A Mozambican delegation visits the DPRK to learn how to build a socialist society.

Heo Dam informs Popa of a DPRK visit to Colombo to discuss re-opening a Korean embassy in Sri Lanka and the DPRK's plans to interact with the Central African Republic.

Popa discusses the ROK and DPRK's economic relations with Indonesia.

High officials from North Korea visit African and Asian countries to strengthen the DPRK's stance on the reunification issue.

The new leader of the Japan Socialist Party plans to visit Pyongyang.

The Swedish and Finnish governments pressure the DPRK to pay back its debts, while the PRC grants North Korea a loan to partially offset these costs.

The DPRK is striving to establish diplomatic relations with as many states as possible and has most recently reached out to the Philippines.

Kim Il Sung and Hua Guofeng are said to have discussed bilateral relations between China and North Korea, Korea's unification, and the Non-Aligned Movement.