KCNA Detailed Report on Construction of Paektusan Songun Youth Power Station

[slideshow id=3]The Korean Central News Agency released a detailed report on the construction of the Paektusan Songun Youth Power Station Wednesday. The heroic epic in the new century is being created at the construction site of the power station, the report says, and goes on: The power station consists of three stations in the upper […]

Int′l Investment Forum Held in Rason, DPRK

An international forum on investment in the Rason Economic and Trade Zone (RETZ) took place in Rason City in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Tuesday. It was attended by participants in the 2nd Rason International Trade Fair, which opened on Monday. They watched videos on natural and geographical conditions and development situation of […]

International Academic Symposium Opened

[imagebrowser id=2] Pyongyang, August 21 (KCNA) — The international academic symposium of Kim Il SungUniversity was opened with due ceremony at the university Tuesday. The symposium on the theme of “For social progress and prosperity” will hear more than a hundred valuable academic papers. Present there were Vice Premier Kim Yong Jin, Chairman of the […]

Participants of Int′l Academic Symposium Pay Homage to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

Pyongyang, August 21 (KCNA) — The participants of the international academic symposium of Kim Il Sung University laid a floral basket and bunches of flowers before the statues of President Kim Il Sungand leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill Tuesday before paying tribute to them. On the same day the chairman of the Italian […]

National Exhibition of Sci-Tech Achievements by Young Koreans Opens

A national exhibition of sci-tech achievements by young Koreans opened with due ceremony at the Three-Revolution Exhibition on Friday. Displayed at the exhibition were more than 3 100 data on inventions and development of new technology including hundreds of IT products. Present at the opening ceremony were Choe Sang Gon, chairman of the State Science […]

Participants in Torchlight Relay Race Pass North Phyongan Province

Members of the young vanguard participating in the torchlight relay race from the west coastal area passed through Sinuiju City Monday after their start on Mt. Paektu on the occasion of the Youth Day. Members of the young vanguard of North Phyongan Province took over the torchlight in Hyangsan County on August 17 after it […]

Kim Jong Un Inspects Island Defence Detachments of KPA

Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, inspected island defence detachments stationed in the biggest hotspot in the southernmost part of the southwest front. The first leg of his inspection was the defense detachment on […]

Kim Hyong Jik University of Education Renovated

Kim Hyong Jik University of Education has been successfully renovated as one of the country’s major bases for training talents in the field of education. Five-storey and nine-storey school buildings and a library were newly built in a formative and artistic way. A gymnasium and cultural hall have also been renovated. A completion ceremony took […]

Majon Recreation Ground, Bathing Resort in DPRK

Majon Recreation Ground, Bathing Resort in DPRK

Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) — The Majon Recreation Ground on the outskirts of Hamhung City, South Hamgyong Province, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is now crowded with local and foreign summer visitors every day. The recreation ground, covering some 400 hectares, is famous for bathing resort. It boasts of fantastic rocks and high and […]

Kim Yong Nam Meets Lao PM

Vientiane, August 8 (KCNA Correspondent) — Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly, Wednesday met and had a talk with Thongsing Thammavong, prime minister of Laos. Present there from DPRK side were Ri Ryong Nam, minister of Foreign Trade, Kang Min Chol, minister of Mining Industry, Kung Sok Ung, […]