Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- A congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan led by Kim Chol, chairman of the Hyogo Prefectural Headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), to celebrate the greatest and auspicious February holiday of the nation, visited Mangyongdae, the birthplace of President Kim Il Sung, on February 18.

Members of the congratulatory group visited sacred place of the revolution in boundless reverence for President Kim Il Sung and looked round various places of the historic site associated with the President's history.

They toured the Mangyongdae Revolutionary Museum.

Being briefed on the historical relics preserved with much care at the old home of the President, they looked back upon the immortal revolutionary exploits of the President who devoted himself to the prosperity of the country and happiness of the people and put his heart and soul into developing Chongryon. -0-