The spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following statement on Sunday.

The Academy of Defence Science of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea succeeded in test-firing the new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3 in the waters off Wonsan Bay of the East Sea of Korea on Wednesday morning.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on Tuesday.

Kim Jae Ryong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, member of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, made field survey of several units in North Phyongan Province.

Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the WPK, made field survey of several units in South Hamgyong Province.

Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, had a talk with the delegation of the Popular Liberation Movement of Angola led by Pedro De Morais Neto, member of the Political Bureau of its Central Committee and secretary in charge of Combatants and Veterans' Affairs, when it paid a courtesy call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Monday.

A national memorial service took place here Sunday, the 70th anniversary of demise of the anti-Japanese war heroine Kim Jong Suk.

The 17th Pyongyang International Film Festival opened with due ceremony on Friday at the Pyongyang International Cinema House.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a reply message to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China, on September 19.