calendar>>February 18. 2016 Juche 105
Day of Shining Star Observed Abroad
Pyongyang, February 18 (KCNA) -- Seminars and film shows took place from February 1 to 4 in Kyrgyzstan, Benin, Nigeria and Austria to mark the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il (the Day of the Shining Star.)

Korean films on exploits of Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un were shown at the events.

The chairman of the Central Council of the People Unity-"Kyrgyz El" Republican Political Party of Kyrgyzstan said thanks to the iron will, matchless pluck and far-sighted wisdom of Kim Jong Il, the DPRK demonstrated its might as a nuclear weapons state, satellite manufacturer and launcher despite the imperialist allied forces' unimaginable moves to stifle it.

The chief of the Benin Group for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism who is rector of the Cotonou Institute of Journalism of Benin noted:

Kim Jong Il built the Workers' Party of Korea into a genuine mother party that serves the people. He always found himself among them and shaped even a single line and policy reflecting their will and wishes.

The chairman of the Nigerian Group for the Study of the Songun Politics said Kim Jong Il made sure that every effort was focused on bolstering military muscle and, on its basis, remarkably increased the overall national power and laid an eternal foundation for building a thriving socialist nation.

The chief of the Youth Group for Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in Austria and other speakers expressed their resolution to intensify the dissemination of the Juche idea and the Songun idea, praising Kim Jong Il's ideological and theoretical achievements and exploits he performed by leading the building of the WPK.

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