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8th Kimjongilia Festival Closes

KCNA

    Pyongyang, February 25 (KCNA) -- The 8th Kimjongilia Festival which opened here on February 14, closed today. The festival was visited by senior officials of the Party, the state and the army, officials of ministries and national institutions, working people from all walks of life, servicepersons of the Korean People's Army, school youth and children, foreigners and overseas Koreans, nearly one million in all.
    Congratulatory messages were sent to the Organizing Committee of the festival from 15 political parties and organizations of various countries including the Executive Council of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party (Marxist) and the Bangladesh People's League.
    A closing ceremony was held at the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Exhibition.
    Present at the ceremony were Premier of the Cabinet Pak Pong Ju and other senior officials of the Party and the state.
    The findings of the festival were made to the public.
    The highest prize of the immortal flower was awarded to the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the Ministry of Metal and Machine-Building Industries, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, and other 45 units, the high prize of the immortal flower to 34 units and meritorious prize of the immortal flower to 5 units.
    Those prizes and labor prize were awarded to 49 servicepersons, working people and students and the highest prize of the immortal flower were given to two Chinese residents in Korea who have cultivated Kimjongilias with sincerity to participate in the festival every year.
    A closing address was made by Kang Nung Su, chairman of the Korean Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee.