Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- The third meeting of the 31st Central Committee of the Union of Democratic Korean Women in Japan took place at the Korean Hall in Tokyo on July 30.

Present there were Pak Ku Ho, first vice-chairman and director of the Organizational Department of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), Kang Chu Ryon, vice-chairwoman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and concurrently chairwoman of the Central Standing Committee of the Union of Democratic Korean Women in Japan, and other members of the Central Committee of the union.

Kang Chu Ryon made a report at the meeting.

The reporter said that during the review, the women's union has consolidated its basic organizations as a reliable fortress of patriots, true to the important letter sent by the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un to the participants in the 25th Congress of Chongryon.

She called upon all the officials of the women's union and Korean women in Japan to turn out in the patriotic movement and achieve remarkable successes in their work for opening up a comprehensive development of the movement of Koreans in Japan.

Then followed speeches.

Pak Ku Ho concluded the meeting.

A letter to Kim Jong Un was read out at the meeting. -0-