Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, inspected various units in South Hamgyong Province.

Learning in detail about the production at the Sinpho Canned Fish Factory, Jongphyong County Foodstuff Factory and Hamhung Wheat Processing Factory, he called upon the officials and employees to give precedence to the supply of raw and other materials and boost the output through a brisk mass technical innovation movement, fully aware of the importance of their duty in improving the people's diet and implementing the Party's childcare policy.

He acquainted himself with the project for updating the Ryongsong Machine Complex on the spot and stressed the need for all the builders to push ahead with the project as scheduled while ensuring the quality of construction. He noted that the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm should put the production of vegetables on a normal track by dint of science and technology so that the benevolence of the Party reaches the people better.

The Russian military delegation led by Minister of Defence Andrei Beloussov visited Mangyongdae, the birthplace of President Kim Il Sung, on November 30.

Being briefed on the noble revolutionary career of the President, the visitors looked round the relics preserved with much care at his old home. 

Andrei Beloussov made an entry in the visitor's book.

The visiting Russian military delegation led by Minister of Defence Andrei Beloussov laid a wreath before the Liberation Tower on November 30.

Present there were Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

The guard of honour of the Korean People's Army lined up at the tower.

The Russian military delegation led by Minister of Defence Andrei Beloussov left Pyongyang on November 30 after visiting the DPRK at the invitation of its Ministry of National Defence.

The flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation were fluttering at the flagstaffs at Pyongyang International Airport, and the guard of honour of the Korean People's Army lined up at the apron before the terminal.

Present there to see off the delegation were No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Jong Kyong Thaek, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, and other commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence, officials concerned and KPA service personnel, Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

A children's commodity exhibition was opened at the Pyongyang Children's Department Store with due ceremony on November 29.

On display at the exhibition, attended by at least 220 units across the country, are more than 281 800 goods of 680-odd kinds, including children's clothes, foodstuffs, footwear and toys, presented by the Pyongyang Wheat Flour Processing Factory, the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory, the Hamhung Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic Goods Factory, the Children's Tailor Shop of the Central District Combined Tailor Shop and other units.

Present at the opening ceremony were officials concerned and officials and working people of the exhibiting units.

DPRK Ambassador Ri Sang Rim presented his credentials to the president of Romania on November 26.

The ambassador courteously conveyed the warm greetings of Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, to President Klaus Iohannis.

Klaus Iohannis expressed thanks for this and asked the ambassador to convey his warm greetings to HE Kim Jong Un.

The 2024 sci-tech presentation in the field of IT industry took place at the North Hwanghae Provincial Information and Communications Bureau from November 25 to 29.

Presented to the event, attended by officials, scientists, technicians, teachers and researchers in the field of IT industry and science and education units, were more than 300 valuable scientific and technological proposals presented by mobile communications, software, radiocasting and other fields.

Such proposals for an integrated dialogue service system conducive to the localization and modernization of the IT industry won high appreciation there. 

DPRK players returned home on November 30 after taking part in the 37th CISM World Military Wrestling Championship held in Armenia.

They won seven gold and three other medals in the championship attended by more than 250 men and women wrestlers from 20-odd countries including the DPRK, Russia, France, India and Columbia.

Han Chong Song and Kim Kwang Myong bagged gold medals in the men's free-style 57 kg and 61 kg categories, Ro Yu Chol in the Greco-Roman 55 kg category and Kim Ji Hyang, Son Il Sim, Jong Jun Ae and Pak Sol Gum in the women's 53 kg, 57 kg, 59 kg and 68 kg categories.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryavkov demanded that the US and the West stop their moves to escalate tension in an interview with RT TV on November 27.

He said that the current US administration should stop aggravating tension, otherwise the circumstances will be quite dangerous for all including the US. 

He mentioned that Russia has been talking for years about the danger of the attempt to deploy US-made intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region and calls on the US and its allies in the region to halt now to re-examine the relevant decision.