North Korea and China Strengthen Friendship at 2024 New Year's Banquet
The North Korean Embassy in China organized a banquet for the 2024 New Year, the Rodong Sinmun reported on Wednesday. "Wang Dong-myong, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, and workers (cadres) from relevant departments including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, the External Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration of Immigration, the People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Communist Youth League, and the All-China Women's Federation were invited to the banquet," the newspaper said on Feb. 25. "North Korean Ambassador to China Ri Ryong Nam and members of the embassy staff attended.