(KPL) Soon after our team of foreign journalists representing several parts of the world arrived at an entrance of the well-known Forbidden City of Beijing, China, we heard announcements made through loudspeakers by relevant officials telling us to comply with anti–Covid-19 restrictions. Not in a very long distance, tour guides told their respective groups of visitors to get ready before walking through the gate to see firsthand the historic magnificence just inside the enclosed imperial compound.

LET US BRILLIANTLY ACCOMPLISH THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE OF JUCHE, HOLDING KIM JONG IL IN HIGH ESTEEM AS THE ETERNAL GENERAL SECRETARY OF OUR PARTY Talk to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea April 6, Juche 101 (2012) (On the occasion of the 77th founding anniversary (Oct 10, 1945 - 2022) of the Workers’ Party of Korea)

(KPL) President Thongloun Sisoulith on Oct 3 received a courtesy visit from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba Manuel Marrero Cruz. The Cuban premier and his delegations are on a working visit to Laos between October 2 and 4. President Thongloun Sisousith expressed his appreciation for the Cuban leader’s visit to Laos noting that the visit constitutes the first of its kind at premier level and a new landmark in continuing to strengthen and enhance the longstanding fraternal friendship and cooperation between Laos and Cuba.

(KPL) The Laos-China Railway, a Sino-Lao joint venture responsible for the development and operation of the Laos-China railway, plans to begin operating ordinary train service to ease the rising demand for train travel, especially at the weekend.

(KPL) Ethnic youth and young LGBTIQ+ came and joined the debate competition event in Houayxay district, in Bokeo Province on the theme of ‘my right, my body’ to celebrate the International Day of a Girl Child 2022 (IDG). Those adolescents debated sexual reproductive health, rights, equality for girls, and girls’ leadership