North Korean state media this week boasted of a letter Chinese leader Xi Jinping sent to Kim Jong Un thanking the DPRK leader for his congratulations in October on Xi continuing his grip on power.

State media also covered a health and medicine expo that revealed thousands of new medicines and medical equipment, as well as a first-of-its-kind look at a disinfection facility in the northeast port city of Chongjin.

Meanwhile, the cabinet-run newspaper Minju Joson carried explanations on various traffic laws that include no honking within city limits and further restricts freedom of movement