During the Seventh Pyongyang Medic and Scientific Forum held on May 6 at the Pyongyang Peoples Palace of Culture, President Kim Il Sungs and National Defense Committee Chairman Kim Jong Ils pictures hung together side-by-side (right). However, at last years Pyongyang-OKTA (World Federation of Overseas Korean Traders Associations) Trade Consultations, held on October 22 in the same place, Chairman Kims picture was absent.