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Kyodo News Delegation Visits the DPRK

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Kyodo News President Masaki Fukuyama (2nd R) and a delegation from Kyodo visit the Pyongyang Home for the Aged on September 11, 2015 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).

A delegation of the Kyodo News Agency made its annual visit to DPRK from September 8 to September 12.  The delegation was led by Kyodo’s president Masaki Fukuyama.  During their visit to the country, the delegation met with the DPRK’s official head of state, Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] President Kim Yo’ng-nam.  The news agency delegation also visited the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies and the Pyongyang Home for the Aged.

Kyodo News President Masaki Fukuyama (L) meets with SPA Presidium President Kim Yong Nam in Pyongyang (Photo: KCTV).

Kyodo News President Masaki Fukuyama (L) meets with SPA Presidium President Kim Yong Nam in Pyongyang (Photo: KCTV).

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