DPRK to hold party conference on Sept 28

16:48, 22 September 2010

PYONGYANG. September 22. KAZINFORM A major conference of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) that is expected to elect the party's leading body will be held in Pyongyang on September 28, the official KCNA reported on Tuesday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

The announcement was made by the Preparatory Committee for the Conference of the WPK in a statement, which was published by the KCNA early Tuesday.

Ahead of the WPK conference and its 65th birthday, the army and the provincial, city and county party committees had held meetings to elect delegates to the WPK conference, said the report.

The delegates of the army and provincial party committees elected leader Kim Jong Il as a delegate to the conference of the WPK "representing the unanimous will of all the members of the party, servicepersons of the army and people," it said.

The meetings elected working people and officials "who have displayed patriotic devotion at the work sites, remaining intensely loyal to the party and revolution" as delegates to the conference; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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