A delegation from the North Korean Central Court in Vientiane this week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Lao People’s Supreme Court, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

The KCNA report said DPRK Central Court President Kang Yun Sok and Lao People’s Supreme Court President Khamphanh Sitthidampha held talks Tuesday “on the issue of developing the exchange and cooperation between judicial organs of the two countries and the issues of common concern.”

After the talks, the report continued, the two signed the MOU to boost “exchange and cooperation in the field of the judiciary.”

Kang’s delegation also