Pyongyang, October 14 (KCNA) -- 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, met and had a talk in a compatriotic atmosphere with Pu Yong Uk, chairperson of the Osaka Prefectural Headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, Choe Un Bok, chairwoman of the General Association of Koreans in China, Sok Song, chairperson of the International Social Confederation of Koreans, Ri Kwang Il, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the Korean Youth League in Japan, and Tong Ju Bong, secretary general of the General Association of Koreans in China, who are heads of congratulatory groups and delegations of overseas compatriots for celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK on a visit to the homeland at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on October 13.

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