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No 51/24
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Russian Minister of Defence 2. Many Modern Villages Newly Built in DPRK 3. Children's Commodity Exhibition Opened in DPRK
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Russian Minister of Defence Pyongyang, November 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received on Nov. 29 Minister of Defence Andrei Beloussov on a visit to the DPRK as the head of the military delegation of the Russian Federation. Kim Jong Un gladly greeted Beloussov, who visited Pyongyang again after five months, and had a friendly and trustworthy talk with him. Beloussov courteously conveyed the friendly greetings of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks for this and asked him to convey his warm comradely greetings to the respected Vladimir Putin. During the talk, there was a wide-ranging exchange of views on the issues of further developing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, including the defence field, and defending sovereignty, security, interests and international justice of the two countries to cope with the rapidly-changing regional and international security environment, and a satisfactory consensus was reached on the views. Kim Jong Un said that the visit to the DPRK by Beloussov would greatly contribute to bolstering up the defence capabilities of the two countries and ensuring their security and serve as a useful occasion in promoting the friendly, mutual cooperation and development of the relations between the two armies. Expressing great concern over the ever-escalating development of the Ukrainian situation, Kim Jong Un expressed the stand that the recent anti-Russia measures taken by the U.S. deserve condemnation by the international community as they are irresponsible acts of fomenting prolonged conflict and threatening all mankind. Noting that the U.S. and the West made Kiev authorities attack Russia's territory with their own long-range strike weapons, he added that it means their direct military intervention in the conflict and that it is an exercise of the right to self-defence for Russia to take resolute action to make the hostile forces pay the price as it has emerged as an aggressive entity in the anti-Russia war. And he stressed the need to take clear action to give a signal that the provocative forces led by the U.S. will not benefit from their disregard for the warning of Russia. The recent counterattack against Ukraine by the Russian government and army is a timely and effective measure to inform the U.S., the West and Ukraine, which are resorting to reckless military adventurism, of the gravity of the situation and the will of Russia to take tough counteraction, he said, affirming that the DPRK government, army and people will invariably support the policy of the Russian Federation to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity from the imperialists' moves for hegemony. The strong DPRK-Russia relations serve as a powerful security device for promoting the well-being of the two peoples, defusing the regional situation and ensuring international strategic stability, he said, expressing the will to more vigorously expand and develop the relations between the two countries in all fields, including politics, economy and military affairs, under the agreement reached at the DPRK-Russia Pyongyang summit in June last. Kim Jong Un asked Beloussov to convey his best wishes to the respected Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and the Russian government, army and people, and reaffirmed again that Pyongyang would always be with Moscow.
Many Modern Villages Newly Built in DPRK Pyongyang, November 27 (KCNA) -- Many modern rural houses have been built in different parts of the DPRK, vibrant with the implementation of the programme for the rural revolution in the new era. Such realities are outcome of the grand ambition and noble devotion of the Workers' Party of Korea to make our countryside a rich and cultured ideal village equipped with modern technology and civilization and thus achieve the rapid development of the socialist countryside. Over the past three years, more than 1 500 fairyland villages characterized by modern aesthetic tastes, Korean-style socialism and specific regional features have appeared in different parts of the country, proving the rapid development of the countryside which is making a substantial contribution to the improvement of the peasants' living standards. The respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un has led the drive for rural housing construction in all parts of the country with his extraordinary wisdom and stubborn practical ability. Under the leadership of the Party, a solid foundation was laid for pushing forward the construction in a prospective way, looking forward to the eternal future of the socialist rural development. The central and regional headquarters for the rural construction were formed all at once and the relevant sections were composed of competent officials. As a result, the rural construction has been conducted in a shipshape manner. The architectural design and construction forces were built up in every region. The material and technical foundations of the building-materials industrial sector, an arsenal for regional construction, have been further consolidated. Measures were taken in time to supply materials necessary for the rural housing construction. Officials and builders of provinces, cities and counties have pushed ahead with the work to create models in the rural housing construction and generalize them. The scientific and technological strength has been steadily augmented to bring about a significant improvement in quality. Amid the great eruption of patriotic enthusiasm in the new era of rural development, many officials and working people conducted vigorous agitation activities at construction sites and rendered material and moral assistance to them. Consequently, rural houses with a high level of modernity, culture and diversity have appeared one after another for the last three years since the adoption of the programme for the rural revolution in the new era. They are now giving a pleasure to the agricultural workers and many modern houses are nearing completion. Steadfast is the determination of the Party Central Committee to powerfully push ahead with the grand regional development policy for bringing about the regional prosperity and, at the same time, to make the agricultural workers and other regional people become the masters of communist society earlier than others by thoroughly implementing the programme for the rural revolution in the new era.
Children's Commodity Exhibition Opened in DPRK Pyongyang, November 30 (KCNA) -- A children's commodity exhibition was opened at the Pyongyang Children's Department Store in the DPRK with due ceremony on Friday. On display at the exhibition, attended by at least 220 units across the country, are more than 281 800 goods of 680-odd kinds, including children's clothes, foodstuffs, footwear and toys, presented by the Pyongyang Wheat Flour Processing Factory, the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory, the Hamhung Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic Goods Factory, the Children's Tailor Shop of the Central District Combined Tailor Shop and other units. Present at the opening ceremony were officials concerned and officials and working people of the exhibiting units. A speech was made there.
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