Wreaths Laid at Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong

Pyongyang, October 18 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong on October 17, the centenary of the formation of the Down-with-Imperialism Union.

The guard of honour of the Korean People's Army lined up at the cemetery.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, other senior officials of the Party and the government, officials of the WPK Central Committee, leading officials of ministries, national institutions, the Pyongyang Municipal Committee and district (county) committees of the WPK.

The ceremony was also attended by the teaching staff and students of Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and Chilgol Revolutionary School.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Amid the playing of the wreath-laying music, wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK were laid at the wreath-laying stand.

The participants paid silent tribute to the memory of the revolutionary martyrs who dedicated themselves to the sacred cause for the liberation of the country and the freedom and happiness of the people.

Then they went round the cemetery.

They laid flowers and bowed before the busts of the martyrs. -0-