The work of recycling resources goes full steam ahead amid the nationwide concern in the DPRK.With the adoption of the law on recycling resources and the establishment of recycling system, the industrial establishments are making efforts to maximize the utilization rate of various kinds of scrapped materials and urban sewage.In particular, many units are conducting […]
The Mundok Restaurant in Taesong District of Pyongyang is famous for loach dishes. Loach soup mixed with pumpkin and savoury and crisp fried loach are the favourite dishes of customers. From ancient times, the Koreans have widely used tasty and nutritious loach in their dietary life. The dishes made of loach, which is called “insam […]
A Worker-Poet Studies at University Yun Jong A, a 23-year-old girl, worked at the fuel service station in Phyongsong City, South Phyongan Province. Since her childhood, she was deeply interested in composition. After graduation from a senior middle school, she started her social life. She depicted her experience gained in worthwhile working life in poetry […]
The Naejung Cooperative Farm in Yomju County of North Phyongan Province put production and management on a scientific and IT footing by introducing a comprehensive agricultural production and control system. With the help of a digital map developed by the Academy of Agricultural Science, the system has database on all fields of the farm according […]
A new modern hospital started operation in the city of Samjiyon on October 15. The Samjiyon People’s Hospital, a model of hospitals in local areas, is fully equipped with up-to-date medical equipment and apparatuses for medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetrical and gynaecological, and other treatment. It has also efficient telemedicine and IT-based medical service systems. In-patient […]
3-D greetings cards were issued in the DPRK in the lead-up to Mother’s Day. Pasted inside the cards are various 3-D models in the form of flower baskets, roses, bouquets and red stars made of coloured papers with different patterns in reflection of children’s devotion to their mothers. Written on their covers are letters reading […]
Kim Ji Hyon, director of Educational Science Institute of Kim Il Sung University prides himself on his working in the sector of pedagogy. It is not because his parents worked as secondary school teachers for forty years and his younger brothers teach at colleges. It is not because of his career as a teacher of Kim Il Sung University. […]
Among those who celebrate Mother’s Day, November 16, in the DPRK is Pak Song Suk, deputy chief in charge of technical affairs of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. On this day she recollects her medical career begun and peaked with that of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. Pak was born into a workers’ family in Chonnae County, […]
Thousands of new dwelling houses were built in over 10 dongs and ris in Samjiyon City. Ceremonies for moving into new houses took place in Paektusanmilyong-dong, Sinmusong-dong, Rimyongsu-dong, Phothae-dong, Ohomuldong-dong, Junghung-ri, Hunggyesu-ri, Sobaeksan-ri, Paeksam-ri, Poso-ri and Thongsin-ri. Present at the ceremonies were Tong Jong Ho, vice-premier of the Cabinet, Pak Hun, minister of Construction and […]
On Mirae Scientists Street laid out in 2015 on the bank of the picturesque Taedong River for scientific and educational personnel in Pyongyang is the Phyongchon District Mirae Nursery.The nursery is amply furnished for upbringing of the children, their growth and intelligence development, including 50 rooms for children’s daily routine and others for their exercises […]
There are the Chongchon River and other over 30 rivers, big and small, in Kujang County, North Phyongan Province. Twenty of them are over 5 km long. In the past, the county had suffered from frequent flooding. So, officials of the county pushed forward the work to improve all rivers in a far-sighted way while […]
The Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex, established on November 10, 1945, is the leading base which exclusively engages in manufacturing electric locomotives and rolling stock. The workers of the complex have made contributions to stepping up the railway modernization and easing the shortage of means for transporting passengers and freight by manufacturing a large […]
Free medical services are given for people’s life and health promotion in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On November 13, Juche 41(1952) when the Fatherland Liberation War was at its height, the DPRK adopted a Cabinet decision on enforcing universal free medical care system at the state expense. The universal free medical care system […]
In the Munsu area of the capital city Pyongyang there is the Okryu Children’s Hospital, a well-known medical service centre for children. The hospital was built at the proposal and under the energetic guidance of the respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un who values the coming generations. Kim Jong Un named it “Okryu Children’s Hospital”. Department Head Kim Song […]
Sixteen kinds of greetings cards were issued in the DPRK in the lead-up to Mother’s Day. Letters reading “Happy Mother’s Day”, “Congratulations on November 16” and others are written in different fonts on the cards, decorated with the pictures of beautiful flowers and bouquets. A greetings card on which the song “Thought of Mother” and […]
Sinphyong Kumgang is located in Tohwa-dong, Phyonghwa-ri in Sinphyong County of North Hwanghae Province, midway down the Pyongyang-Wonsan Tourist Road. The spot is so beautiful that it was named after Mt Kumgang, a celebrated mountain in Korea. It is noted for scenic beauties of Jinju, Kumgang, Jangsubong, Okryudong, Kuryong, Manmulsang, Tohwadong and Chongsokjong valleys. These […]
The autumn-tinted ginkgo trees add more beauty to the scenery of streets in Pyongyang. Ginkgo tree is the only alive fossil plant among plants which flourished until the Creataceous period of the Mesozoic age (from 140 million to 70 million years ago). Tonghungsan, Kajaeul, Jongju, Songgyungwan, Ryongaksan ginkgo trees of hundreds of years old and […]
Over one month passed since Comedy Show “Our House Full of Laughter” drew down its curtain. It was staged in October in the lead-up to the celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, but it still lingers in the memory of the audience. In particular, the story about Ri Sun […]
A trolley bus Chollima-70 manufactured in the early 1970s gave great delight to the Korean people. On April 8, 1972, President Kim Il Sung got on Trolley bus No. 819 and sat on a seat to learn about if there was any inconvenience for the users, and took relevant measures. The trolley bus has been running from […]
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