calendar>>April 16. 2009 Juche 98
Kim Jong Il Sends Educational Aid Fund and Stipends to Chongryon
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent educational aid fund and stipends worth 199,000,000 yen for the democratic national education of the children of Koreans in Japan on the occasion of the 97th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

The educational aid fund and stipends sent by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in 155 installments so far total 46,410,223,000 yen.

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