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Day of Shining Star Celebrated Abroad
Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- A seminar in India and celebrations in Venezuela and Mexico on Feb. 19 and 20 observed the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il (the Day of the Shining Star).

Displayed in the venues of the events were photos of President Kim Il Sung, leader Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un.

On display there were their works, and books and photos introducing the struggle of the service personnel and people of the DPRK.

Harising Khang, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Vipin Gupta, chairman of the Juche Philosophy Study Committee of India, and other speakers said that Kim Jong Il will always be remembered by progressives as he firmly defended peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and other parts of Northeast Asia and the world.

Omar Lopez, chairman of the Venezuelan National Society for the Study of the Juche Idea, said that it is the great feats of Kim Jong Il that he developed the Juche idea into the eternal guiding idea in the era of independence and defended the cause of socialism.

Benigno Gonzales Villasana, chairman of the Mexico-Korea Friendship Association, praised the feats of Kim Jong Il and the wise leadership of Kim Jong Un guiding the service personnel and people to victory, true to the cause of Kim Jong Il.

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