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Homage Paid to President Kim Il Sung

KCNA

    Pyongyang, January 2 (KCNA) -- Senior officials of the Party, the state and the army, servicepersons and people from all walks of life visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace Thursday to pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the New Year Juche 93 (2004). The senior officials of the Party, the state and the army, chairmen of the friendly parties, members of the Cabinet and senior officials of the Party, military and power institutions, social organizations, ministries and national institutions entered the hall where the statue of the President is standing.
    Banners of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK and colours of the three services of the KPA were seen standing on either side of the statue.
    Honor guards of the three services of the KPA were seen standing there. The guards of honour lined up, looking up to the statue.
    Amid the solemn playing of the immortal revolutionary paean "Song of General Kim Il Sung" a floral basket was laid before the statue in the joint name of the WPK Central Committee, the WPK Central Military Commission, the DPRK National Defence Commission, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the DPRK Cabinet.
    Written on the ribbon of the basket were letters "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Is Immortal."
    The officials paid high tribute to the President.
    In the hall where the President lies in state they paid homage to him in profound reverence, recalling with deep emotion his immortal revolutionary exploits.
    They looked round orders and medals he received from the DPRK and other countries, the picture of the smiling President and bronze relievos in the mourning hall, a train coach he used during on-the-spot guidance and foreign tours and a car he used in the last days of his life.
    That day anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, former unconverted long-term prisoners who are patriotic fighters for reunification, servicepersons, officials of institutions at different levels and people from all walks of life visited the palace.
    Meanwhile, the diplomatic corps and the military attaches' corps here visited the palace on Thursday morning to pay respects to him on the occasion of the New Year Juche 93 (2004).