KIM JONG UN VISITS KUMSUSAN PALACE OF SUN

Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun at 00:00 on Thursday to pay high tribute to President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the New Year 2015.

Kim Jong Un entered the hall where statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il stand.

A floral basket in the name of Kim Jong Un was placed before the statues. Also laid before them was a floral basket in the name of the Korean People's Army. He together with the participants paid tribute to the statues in humble reverence. Then he entered the hall of immortality where Kim Il Sung lies in state.

He together with the participants made New Year greetings to Kim Il Sung in the humblest reverence. He went round the hall where orders Kim Il Sung received are on display and the halls which house a train coach and a car used by him.

Then he entered the hall of immortality where Kim Jong Il lies in state. He together with the participants made New Year greetings to Kim Jong Il in the humblest reverence. He went round the hall where orders Kim Jong Il received are on display, the mourners' hall and halls which house a car, an electric car, a boat and a train coach used by him.

He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, Hyon Yong Chol, Ri Yong Gil, Kim Won Hong, So Hong Chan, Kim Chun Sam, Pak Yong Sik, Ryom Chol Song, Jo Kyong Chol and other commanding officers of the KPA.