Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) -- All the people across the DPRK are filled with ardent yearning and boundless reverence for President Kim Il Sung, founding father of socialist Korea and great sage of the revolution, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of his demise.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun at 00:00 on July 8.

Accompanying him were Pak Thae Song, Choe Ryong Hae and Jo Yong Won, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, other senior officials of the Party and the government, leading officials of the WPK Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, the Cabinet, commissions and ministries and commanding officers of armed forces organs.

A flower basket in the name of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was laid before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Also laid were the flower baskets in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the DPRK State Affairs Commission, the Standing Committee of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the DPRK Cabinet.

Kim Jong Un paid high tribute to the great leaders in front of the statues.

At the halls, where the President and the Chairman lie in state, he made a deep bow of best wishes for their immortality.

He affirmed that the revolutionary careers and exploits of the President and the Chairman will shine forever along with the eternal prosperity of our socialist state which is successfully realizing the ideals of the people in a comprehensive way, winning victory after victory from one century into the next. -0-