Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- Jo Yong Won, 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, met with Vivian Balakrishnan, foreign minister of the Republic of Singapore, who paid a courtesy call on him, at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on May 27.

Jo Yong Won had a conversation with Vivian Balakrishnan in a friendly atmosphere.

Present there were Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Pak Sang Gil, DPRK Ambassador to Singapore Ri Kil Song, officials concerned and the Singaporean foreign minister's party. -0-