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Brazilian Body Introduces Tower of Juche Idea
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- The Brazilian Center for the Study of the Juche Idea posted an article titled "The Tower of the Juche Idea" on its website on May 22, illustrated with the photo of the tower.

The article said that when one visits Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, one can see the flame of the torch on the top of a tower on the bank of the River Taedong, the torch of the Tower of the Juche Idea.

The tower was unveiled in April 1982 marking the 70th birthday of President Kim Il Sung, the founder of socialist Korea, to symbolize the greatness and immortality of the Juche idea founded by him, the article said, introducing the size, form and symbolic meaning of the tower.

It went on:

The scenery around the tower is not only wonderful during the day but more charming at night.

Fireworks are displayed around the tower to mark the birth anniversary of the President and other national holidays, which make nocturnal sky above Pyongyang more beautiful.

A huge number of foreign guests visit the tower also.

The article said that prominent personages of different countries made an entry in the visitor's book one of which said that the Tower of the Juche Idea is a monumental edifice and the spirit of Juche will more fiercely flare up like the eternal torch.

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