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.

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.