Overview

• RIA Novosti reported that Dmitry Medvedev arrived in North Korea’s capital on October 8.
• Medvedev serves as deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council and leads the United Russia party.
• He is heading a United Russia delegation scheduled to take part in ceremonies on October 10.
• The delegation is visiting at the invitation of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Committee.
• The WPK is North Korea’s ruling party, founded on October 10, 1945, and known as the Communist Party of Korea until 1946.