N. Korea Marks 80th Birth Anniversary of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un in Attendance
![evernote](javascript:sendEvernote('https://world.kbs.co.kr/special/northkorea/contents/news/contents_view.htm?lang=e&No=418710','N. Korea Marks 80th Birth Anniversary of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un in Attendance','<p><span class="fr-img-caption kwr fr-fic fr-dib" style="width: 600px; width: 600px;"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="http://worldimg.kbs.co.kr/src/images/news_hotissue/220221092410_69.jpg"><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align: right;">ⓒYONHAP News</span></span></span></p><p>North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended an event marking the 80th anniversary of his father Kim Jong-il’s birth.</p><p>The North’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) reported Wednesday that a "central reporting" assembly was held in front of Kim Jong-il’s statue in the northwestern city of Samjiyon near Mount Baekdu the previous day.</p><p>Kim laid a flower basket in front of the statue and paid his respects to the former leader, the media outlet said, without specifying whether he issued an address or a message during the event.</p><p>Senior Pyongyang officials, including Choe Ryong-hae, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Jo Yong-won, secretary for organizational affairs of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, and Premier Kim Tok-hun, were also in attendance, along with the leader’s powerful sister Kim Yo-jong.</p><p>Ri Il-hwan, a member of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party’s politburo, presented a report during the gathering calling for the continuation of the deceased ex-leader’s achievement of a"self-reliant revolution” and the completion of his vision.</p>');){kind=link}
ⓒYONHAP News
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended an event marking the 80th anniversary of his father Kim Jong-il’s birth.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) reported Wednesday that a "central reporting" assembly was held in front of Kim Jong-il’s statue in the northwestern city of Samjiyon near Mount Baekdu the previous day.
Kim laid a flower basket in front of the statue and paid his respects to the former leader, the media outlet said, without specifying whether he issued an address or a message during the event.
Senior Pyongyang officials, including Choe Ryong-hae, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Jo Yong-won, secretary for organizational affairs of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, and Premier Kim Tok-hun, were also in attendance, along with the leader’s powerful sister Kim Yo-jong.
Ri Il-hwan, a member of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party’s politburo, presented a report during the gathering calling for the continuation of the deceased ex-leader’s achievement of a"self-reliant revolution” and the completion of his vision.