Pyongyang, June 21 (KCNA) — Events took place in different countries to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il‘s start of work at the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). A celebration meeting was held in Kyrgyzstan, seminars in Nepal and Uganda and lectures in Mexico and Ukraine. The chairman […]

The 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) opened on Tuesday amid unusual concern and expectations of all the Party members and all the people of the country keeping high fighting spirit braving manifold difficulties in their advance along the path indicated by the historic 8th Congress […]

The company was established in Juche 88 (1999). It offers information on world economy and trade to the trading companies in the country. It also promotes the work to provide companies both at home and abroad with an opportunity for cooperation and exchange by conducting by-agent business and advisory services, if necessary. It is ready […]

The 8th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK) was held in Pyongyang on May 25 and 26. The congress comprehensively analyzed and reviewed the trade union’s work during the period under review and discussed the tasks and practical ways for fully demonstrating the cohesion of the heroic working class and […]

The Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve covers an area of over 3 700 hectares in Mundok Country, South Phyongan Province, on the west coast of Korea. The reserve consists of a delta occurred by the fluvial action and sediment accumulation of the Chongchon and Taeryong rivers and tidelands featuring reed fields, paddy fields and swamps, which […]

Kwail County in South Hwanghae Province is a leading fruit producer in the DPRK. It has more than 20 fruit farms, which turn out various kinds of delicious fruits, a pomological institute and a pomicultural college. Orchard brims with sweet fragrance of fruit flowers Fruit farms in the county sprawl over several thousand hectares. The […]

The silicified wood is located on a mountain slope at Hyanggyo Valley a little away from the township of Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province. Its geological strata are mainly composed of gray or dark gray sandstone, aleurolite, argillite, carbonaceous sediment and lignite formed in the Neogene of the Cenozoic era. The wood has the features […]

“Our creative ideal is to satisfy six indexes in a comprehensive way and at the highest level by dint of the best wisdom. The indexes are scientific accuracy, aesthetic beauty, economical efficiency, stability, green property and priority to convenience.” said Choe Song Il, head of the Miraesanop Research Institute of Technology (MRIT). Established in Juche […]

What attracts the people on the bank of the Taedong River opposite to the Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang is the full-service ship Mujigae. Built in 2015, this floating restaurant with four decks is 120m long and 25m wide and has a displacement of 3 500 tons, and accommodates 1 200 people at one […]

May 20 is Child Health Day. On this occasion, all the primary medical service institutes (ri people’s hospitals, polyclinics and clinics) and nurseries across the country conducted various medical service activities for all children of 6 to 59 months while strictly observing the epidemic disease prevention regulations. They measured the middle upper arm circumference of […]

Buried in the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are the remains of martyrs who performed brilliant feats for national liberation, socialist construction and reunification of the country. One of them is Academician, PhD and Pro. Hong Ki Mun (September 1903—July 1992), who made a contribution to the development of the […]

Saving is active at many units in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Central Bank is using diverse energy resources including the sunlight and the geotherm to save electricity of the country as much as possible. The officials and employees of the bank have set up hundreds of solar panels. And they are making […]

A few days ago, Jong Ye Jin, 14, a girl who lives in Munhung-dong No. 2, Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, was admitted to the Okryu Children’s Hospital for acute gastroenteritis. In spite of severe pain, she was first struck with an idea that she would stay away from her class. It was because she was just […]

Natural living monument No. 56  There is a spring of mineral water in Kangso District, Nampho, southwest of Pyongyang, which gushes out all the year round, and it is the famous Kangso mineral water. It is not known when the spring occurred, but the Kangso mineral water has long been known for its great volume […]

The Sangwon Cement Complex is increasing its output to send larger amounts of cement to major construction sites including the site of building 10 000 flats in Pyongyang. It pushed ahead with the work for technical upgrading of overall production lines and introduction of valuable innovation plans to increase its existing capacity markedly. This year, […]

“Star of Brain” (five volumes) and “Learning of Super-Speed Reading” have newly been brought out in the DPRK, stealing the public limelight. The books deal with theories of and shortcuts to SSR. They were authored by Kim Jong Sun, PhD, who worked as chief of the SSR education research centre at Pyongyang Middle School No.1. […]

The Korean Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Association, located in Central District, Pyongyang, has a history of over 30 years. The association has field offices and family planning clinics in all provinces. Its basic mission is to make positive efforts to protect and promote the reproductive health of people and provide information on […]

-At the Changgwang Kindergarten- Changgwang Kindergarten in Central District of Pyongyang is widely known across the country as an exemplary unit in nursing and educating children as well as for producing numerous talented children. Since its establishment in 1982, the kindergarten has directed great attentions to ensuring healthy growth of the children while strictly observing […]

The Biodiversity Institute under the State Academy of Sciences made surveys of waterbirds in major seasonal bird reserves and wetlands in the spring migratory period in 2021. The field surveys were made in such major migratory bird (wetland) reserves as the Mundok and Kumya migratory bird reserves and the important areas of biodiversity in wetlands […]