After all the hype...

Russian Ambassador Hosts Reception

Pyongyang, January 13, 2006 (KCNA) -- Russian Ambassador E.P. to the DPRK Andrei Karlov hosted a reception in honor of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the embassy on Thursday evening on the occasion of the New Year Juche 95 (2006). Present on invitation were Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kung Sok Ung and officials of the ministry.

Left to right: Thierry Dana, Director for Asia, French Foreign Ministry; Ambassador Volker Stanzel, Director-General for Political Affairs, German Foreign Ministry; Dr Gary Samore;

Vice Foreign Minister Kung Sok Ung.

On hand were staff members of the Russian embassy. Speeches were made at the reception. Did the "media" attend? Do I really need to point out how uselessly irrelevant this "report" is? Sounds like the party wasn't much fun, that's for sure...

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