An awarding ceremony was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Friday.

Order of DPRK Friendship 2nd Class went to Henry Masiko, director general of the African Regional Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, Andre Lohekele Kalonda, its secretary general, Manju Ratna Sakya, chairman of the Nepal Journalist Association for the Study of the Juche Idea and Songun Politics, and Keizo Sumiya, co-representative of the Japanese National Liaison Council of Societies for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, and the Friendship Medal to two adherents to the Juche idea in recognition for their contribution to the cause of human independence through brisk study and dissemination of the immortal Juche idea.