calendar>>January 19. 2010 Juch 99
New Stamps Issued
Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- A sheetlet reflecting the contents of the joint New Year editorial published by leading newspapers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been brought out in the country.

Printed on the upper part of the sheetlet is "Bring about a radical turn in the people's standard of living by accelerating the development of light industry and agriculture once again this year that marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea!", a slogan set forth in the editorial for the Korean people to hold high this year.

The sheetlet calls on the light industry and agricultural sectors, the major fronts of the efforts for improving the people's living standard, to increase consumer goods output and agricultural production. It also urges the four vanguard sectors of the economy to effect an upsurge in production so as to contribute to the betterment of the people's living.

Mirrored in some stamps of the sheetlet are tasks laid down in the editorial to give full play to the might of the Korean People's Army and push back the frontiers of science and technology and make a leap in all the sectors of the building of a great, prosperous and powerful country.

Also contained in the sheetlet are stamps showing the DPRK's stand of making efforts to realize national reunification at an early date with the entire nation united in accordance with the north-south joint declarations and develop relations of good-neighborliness and friendship with other countries and achieve global independence under the banner of independence, peace and friendship.

Meanwhile, four kinds of individual stamps portraying panda, leopard and other animals were also issued.

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