.

The image of Kim Jong Il who devoted his everything to the rosy future of the country and the people will remain in the hearts of not only the Korean people but also the progressives.

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