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Standing Committee of SPA, DPRK, sends congratulatory message to 26th Congress of Chongryon
  The Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea sent a congratulatory message to the 26th Congress of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) on May 23.
  The message warmly congratulated Chongryon on its 26th Congress and noted that during the period under review Chongryon steadfastly overcame the worst challenges and hardships with the firm patriotic faith and the inexhaustible strength of the compatriots as the motive force and increased its organizing ability and unity all the more, and fully demonstrated the firmness of the sacred ideal and spirit of the Juche-based movement of Koreans in Japan on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of its formation.
  It expressed the conviction that the 26th Congress of Chongryon would serve as a historic occasion of encouraging Chongryon in its advance toward the annals of new struggle and transformation for writing a great new history of the movement of Koreans in Japan in hearty response to the historic letter sent by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the formation of Chongryon, and hoped for success in the work of the congress.