Accompanying him were secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Amid the playing of dirge, the hall was wrapped in a sorrow over the loss of a revolutionary fighter faithful to President
A wreath in the name of the respected Comrade
He looked round the bier of Choe Thae Bok with the bitter feeling of losing an old revolutionary who had grown up to be a competent official in the field of education under the trust and special care of the Party and devoted his all to the implementation of the policy of the Party on science and education, the development of socialist culture and the dynamic advance of the revolutionary cause till the end of his life.
He expressed deep sympathy to the bereaved family and consoled them.