Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Friday sent a message of sympathy to Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino, president of the Philippines, as regards the recent flood that hit his country, causing heavy human and material losses.

Kim in the message hoped that the president and government of the Philippines would heal the aftereffect of this natural disaster as soon as possible and stabilize the life of the people in the damage-stricken areas.