Seen on the central wall of the exhibition is a painting picturing leader Kim Jong Il at his native home in the Paektusan Secret Camp.

On display at the exhibition are more than 230 items of fine art and handicraft presented by the Mansudae Art Studio, Central Fine Arts Studio and other studios and Pyongyang University of Fine Arts.

They include Korean paintings "Hoeryong in Spring" and "Memory of Secret Camp" and acryl painting "In Defence of the Great Leader", which arouse the ardent yearning for Kim Jong Suk, who provided the continuity of the Korean revolution.

Korean paintings "Mt. Paektu, Holy Place of Revolution" and "Morning of Rungna People's Pleasure Park" and oil paintings "Thick Forest in Autumn" and "Mansudae Street of Love" feature Mt. Paektu and the park and street fashionably built in Pyongyang City.

Korean painting "Iron Production" and water-color painting "Evening of Construction Site" show the soldiers and civilians in their efforts for building a thriving nation.

Water-color painting "Fog-covered Pyongyang Vegetable Science Institute" and pastel painting "On bank of Pothong River" portray the people's enjoyable life under the socialist system.

Yu Kum Su, a lecturer at the Korean Fine Art Dissemination Agency, told KCNA:

"Embroideries 'Pine-nut Harvest in Mt. Oga' and 'Reed and Crane-decorated Vase' and glass, wood and stone-made craftworks are representations of the Korean nation's excellent cultural tradition".

Opened on December 19, the exhibition will run until mid-January next year.