Pyongyang, October 3 (KCNA) -- A delegation carrying the letter of loyalty sent by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) for celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on Thursday.

The members of the delegation laid bouquets before the statues of the great leaders who formed Chongryon, the first overseas compatriots' organization of Juche type, and made immortal contributions to developing the movement of Koreans in Japan, and paid tribute to them. -0-