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Concert Observes Demise Anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, December 17 (KCNA) -- A concert was given by the National Symphony Orchestra at the Moranbong Theatre on Tuesday, the 8th anniversary of the demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Among the audience were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, and Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice-chairman of the SAC of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee.

Kim Jae Ryong, member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, member of the SAC of the DPRK and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, and other senior Party and state officials, officials of ministries, national institutions and armed forces organs watched the concert.

The piano concerto?"Ode to Comrade?Kim Jong Il" led the audience to the solemn world of recollection.

The performers represented with grand and deep emotion the revolutionary feats of Kim Jong Il, who made ceaseless high-intensity forced march for the country and the people?by go-to-the-people train all his life, and the thoughts and feelings of all the people to hold him in high esteem as the eternal leader of the Korean revolution for all ages.

The symphonic suite "O Korea, I Will Add Glory to Thee", the immortal classic masterpiece, reminded the audience of the noble revolutionary career of Kim Jong Il who devoted his all to carrying forward and accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche and achieving the prosperity of socialist Korea under the uplifted banner of Songun, true to the intention of President Kim Il Sung.

The orchestral music "Forever with the Leader and the Party" resounded solemnly in the theatre, representing the invariable faith of all the people to always follow the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea with single mind.

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