WPK and NDC Give Banquet
Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- The Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK National Defence Commission gave a banquet on Friday on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
When Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the KPA, appeared in the banquet hall, all the participants enthusiastically welcomed him, extending the highest glory and the warmest thanks to him.
He warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering participants and heartily congratulated them who are devoting themselves to the defence of the country and the prosperity of the socialist country, upholding the Songun revolutionary leadership of the party.
Present there were Ri Yong Ho, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Jang Song Thaek, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-chairman of the NDC, Choe Ryong Hae, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and secretary of the C.C., the WPK, Kim Jong Gak, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and first vice director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, Ju Kyu Chang, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and department director of the C.C., the WPK, U Tong Chuk, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Kim Kyong Ok, Kim Won Hong, Kim Myong Guk, Jong Myong Do, Kim Yong Chol and Yun Jong Rin, members of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su, department directors of the NDC, and other commanding officers of the army.
Present there on invitation were Kim Ki Nam and Choe Thae Bok, members of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., the WPK, Kim Kyong Hui, member of the Political Bureau and department director of the C.C., the WPK, Kang Sok Ju, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-premier of the Cabinet, Kim Yang Gon, Kim Yong Il, Pak To Chun, Thae Jong Su, and Kim Phyong Hae, alternate members of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., the WPK, Mun Kyong Dok, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK and chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the WPK, and leading officials of the society.
Ri Yong Ho made a speech at the banquet.
The participants raised their glasses to the health of Kim Jong Il.
