Present there were Chairman Pak Kyong Ho and other officials of the confederation and compatriots there.

They laid a floral basket and bunches of flowers before the portraits of smiling Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and made a bow to them.

Chairman Pak Kyong Ho said he came to look back on the revolutionary career of Kim Jong Il who performed great exploits for the country and nation on the significant Day of the Shining Star.

He went on:

Kim Jong Il is always alive in the hearts of the people for his wise idea, leadership art and virtues.

His cause is being successfully carried forward and translated into brilliant reality by Marshal Kim Jong Un.

All the Koreans residing in Kyrgyzstan will make positive contribution to opening up a broad avenue to the independent reunification of the country in keeping pace with the people in the DPRK.

They watched a Korean film showing the exploits of Kim Jong Il.

Then followed a performance by the art group of compatriots there.