Officials of the women's union and its members in Pyongyang attended the meeting.

Kim Jong Sun, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Women's Union of Korea, made a report to be followed by speeches.

The reporter and speakers said thanks to the Day of the Shining Star, the lineage of Paektu, the lifeline of the Juche revolution, has been given steady continuity, the independent dignity and status of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the country and its people have been placed on the highest level and the history of victory of Kim Il Sung's nation and Kim Jong Il's Korea is going on.

Kim Jong Il, who created the glorious ever-victorious history of the revolutionary cause of Juche and Songun with his strong offensive spirit, working heart and soul with his strong faith of Paektu all his life, will always be alive as the symbol of the great Paektusan nation, they noted.

They called for fully demonstrating the heroic spirit of the Korean women in the era of Songun, getting closely united around the WPK Central Committee headed by Marshal Kim Jong Un.