Present there were political and public personages and masses in the Czech Republic.

The chairman of the Czech Group for the Study and Materialization of the Juche Idea who is deputy general secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party said that since Kim Jong Il started his work at the Central Committee of the WPK, it has further demonstrated its dignity as a powerful revolutionary party that materializes the idea and cause of President Kim Il Sung, firmly defends socialism and leads it to victory.

He said that Kim Jong Il consolidated the single-minded unity of the Korean society by rallying all the people around the Party.

Not only the Korean people but also the progressive peoples deeply cherish in their minds the exploits Kim Jong Il performed in developing the WPK, achieving people's happiness and global peace and accomplishing the cause of socialism, he noted.

A Korean book, photo and handicraft exhibition opened in Russia on May 16 to mark the 3rd anniversary of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's election as chairman of the WPK.