Int'l Day of Persons with Disabilities Marked in DPRK

Pyongyang, December 4 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place at the Central Youth Hall on Dec. 3 to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Present there were Jon Chol Hi, chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, officials of relevant units, disabled persons and their families, working people in Pyongyang, diplomatic envoys and staff members of foreign embassies in the DPRK and overseas Koreans staying in the homeland.

At the meeting, speeches were made by persons with disabilities enjoying a happy life under the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea and the state on protecting the disabled and a video dealing with the successes made in the protection of the disabled in the DPRK this year was screened.

Then followed an art performance by the Korean Art Association of the Disabled.

The performers well represented the cheerful and lively appearance of disabled persons who are fully realizing their desire and talents under the loving care of the Party. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2024.12.04.)