A torch-kindling ceremony for the 8th International Martial Arts Games took place here on Wednesday.

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 co-op farms in Pyongyang City.

A meeting took place at the Sci-Tech Complex on Tuesday to mark the 20th founding anniversary of the International Martial Arts Games Committee (IMAGC).

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, met and had a talk with the delegation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) led by Phankham Viphavanh, member of the Political Bureau of the LPRP Central Committee, permanent secretary of the Secretariat of the LPRP Central Committee and vice-president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on Thursday.

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, met and had a talk with a delegation of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh headed by Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of its Central Committee, that paid a courtesy call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Wednesday.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Wednesday sent a congratulatory message to Bashar Al-Assad, president of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, gave field guidance to the test-fire of super-large multiple rocket launcher again on Tuesday.

The DPRK embassy in Moscow hosted a reception on Sept. 5 on the occasion of the 71st founding anniversary of the DPRK.

The Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) urgently convened an emergency enlarged meeting on Friday morning to prevent damage by Typhoon No. 13 which is expected to seriously influence the whole area of the DPRK and discussed the state emergency measures for preventing disaster.

Damage occurred in the DPRK by Typhoon-13 that hit the country between about 14:00 on Saturday and 00:00 on Sunday.