calendar>>October 21. 2009 Juche 98
DPRK Important Days Observed in Foreign Countries
Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held in Russia and a photo exhibition in Nigeria between October 9 and 17 to celebrate the 64th birthday of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 83rd formation anniversary of the Down-with-Imperialism Union (DIU).

Displayed at the exhibition hall were photographs on the achievements gained by the Korean sportspersons in games and the good qualities of the Korean nation.

At the meeting held in Russia, speakers highly praised the WPK as the political organization which inherited the brilliant traditions of the DIU, the genuine staff of revolution which rallied the people of different strata around the leader and the vanguard of revolution dynamically promoting the Korean people's drive for building a great prosperous and powerful nation under the banner of Songun.

They stressed that the DPRK would open the gate to a thriving nation in the near future under the leadership of the WPK and that nobody will dare to provoke the DPRK and it will always emerge victorious as it has the WPK, the powerful political staff.

The curator of the Exhibition of the Council of Art and Culture under the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria hoped that the WPK would achieve only victory in building a thriving socialist nation under the outstanding leadership of Kim Jong Il.

A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting held in Russia.

Meanwhile, a meeting to convey a congratulatory letter and a floral basket to Kim Jong Il was held by a Russian company on October 8.

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