On July 8, the greatest national memorial day, the national flags were hoisted at half-mast in different parts of the country, including institutions, industrial establishments, farms and schools.

Working people, service personnel and schoolchildren visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred temple of Juche where President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il lie in state. They paid high tribute to the portraits of smiling Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the plaza.

Officials, service personnel and schoolchildren visited the statues of the great leaders and their smiling portraits on Mansu Hill and in different parts of the country and mosaics depicting their images to express boundless reverence for the peerlessly great men.

Officials, Party members, working people, service personnel, youth and students across the country watched the documentary films "Our Leader", "Finding Himself among the People All His Life" and "To Glorify the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun as the Eternal Sacred Temple of the Sun for All Ages" at worksites, posts and homes.

Officials and working people throughout the country had meetings to look back on the feats of the President and talk about his virtues. They highly praised the great personality and immortal exploits of the President, the outstanding leader and the father of the nation who demonstrated the dignity and might of the DPRK to the whole world.