Party cell secretaries and participants at the 4th Meeting of Secretaries of Cells of the KWP arrive at Pyongyang Centraal Railway Station (L) on 26 January 2013, as members of the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces All-Female Brass Ensemble play welcoming music (R) (Photos: KCTV screengrabs)
DPRK state media reported on 26 January (Saturday) that participants of the 4th Meeting of Party Cell Secretaries (Fourth Meeting of Secretaries of Cells of the Workers’ Party of Korea) arrived at Pyongyang Central Railway Station during the day, “warmly greeted by officials of the Central Committee of the WPK [Workers' Party of Korea; Korean Workers' Party] and other officials concerned.” The first items on the itinerary were visits to Mt. Taeso’ng to the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery and to Ku’msusan Memorial Palace (of the Sun).
KWP Central Committee officials (L) and electronic signage welcome participants at the 4th party cell secretaries meeting on 26 January 2013 (Photos: KCTV screengrabs)
Party cell secretaries (L) arrive in Pyongyang, at the central railway station (R) on 26 January 2013 (Photos: KCNA)
The party cells secretaries and meeting participants paid their respects with floral bouquets at the bronze memorial bust of Kim Jong Suk, first wife of the late DPRK President and founder Kim Il Sung, mother of late leader Kim Jong Il and current KWP Secretary and Department Director Kim Kyong Hui. The party cell secretaries also delivered a floral wreath and bouquets and “ observed a moment’s silence in memory of anti-Japanese revolutionary martyrs,” according to KCNA.
Graphic of the KWP’s Basic Party Organization (Graphic: Michael Madden/NKLW)
Party cell secretaries solemnly walk though the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery on 26 January 2013 (Photo: KCNA)
Party cell secretaries and participants at the 4th Meeting of Secretaries of Cells of the KWP deliver flowers at the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery on 26 January 2013 (Photos: KCNA)
The meeting participants also visited the recently renovated Ku’msusan Memorial Palace. They gathered in the hall where the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il stand. They paid their respects to the body of Kim Il Sung “who successfully accomplished the unique cause of party building and energetically led the party cells to grow stronger and raise their roles in every period of the revolutionary development and at its every stage.” They also paid their respects to the remains of Kim Jong Il, “expressing their inmost feelings that thanks to the dear respected Kim Jong Un who is successfully carrying forward and developing the Generalissimos’ idea of party building and feats performed by them, the revolutionary cause of the party, the Songun revolutionary cause of Juche is winning victory after victory,” according to KCNA. After paying their respects to the preserved bodies of KIS and KJI, the party cell secretaries and meeting participants toured the exhibition halls containing various documents, orders and honorary degrees of KIS and KJI, as well their personal affects including railway carriages, Mercedes Benz S-Class sedans and other items.
The 4th Meeting of Party Cell Secretaries begins on 28 January (Monday).
As a lagniappe to this posting, whilst watching the coverage of the party cell secretaries arriving DPRK state media captured an image of the section of Pyongyang Central Railway Station restricted to Kim Jong Il and other elites.
Pyongyang Centraal Railway Station’s VIP section (annotated). Also annotated is a car belonging to Inspector O’s foils from the Pyongyang Traffic Bureau (Photo: KCTV screengrab)
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