Kim Jong Il pays tribute to Kim Il Sung
KCNA
Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il,together with KPA commanding officers, visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace at 00:00 on July 8 to pay homage to President Kim Il Sung.
The palace was wrapped in an atmosphere of deep mourning on the ninth anniversary of the demise of the president, father of socialist Korea and the nation.
Kim Jong Il entered the hall where the president's statue stands.
Accompanying him were chief of the KPA General Staff Kim Yong Chun, Minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim Il Chol and operations officers of the KPA Supreme Command.
He paid deep reverence before the statue and then went up to the hall where the president lies in state for perpetuity.
There he made deep bows in humble reverence to the president.
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