A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK released the following press statement Friday.

The title of honor and order of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were conferred on creators and artistes of major art troupes, including the Band of the State Affairs Commission, who distinguished themselves in creative activities for ushering in a new period of efflorescence of socialist literature and arts, true to the important tasks set forth at the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

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, Sunday met and congratulated the creators and artistes of the major art troupes on receiving state commendations.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK, sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, on Sunday.

All the people across the country are looking up to the supreme temple of Juche with boundless yearnings and in deep reverence for President

Eternal President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the greatest memorial day of the nation.

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 0:00 on Thursday.

Present there were members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the Party central leadership organ.

Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected several units in the western area of the country.

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, sent a message of greetings to Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China.

The current situation in which a fierce campaign is being conducted under the fighting programme set forth at the historic 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) to win a fresh victory in socialist construction despite all the manifold challenges calls for revolutionizing cadres, the backbone of the country, and building up their ranks into an elite force by more clearly preserving the militant nature of our Party advancing in struggle.

The Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee convened an enlarged meeting at the office building of the Party Central Committee on June 29 to roundly deal with some leading officials' dereliction of duty in implementing the major policy tasks of the Party and the state, and to provide a fresh turning point in the personnel administration within the Party.