N Korea Minister of People`s Security on visit to China

PYONGYANG, December 15 (Itar-Tass) -- North Korea has sent a
delegation of the Ministry of People's Security led by its head Ju Sang
Song to China, the news agency TSTAK reported on Tuesday without
specifying the aim of the visit.
The ministry is in charge of the maintenance of public order in the
republic. Ju Sang Song is a member of the State Defense Committee which
plays the main role in governing the country.
This year top officials of North Korea made official visits to China
more than once. In November, a North Korean military delegation led by
first deputy chief of the Main Political Department of the Korean People's
Army Kim Jong Gak visited China. In October, Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Labor Party of Korea Chae Tae Bok visited Beijing, and in
September, Deputy Minister of the People's Armed Forces Pak Chae Gyon paid
a visit to China.
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