FEBRUARY.21.1997

[CONTENTS]

• "Kim Jong Il Class" named in Ghana

• Japan cannot be permanent member of U.N. Security Council, says Korean Ambassador to Russia

• Vietnamese Ambassador gives party to mark birthday of Secy. Kim Jong Il

• Secy. Kim Jong Il sends wreath to bier of Comrade Deng Xiaoping

• Rodong Sinmun slams Kim Young Sam for distancing himself from Hanbo incident

• Book "Cradle of Immortal Life" (2) published

• Pyongyangites welcome s. Korean defectors

• Medal of Marshal Zhukov awarded to Secy. Kim Jong Il

• Secy. Kim Jong Il sends wreath to Chinese Embassy

• Deng Xiaoping's death mourned in Korea

• DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman interviewed