Greeting the new year with confidence and optimism after seeing off the
year 2021 that witnessed the clear victories etched in the history of
the country along with the historic 8th Congress of the Party, the whole
country is overflowing with great reverence for President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, the founder and builders and the eternal leaders of our dignified and strong Party and state.
Kim Jong Un,
general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the
State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on January 1, Juche 111 (2022).
Accompanying him were Choe Ryong Hae, Jo Yong Won, Kim Tok Hun and Pak
Jong Chon, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK
Central Committee, and members of the Party central leadership body.
Placed at the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il was a flower basket from the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
Also laid before the statues were flower baskets in the names of the WPK
Central Committee, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the
Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the
Cabinet of the DPRK.
The respected General Secretary, together with the visitors, paid a high tribute to the statues of the great leaders.
At the halls where the great leaders lie in state, Kim Jong Un
made New Year's bows to them as a token of his deepest reverence for
them, who victoriously advanced the revolution and construction by
dedicating their precious whole lives to laying the eternal cornerstone
of prosperous socialist Korea and still today provide the people across
the country with invincible power and courage and bless their brighter
future by becoming the pillar of their faith.
The
members of the Party central leadership body hardened their firm pledge
to remain absolutely loyal to the idea and leadership of Kim Jong Un
and fulfill their heavy responsibility given by the country and the
people and thus make this year, in which a crucial struggle for
expediting the overall development of socialist construction is
expected, a year of great revolutionary auspicious event and another
watershed in the great march towards the bright future.
KCNA