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20th Kimjongilia Festival in DPRK
Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- The venue of the 20th Kimjongilia Festival, opened here on Feb. 15 to mark the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il, is crowded with many visitors every day.

On display at the festival are more than 30,000 potted Kimjongilias presented by 80 units and individuals of the country and overseas compatriots and foreigners, according to Ri Pyong Pha, department director of the Korea Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee.

At the festival there are stands arranged by the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the State Academy of Sciences and other commissions, ministries and national institutions. Those stands of flowers show the Korean people's deep yearning and reverence for leader Kim Jong Il, who put the strength of the DPRK on the highest level and devoted all his life to the country's prosperity and the people's well-being.

There are also stands modeled after Mirae Scientists Street, the Sci-Tech Complex and satellite Kwangmyongsong-4 showing the reality of the DPRK. They give a glimpse of the Korean people's fixed will to translate the noble intention of Kim Jong Il into reality under the guidance of supreme leader Kim Jong Un.

On the stand prepared by the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan are hundreds of potted Kimjongilias with a photo of Kim Jong Il meeting with Japan-resident compatriots to show the road ahead of the movement of Koreans in Japan.

Besides, displayed at the festival are potted Kimjongilias presented by embassies of different countries and missions of international bodies in Pyongyang and friendship and solidarity organizations and personages of various countries.

The festival clearly shows that the reverence for Kim Jong Il of the Koreans and the world progressive people are growing deeper with each passing day.

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