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NORTH KOREA THIS WEEK NO. 459 (July 26, 2007)
*** CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronological review of major developments related to North Korea from July 19 to 25, 2007.
July
19 The (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) says a biochemical research team at the University of Science of the DPRK (North Korea) has developed a highly efficient protoporphyrin hepatitis injection and protoporphyrin hepatitis capsule.
19 A friendly meeting between North Korean and Cuban embassy officials in Pyongyang is held at DPRK-Cuba Friendship Moranbong Middle School No. 1 in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the July 26 armed uprising of the Cuban people.
19 Valery Sukhinin, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, hosts a reception at the embassy in Pyongyang on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the publication of the DPRK-Russia Joint Declaration.
19 Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), sends a message of sympathy to Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, the Brazilian president, in connection with an air crash in Sao Paulo, Brazil that caused a huge loss of lives.
20 Kim Yong-nam leaves Pyongyang by a special plane to pay official goodwill visits to Mongolia, Algeria and Ethiopia.
20 The KCNA says meetings of voters to nominate candidates of deputies to the provincial (city under the direct control of the government), city (district) and county people's assemblies have been held across the country.
20 The KCNA says a national sports department has been recently established in the Korean University of Physical Education.
20 Kim Yong-nam sends a message of greetings to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez on the occasion of the 197th anniversary of the independence of Colombia.
20 Kim Yong-nam arrives in Ulan Bator by a special plane to pay an official goodwill visit to Mongolia upon the invitation of Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar.
20 A series of talks between the DPRK and the U.S. and the meeting of heads of the delegations to the six-party talks wind up in Beijing, after starting on July 17.
20 Talks between Kim Yong-nam and Nambariin Enkhbayar, president of Mongolia, are held in Ulaanbaatar.
20 Agreements on cooperation in the fields of public health and medical science, marine transport and others between the governments of the DPRK and Mongolia are signed in Ulan Bator.
20 Kim Yong-nam meets Miyegombiin Enkhbold, Mongolia's prime minister, who paid a courtesy call on him.
20 Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar hosts a banquet in honor of Kim Yong-nam in the Mongolian capital.
21 The DPRK delegation headed by Kim Kye-gwan,vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, returns home.
21 Kim Yong-nam meets with D. Lundejanchan, chairman of the State Great Hural of Mongolia, when the latter paid a courtesy call on him.
21 Kim Yong-nam meets with Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar.
21 Inter-sector talks between the DPRK and Mongolia are held in Ulaanbaatar.
22 Kim Yong-nam sends a message of greetings to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the great July 23 revolution in Egypt.
23 A delegation of the (North) Korean Journalists Union led by Kim Pyong-ho, deputy director general of the KCNA, leaves Pyongyang to visit China.
23 Kim Yong-nam sends a congratulatory message to Pratibha Patil who was elected president of India.
23 Enrique Montoto Cruz, Cuban charge d' affaires in Pyongyang, and his embassy officials help employees of the DPRK-Cuba friendship stock farm in weeding a bean field on the occasion of the month of solidarity with the Cuban people.
23 Kim Yong-nam sends a message of thanks to Nambariin Enkhbayar, president of Mongolia, after concluding his four-day official goodwill visit to the country.
23 Chairman of the Asian Football Confederation Mohamed Hammam Saad Al-Abdulla and his party arrive in Pyongyang.
23-24 An international scientific symposium on potatoes is held in Pyongyang.
24 The sixth inter-Korean general-level military talks open in the South's side of the truce village of Panmunjom.
24 Chief Jo Il-min and members of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front visit the historic site associated with the Korean War (1950-1953) ahead of the 54th anniversary of the armistice on July 27.
24 Kim Yong-nam sends a message of greetings to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, on the occasion of its independence day.
24 Kim Yong-nam arrives in Algiers to pay an official goodwill visit to Algeria.
24 Talks between Kim Yong-nam and Abdelkader Bensalah, president of the Council of the Nation of Algeria, are held in Algiers.
24 Abdelkader Bensalah, president of the Council of the Nation of Algeria, hosts a banquet in honor of Kim Yong-nam.
25 Kim Yong-nam sends a message of greetings to Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the Maldivian president, on the occasion of the independence day of the Republic of Maldives.
25 The nomination of candidates for deputies to the provincial, city and county people's assemblies of the DPRK is finished.
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