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Homage paid to Kim Il Sung

KCNA

    Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) -- Senior officials of the party and the state, servicepersons and people from all walks of life visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung on July 8 on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of his demise. A floral basket was seen standing before his statue in the joint name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the cabinet of the DPRK.
    Its ribbon bore letters "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Will Be Immortal".
    The senior officials of the party and the state paid homage to the statue and made bows to the president who lies in state for perpetuity.
    They saw the orders and medals awarded to him by the DPRK and the orders, medals and certificates of honorary titles conferred upon him by different countries. They also looked round the mourning hall where they saw the portrait of the smiling president and bronze relievos and a train used by him during his field guidance and foreign tours and a car used by him during the last period of his life.
    On the same day, the former anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, officials of organs at different levels, servicemen and people from all walks of life visited the palace.
    That day the diplomatic and military attaches corps here and Jo Il Min, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea and its members and overseas compatriots staying in the socialist motherland also visited the palace to pay homage to the president.