Some time ago, as a member of the military band, I participated in a parade held in the Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate our great leader's sixtieth birthday.

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Mr. Kim, who is believed to be 28 or 29 years old, appeared at ease in front of the massive crowd at Kim Il Sung Square, smiling and waving and shaking clasped hands above his head.

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"Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un is our party, military and country's supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong-il's ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage, " Kim Yong-nam told the massive crowd gathered in Kim Il-sung square.

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