Kim Jong Il Enjoys Joint Performance by Artistes of DPRK and Russia

Pyongyang, March 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, enjoyed together with women officials a joint performance given by artistes of the Samjiyon Band of the Mansudae Art Troupe of the DPRK and the "Orchestra of the 21st Century" of Russia, at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre on Monday on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
He warmly welcomed the Russian orchestra's visit to the DPRK and had a cordial talk with the guests.
He warmly congratulated the women officials on the International Women's Day and extended a warm salute to all the women of the DPRK performing shining feats to go down in the history of the country by fully displaying the revolutionary stamina of the Korean women on all fronts for building a thriving nation.
Among the audience were senior party, state and army officials and women members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the WPK in Pyongyang, women deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly, Ro Song Sil, chairwoman of the C.C., the Democratic Women's Union of Korea, and other officials of the union, women labor innovators of factories and enterprises here and women writers, journalists, newscasters, creators and artistes.
Also among the audience were the Russian ambassador and his wife and official diplomats of the Russian embassy here.