Diplomats from the Chinese embassy visited a cooperative farm in Pyongyang on Thursday and offered the farmers a helping hand in harvesting.

The diplomats headed by Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming helped farmers threshing rice on the DPRK-China Friendship Thaekam Cooperative Farm located in the northern suburbs of the DPRK capital, and handed over a batch of aid materials.

Diplomats of Chinese Embassy to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and local farmers work togather at a farm in DPRK on October 30, 2008. About 20 diplomats and personnel of Chinese Embassy participated in harvest work with local farmers at a farm in DPRK on Thursday. [Xinhua]

 Thanks to the effort of the whole farm and the help of the Chinese embassy, the harvest was very good this year, said Chong Myung Chol, chairman of the farm.

He said the farm would try its best to secure another good harvest in 2009 to contribute its part to the upcoming "Year of DPRK-China Friendship".

Liu Xiaoming (L), Chinese ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), works at a farm in DPRK on October 30, 2008. [Xinhua] 

(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2008)