They included a meeting and a film show in Switzerland and Brazil a film show and a photo exhibition in Nigeria.

The secretary of a Communist Party of Switzerland said at the meeting: It is entirely thanks to the wise Songun policy of leader Kim Jong Il that the DPRK has dynamically advanced the socialist cause despite all sorts of trials for the past decades.

He expressed belief that the Korean people would register greater success in the efforts to defend the sovereignty of the country from the U.S. imperialists' moves for stifling it and build a great prosperous and powerful nation.

Our Party will intensify the activities of support and solidarity with the just struggle of the Korean people, he said.

The director of the Association for Regional Development under the Western Regional City Federation in Santa Catarina of Brazil said that they extend full support to the Korean people in their efforts to build a rich and powerful country and reunify the divided Korean Peninsula. We will strive to develop the cultural exchange and cooperation between the two countries, he added.