Kim Jong-un Pays Tribute at Kumsusan Sun Palace on the 9th Anniversary of Kim Jong-il's Death

Choe Ryong-hae, Ri Pyong-chol, Kim Tok-hun, Kim Yo-jong, and Others Pay Tribute

Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the 9th anniversary of Kim Jong-il, Chairman of the National Defense Commission.

The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, reported on the 17th, "Comrade Kim Jong-un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the nation's greatest day of remembrance."

At the statues of President Kim Il-sung and Chairman Kim Jong-il, flower baskets bearing Kim Jong-un's name, as well as those from the Central Committee of the Party, the State Affairs Commission, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, and the Cabinet, were respectfully placed.

Senior officials from the Party and government, including Choe Ryong-hae, First Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission; Ri Pyong-chol, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Military Commission; Kim Tok-hun, Premier of the Cabinet; and Pak Pong-ju, Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, along with high-ranking military officials, were present. The presence of Kim Yo-jong, First Deputy Department Director of the Party and Kim Jong-un's younger sister, was also notable.

The newspaper stated, "Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong-un, who visited the Eternal Life Hall where Comrade Kim Jong-il remains in his lifetime form, paid the highest reverence with the most solemn heart and respectfully greeted the great General who, until the last moment of his revolutionary life, walked the path of fiery love and dedication for the homeland and people, illuminating the world with a dignified and great party of unyielding victory and a country of united single-mindedness."

It continued, "The Party and government officials and responsible workers of the armed forces made an unbreakable pledge to firmly uphold and glorify Comrade Kim Jong-il's ideology and achievements, and to fulfill the important duties entrusted to them in the sacred struggle for new victories in the socialist cause under the leadership of Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong-un."

Since the first anniversary of Kim Jong-il's passing in 2012, Kim Jong-un has visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of President Kim Il-sung and Chairman Kim Jong-il are enshrined.

In the past, North Korea held central memorial meetings in Pyongyang on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th anniversaries, but this year, as it is not a milestone anniversary (such as every 5 or 10 years), it is expected to be observed quietly.

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