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 […]
The National Accreditation Association (NAA) of the DPRK, founded in April 2002, is a standing organ which engages in conformity assessment of all authentication bodies of the country. The association gives certification to the auditing and registering bodies, testing and analytical laboratories and product authentication bodies and undertakes regular control of those bodies, and evaluation […]
Modern tree nurseries are under construction in all provinces amid the vigorous drive for reforestation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Last year, a large-scale tree nursery was built in North Hamgyong Province, which produces 20 million saplings a year. The respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited Kyongsong County in North Hamgyong Province in August […]
The emergency anti-epidemic work to thoroughly prevent the inflow of the malignant virus is done as a mass campaign in Mangyongdae District of the capital city Pyongyang. Here is Mun Song Chon, Senior Official of the Mangyongdae District People’s Committee. “The primary goal of struggle for the 80-day campaign is to maintain the firm anti-epidemic […]
It happened on March 9, Juche 101(2012). That day, a sea warning was given and there were high waves along with northwester. The respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, however, visited Cho Islet on the West Sea of Korea, cutting his way through the raging waves, to see the soldiers. He had a picture taken with […]
Pyongyang Grand Theatre Inaugurated in August Juche 49(1960) Theatrical art works of different genres including the five revolutionary operas created and performed here by the Phibada Opera Troupe The April Spring Friendship Art Festival and other international festivals held East Pyongyang Grand Theatre The great leader Kim Jong Il was present at the inaugural ceremony of the […]
The Afforestation Equipment and Materials Factory located in Ryokpho District, Pyongyang, is increasing production. Every year it turns out hundreds of thousands of square metres of plastic panes and blinds, hundreds of thousands of vessels for growing saplings, etc., and supplies them to tree nurseries and greenhouses across the country. It provided the equipment and […]
“Pothonggang Mineral Water tastes good and has clear pharmacological effects,” says Ham Ryong, 65, who lives in Tangsang-dong No.1, Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang. He drinks the mineral water every day. The mineral water gushes out of several rock layers, including chorismite and gneiss formed in different geological ages. Its medical effects have been widely known since […]
Tokyo, Japan To Participants in the Conference of Representatives of Branches of Chongryon-2020 (Third Conference of a New Heyday) I warmly congratulate the Conference of Representatives of Branches of Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan) which is being held amid the great interest and expectation at home and abroad in the meaningful period […]
More and more units in the DPRK are producing building parts by making use of light burned magnesia. Light burned magnesia board can reduce energy loss when heating or cooling a room as it absorbs carbon dioxide and keeps low heat conductivity. A board of 20 square metres has the same effect as having a […]
Today, disposable plastic goods are exerting aggravating influence on the environment. Various kinds of disposable biodegradable vessels which are low in production cost and environment-friendly are produced in the DPRK. The vessels are made of by-products of potato starch. Their substance disappears one week after being discarded and degrades naturally and completely in three months. […]
The letters of Korean Braille are those printed as groups of raised dots on a special paper for the blind to read and write Korean alphabets and other marks with the help of six braille types. Korea started giving education to the blind in 1445. By the mid-19th century, Chinese characters were used as the […]
On Moran Hill in the capital city of Pyongyang is a tree fossil, which is rare to be found around the world. It is a pine fossil which grew in the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era. It is 1.6 metres high and 3.4 metres round at the lower part. It is very hard and […]
The renovated Educational Books Printing Plant went into production. Its production capacity doubled as against the previous one. It is printing textbooks for primary schools and junior and senior middle schools across the country for the new school year.
Kumyagang Power Station No. 2 went into operation. Its completion has brought about big progress in the afforestation and water conservation in the county and provided another foundation for making contribution to economic development and improvement of its locals’ living. Its inaugural ceremony took place on the spot on October 30. Present at the ceremony […]
Among the national intangible cultural heritages is the medical theory on four kinds of physical constitutions, which was authored by Ri Je Ma, a scholar of medicine, in the late 19th century. The theory divides persons into four categories according to their physical constitutions and gives out prescriptions according to them. Ri Je Ma made […]
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) — Political parties, bodies and organs in Russia held meetings, seminars and lectures on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). Present at the events were figures of different units including the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, the Amur Regional Branch Committee […]
Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) — Many countries and regional organizations held online exhibitions of books, photos and stamps on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Those countries are China, Russia, Myanmar, Syria, India, Cambodia, Pakistan, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Libya, Senegal, Mexico […]
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