DPRK Celebrates Kim Jong Il's 60th Birthday

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, February 19, 2002

DPRK Celebrates Kim Jong Il's 60th Birthday

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The Korean people have significantly celebrated auspicious February 16, the birthday of their leader Kim Jong Il. That day, Pyongyang, provincial seats, cities and county seats, factories, enterprises and co-op farms were festively decorated.

People's singing and joy were heard from across the country.

Party flags, DPRK flags and red flags were seen fluttering in every part of Pyongyang.

Working people from all walks of life, school youth and children visited the Korean Revolution Museum, the Jangsan Revolutionary Site, the 6th Kimjongilia show, the national fine art exhibition to celebrate February 16 and others.

Art performances were given at the theatres in the capital and in local areas.

Loyal concerts and sports and amusement games took place at the factories and enterprises, on co-op farms and in schools and construction sites.

The youth and students in Pyongyang held a splendid dancing party at Kim Il Sung square with large attendance.

A string of fireworks fizzled over the square and it turned into a veritable sea of dancers.

As the songs including "Fortune of Korea" and "February Means Spring" reverberated far and wide there began a Janggo dance and calisthenic performance adding to the festivity.

Senior party and state officials and leading officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the commissions and ministries of the cabinet and national institutions and working peoples' organizations joined the young dancers.

Parks and pleasure grounds in the city also turned into veritable seas of dancers and flowers.

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