calendar>>October 2. 2015 Juche 104
DPRK Holidays in October Marked in Different Countries
Pyongyang, October 2 (KCNA) -- Events took place in different countries on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the 70th anniversary of its founding.

They included a seminar in Benin, lecture and photo exhibition in Guinea, book exhibition in Nigeria and round-table talks in Ethiopia from September 22 to 25.

Displayed at the venues of the events were photos documenting the undying exploits President Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un performed by building and leading the party.

Also on display there were their works, and books and photos introducing the achievements made by the service personnel and people of the DPRK in building a thriving socialist nation.

Present there were personages of different circles and people in relevant countries.

The president of the Socialist Party of Benin said that Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il developed the WPK into the dignified party deeply rooted among the popular masses and absolutely supported by them.

They frustrated the imperialist allied forces' offensive for stifling the DPRK by dint of Songun and ushered in a new era of building a thriving socialist nation, he stressed.

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