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Wreaths Laid before Cemeteries of Martyrs
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Wreathes were laid before the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong, the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri and the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery on Thursday, the Harvest Moon Day.

Wreaths in the name of Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), were seen on the wreath-laying stands of the cemeteries.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremonies were Hwang Pyong So, Pak Pong Ju, Choe Ryong Hae and other leading officials of the party, state and army, the chairperson of a friendly party, officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, working people's organizations, committees, ministries and national institutions and service personnel of the KPA and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces (KPISF) and working people in the city.

Wreaths in the joint name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the DPRK Cabinet were laid on the wreath-laying stands of the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong and the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri, a wreath in the joint name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the Central Military Commission of the WPK and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK on the wreath-laying stand "Soul of Heroes" at the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery.

Laid before the cemeteries were wreaths in the names of the armed forces organs, working people's organizations, committees, ministries, national institutions, units of the KPA and KPISF, institutions of science, education, public health, literature and art and media, and party and power organs, enterprises, universities and farms in the city.

The participants paid silent tribute to the martyrs and looked round the cemeteries.

On the same day wreaths were placed before the statues of the martyrs, cemeteries and monuments to the fallen fighters of the KPA across the country.

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