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To Celebrate 70th Founding Anniversary of WPK
Delegates and Delegations of Juche Idea Study Groups from Different Countries Visit DPRK

Taking Part in Congratulatory Events in Celebration
of the 70th Founding Anniversary of WPK

A military parade and public procession of Pyongyang citizens in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the WPK

   Around October 10, 2015 that fell on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), delegates and delegations from Juche idea study groups in individual countries of the world visited Pyongyang.
   Looking back upon the path the WPK has travelled in consistent efforts to realize the people's cause of independence, colorful events to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary took place in Pyongyang.
   Those delegates and delegations observed the grand congratulatory events including a military parade and public procession of Pyongyang citizens in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the WPK; a torchlight procession of young vanguard; a joint art performance of the State Merited Chorus and the Moranbong Band marking the 70th founding anniversary of the WPK; and a grand art performance given by 10,000 persons.
   They also visited the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia exhibition and a photo exhibit.

IIJI's 20th Board Meeting Elects Its New Director General

　

Prof. Ramon Jimenez Lopez, newly elected director general

   In a festive atmosphere, the 20th Board meeting of the IIJI was held on October 8.
   At the meeting a report on the work of the IIJI since its 19th Board meeting was made, and a work plan for the year 2016 was discussed and adopted. Also an election of office-bearers of the IIJI Board was conducted.
   In the report on the IIJI's work, it was introduced that during the period under review, the study and dissemination of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism was conducted in the world more actively than before through holding colorful gatherings on the Juche idea, issuing publications, organizing visiting groups to the DPRK, etc.
   Similarly, it referred to the facts that during the period under review, along with the IIJI's last Board meeting, Board meetings of the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea (ARIJI) and the European Regional Society for the Study of the Juche Idea (ERSSJI) were held respectively along with their respective regional seminars. Through such activities, the work system of the IIJI and the regional institutes of the Juche idea has been enhanced.
   In the discussion of the work plan, proposed were some suggestions such as conducting colorful activities by forming study groups of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism among the broad masses of the people, while enrolling distinguished persons as their office-bearers, and forming a national study group in a country where different study groups have been organized locally.
   Then, an election of office-bearers of the IIJI Board was conducted. Electing its director general was a most important item of the agenda of that meeting since the post had been absent because Dr. Vishwanath, director general emeritus of the IIJI Board passed away.
   The 20th Board meeting unanimously elected Prof. Ramon Jimenez Lopez, director general of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Institute of the Juche Idea (LAIJI) to be director general.
    All the participants in the meeting congratulated on the birth of the first director general of the IIJI Board from the Latin American region.
   Also elected there were deputy directors-general: Prof. Matteo Carbonelli, secretary general of the ERSSJI re-elected, and Prof. Harish Gupta, director general of the ARIJI Board newly elected.
   Newly elected Director General Ramon Jimenez Lopez is ex-professor at Mexico National Institute of Politechnic and ex-member of the Lower House of Congress of Mexico.
   He was involved in forming the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism, which was what the former Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism set up in 2004 was renamed. After being elected chairman of the current committee, he guided the formation of the youth branches of the committee, thus paying attention to educating the younger generation to be reliable Juche idea researchers.
   He made his possible effort to hold seminars in a successful manner in honor of Secretary General Ogami Ken-ichi of the IIJI on his visits to Mexico in 2008 and 2010, and then a regional seminar on the Juche idea in 2013. He was elected director general of the LAIJI Board in 2013 and deputy director-general of the IIJI Board in 2014.
   Similarly, at the Board meeting a congratulatory address was made by H.E. Thae Hyong Chol, who is president of Kim Il Sung University and also chairman of the Korean Association of Social Scientists (KASS).

Lecture Course on Kimilsung-Kimjongilism, and Meeting for
Exchanging Experiences in Study and Dissemination of Juche Idea
Held Respectively

   

   On that occasion, a Course of Lectures on Kimilsung-Kimjongilism along with a Meeting for Exchanging Experiences in Study and Dissemination of Juche Idea were held in Pyongyang with the attendance of those delegates and delegations of Juche idea study groups from different countries of the world.
   At the Course of Lectures on Kimilsung-Kimjongilism (photo: on the right) that took place on October 9, lectures were given by those who are concerned with the IIJI and the KASS: "DPRK’s Efforts to Build Civilized Socialist Nation" by Dr. Mun Jong Suk, section chief of the KASS; "WPK’s 70-Year Long History—History of Respecting and Loving the People" by Li Jong Hwa, researcher of the KASS; "Let Us Push Forward the Cause of Independence under the Banner of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism"by Dr. Ogami Ken-ichi, secretary general of the IIJI; "Songun Politics of the DPRK and Its Vitality" by Dr. Kim Chang Gyong, section chief of the KASS; "Attaching Importance to Popular Masses—Reality of the DPRK" by Dr. Lohekele Kalonda Andre, secretary general of the African Regional Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea.

   At the Meeting for Exchanging Experiences in Study and Dissemination of Juche Idea (photo: on the left) that took place on October 11, Juche idea researchers from Uganda, Nepal, Bangladesh, Japan, the UK, and Russia made speeches on the study and dissemination of the Juche idea in their respective countries.