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DPRK

Kim visits China-DPRK Friendship Tower

Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, laid a wreath at the China-DPRK Friendship Tower Saturday on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the country's Fatherland Liberation War victory, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday. "The DPRK would never forget the militant feats and merits of the fallen fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers recorded in the history of the great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War," Kim was quoted as saying. On the same day, Kim visited the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum and the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, according to KCNA reports.

DR CONGO

At least 43 killed in suspected rebel attack

At least 43 civilians were killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday in an attack attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, local sources said on Sunday. According to local media reports, ADF fighters stormed a Catholic church early on Saturday in the town of Komanda, Ituri Province. A local civil society leader in Komanda said most of the victims, primarily Catholic worshippers, were preparing for Sunday celebrations when the attack took place. Several houses were burned. Witnesses said the assailants looted a local bank and other community properties before retreating into the nearby forest.

Xinhua - Agencies