Present there were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju, Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Pak Yong Sik, Ri Su Yong, Kim Phyong Hae, Ri Man Gon, O Su Yong, Kwak Pom Gi, Kim Yong Chol and Ri Yong Ho, Ri Il Hwan and An Jong Su, department directors of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), Kim Yong Jae, minister of External Economic Relations, Kim Sung Du, chairman of the Education Commission, Kim Jong Suk, chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, So Ho Won, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, and officials concerned.

Laid before his photo were wreaths sent by the C.C., the WPK, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, the Cabinet of the DPRK, the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the International Department of the C.C., the WPK, the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of External Economic Relations, the Education Commission, the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the Korean Committee for Solidarity with Cuba.

The participants paid silent tribute to him, a prominent politician, and made entries in the mourner's book.