FEBRUARY.17.1997

[CONTENTS]

• Gift o Secy. Kim Jong Il from foreign lawyer

• Appeal to S. Korean parties, organizations, figures

• Press review

• Letter of resolution to Secy. Kim Jong Il from The United States

• Pyongyang youths celebrate 55th birthday of Secy. Kim Jong Il

• Floral basket and gift to Secy. Kim Jong Il

• Congratulatory letter to Secy. Kim Jong Il from Ri In Mo

• Performance given by Japan-resident Korean artistes

• First camping of this year begins

• Book "Aphorisms of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il" off the press

• Evening gala of Pyongyang youth and students

• Study committee of Juche idea inaugurated in Nigeria

• Secy. Kim Jong Il's work published in booklet in Cuba

• Foreigners visit Korean embassies on birthday of Secy. Kim Jong Il

• Meeting of foreign crew

• Greetings to Secy. Kim Jong Il from Russian President

• DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman interviewed