Fifth Politburo Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Committee held

The Fifth Political Bureau Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) took place at the office building of the Party Central Committee on December 1.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the WPK, was present at the meeting.

Also present at the meeting were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee.

The meeting discussed the issue of convening the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un presided over the meeting.

Kim Jong Un sends flower basket to president of Laos

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 floral basket to Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and president of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR), on the occasion of the 46th founding anniversary of the LPDR.

The DPRK ambassador to Laos courteously conveyed the flower basket bearing the august name of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to a vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos.

General Secretary Kim Jong Un sends greetings to Laotian counterpart

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 greeting to Thongloun Sisoulith,  general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and president of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR), on Thursday.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in the message extended warm congratulations to the general secretary and the fraternal party, government and people of Laos on the occasion of the 46th founding anniversary of the LPDR.

He noted that over the past 46 years after its foundation, the LPDR has conducted dynamic struggle to consolidate the people’s democratic system and brought about great socio-economic changes under the guidance of the LPRP.

He expressed the firm belief that the party, government and people of Laos would achieve fresh progress in the building of a prosperous socialist state by implementing the decisions of the 11th Congress of the LPRP.

He expressed conviction that the good friendly and cooperative relations between the two parties and the two countries would steadily grow stronger, and sincerely wished the general secretary of the LPRP bigger success in his responsible work.

Politburo of WPK Central Committee announces resolution

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea announced a resolution on convening the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK on December 1.

According to the resolution, the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK is to be convened late in December to review the implementation of major Party and state policies for 2021 and to discuss and decide on work plans for the new year.

WPK Central Committee sends greetings to General Council of United Russia Party

The Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea sent a congratulatory message to the General Council of the United Russia Party on Wednesday.

The WPK Central Committee in the message warmly congratulated the General Council of the party and all its members on the occasion of its 20th founding anniversary.

Laos works for social progress, prosperity

December 2 1975 is an important day in the history of Laotian people since the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic was declared to the whole world that day.

After totally eliminating the colonial rule and feudal monarchical system of the imperialists, the Lao people set out on a worthwhile struggle to build a new, prosperous country by taking their destiny into their own hands.

Generous father, strict mentor

Ri Han (right) and his daughter Ri Un Son water flowers.

Ri Han, a faculty dean at Kim Chol Ju University of Education, and Ri Un Son, a graduate student of the university, are father and daughter.

WHO warns of dangers of o mutant virus

The World Health Organization warned on November 29 that o variant virus constitutes a very dangerous factor in the world.

It stated that the variant is highly dangerous as it may spread throughout the world to cause a drastic increase in the number of infected cases and it may have catastrophic consequences on some regions.

‘Ryongma’ creates public interest

Smart phone app, Ryongma, machine translation service system.

The machine translation service system, Ryongma, which was developed by the artificial intelligence institute of the information science department of Kim Il Sung University is attracting public interest.

Efforts made to protect rivers, lakes

China has recently concentrated on protecting rivers and lakes.

This year, 185 000 illegal acts of building structures around rivers and on the shores of lakes, dumping rubbish recklessly and dredging rivers without permission were exposed and punished.