FEBRUARY.18.1997

[CONTENTS]

• Gift to Secy. Kim Jong Il from Guinean President

• U.S. weekly marks Secy. Kim Jong Il's birthday

• Art performances given to celebrate Feb. 16

• Vice-President meets Korean artists from Japan

• Rodong Sinmun on Japan's vaulting ambition for overseas expansion

• Review of Rodong Sinmun

• Korean artistes from Japan perform for guests of honor

• Korean residents in Japan meet to celebrate 55th birthday of Secy. Kim Jong Il

• Monuments to on-site guidance of Pres. Kim Il Sung and Secy. Kim Jong Il erected

• Floral baskets to Secy. Kim Jong Il from foreign countries

• Warmaniacs act rashly

• First KimJjogilia exhibition closes

• Secy. Kim Jong Il's work published in India

• Symposium of foreign crewmen