Press Review

Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a message of greeting from the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China who doubles as president of the People's Republic of China.

- He received a message of greeting from the president of the Russian Federation.

- He received a message of greeting from the president of the United Russia Party.

- He received a message of greeting from the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam who doubles as the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

- He received a message of greeting from the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).

- Foreign organizations, personages and Koreans in China sent flower baskets to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

- Overseas Koreans organizations sent flower baskets to the statues of the great leaders on Mansu Hill.

- Senior Party and government officials visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay high tribute to the great leaders on the occasion of the 78th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

- Flowers were laid at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong and the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri on the same occasion.

- Labor innovators and meritorious persons, who were invited to the celebrations of the national day, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay high tribute to the great leaders.

- A street parade and evening gala took place to mark the 78th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

- A swimming contest was held among the central-level universities in Pyongyang to mark the 78th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

- Editorials were issued to mark the 78th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

- The newly-built steak restaurant was inaugurated in Phyongsong City, South Phyongan Province.

- A delegation of educationists of Chongryon visited Mangyongdae and other various places.

- An international security affairs analyst of the DPRK warns that the Japanese neo-militarists' attempt to turn their archipelago into an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' will bring terrible disaster to Japan.

 

Rodong Sinmun

- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a message of greeting from the president of the Republic of Belarus.

- The Central Fine Arts Studio produced art pieces reflecting the stirring reality of the socialist country.

 

Minju Joson

- The paper dedicates articles to the 27th anniversary of the declaration of the foundation of the African Union and the national day of the Republic of Tajikistan. -0-