A national meeting took place in the plaza of the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War on July 26 to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. Present there were Kim Yong Nam, Hwang Pyong So, Pak Pong Ju, Choe Ryong Hae and other senior Party, state and army […]
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Small Spring is a favourite with the Korean people, young and old alike, after a lapse of many years since its publication. The medium-length novel depicts truthfully the noble and beautiful mental world of heroic soldiers of the Korean People’s Army displayed during the Fatherland Liberation War (June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953). The […]
Some days ago I visited the newly-erected Ryomyong Street. Inside the street my eye was soon caught by the peculiar appearance of a 70-storey skyscraper. What kind of persons are living in this wonderful apartment with a unique exterior? I thought, entering the apartment. I went up to the ninth floor by a lift and […]
Youth and students in Pyongyang had a meeting with a war veteran at the Central Youth Hall on July 24 to mark the 64th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. Labour Hero Jon Ku Gang, a lecturer at the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, addressed the meeting. The V-day make people recall the […]
The art squad of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League gave a performance “July 27 of Eternal Victory” at the Central Youth Hall on July 24 in celebration of the 64th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. The numbers of performance, which began with chorus “Glory to General Kim Jong Un”, […]
A presentation of winners in the national vocal and recital solo contest of youth and students took place at the Central Youth Hall on July 24 in celebration of the 64th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. The performers sang high praises of the feats of President Kim Il Sung, an invincible and iron-willed […]
The Korean Friendship Association USA (KFAUSA) condemns the upcoming actions of our country to ban travel for US citizens to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We are truly saddened by this as the people of the DPRK seek peace and it is the mission of the KFAUSA to promote friendship, information and cultural […]
Members of the Korean Art Association of the Disabled gave a performance “We Love Our Country” at the People’s Palace of Culture from July 16 to 21. Their colourful numbers included female solo “I Love You Socialism”, poem-reciting “I Will Live with You Only”, accordion trio “Young People, Be Loyal to Our Party”, dance “Yearning”, […]
Koreans began to cook and eat ssukttok (rice-and-wormwood cake) a long time ago. Wormwood, a perennial herb of the daisy family, contains 4.5 percent protein, 0.54 percent fat, 7.13 percent sugar, 6 percent minerals (more than 50 percent of them are potassium, and the rest are other microelements including calcium, iron and phosphorus.), plenty of vitamins A, […]
The 15th National Exhibition of Inventions and New Technologies opened with due ceremony at the Sci-Tech Complex on July 18. Exhibited there are over 1 500 inventions and new technological achievements made by scientists, engineers, officials and inventors across the country. Among the exhibits, presented by ministries and national agencies, Pyongyang and provinces, are achievements […]
Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun at 00:00 on Saturday, the 23rd anniversary of demise of President Kim Il Sung. Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un entered the hall where […]
Kim Hyong Jik was the father of Eternal President Kim Il-sung, grandfather of Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, and great-grandfather of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Hyong Jik (1894-1926), an outstanding leader of the Korean anti-Japanese national liberation movement, was born as the eldest son of Kim Po Hyon and Ri Po Ik, ardent patriots, in […]
My family and my daughter’s have moved into new flats in Ryomyong Street on the same day. That I have so far received countless benefits from the Party and state during my lifelong career as a lecturer at Kim Il Sung University, the highest institute of science and education, is more than I deserve, and this time […]
Chronicles of the Feudal Joseon Dynasty is a document recording the historical facts of over 500 years of the feudal Joseon dynasty that existed from July 1392 to August 1910. Written in the form of diary, it is the greatest of its kind in the world. The original texts are of 1 763 books and the […]
This peppered bean paste, a Korean traditional health food, stimulates one’s appetite for the good harmony of unique taste and aroma of Kaesong Koryo insam, and the sweet and bitter tastes. For this effect, it is popular among customers. The company has applied new processing method in mixing 6-year-old Kaesong Koryo insam and peppered bean […]
The 5000-ton trade cargo ship Jaryok (self-reliance) set sail. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un set forth a task on making a 5 000-ton cargo ship and named it in person. Workers, technicians and officials of the Ryongnam Dockyard built the Jaryok on the occasion of the Day of the Sun and thus provided another material and technical foundation for developing the […]
The DPRK is dynamically pushing ahead with the building of an education power, a talent power, thanks to the sagacious guidance of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un who is laying a solid foundation for the prosperity of the country and nation. The Supreme Leader, always paying close attention to the development of education, made public such works […]
DPRK judoist Rim Jong Sim won a gold medal in the women’s 52kg category in the Judo Grand Prix, Huhehaote 2017. Rim defeated her rivals of Hong Kong of China and Hungary in preliminaries, Mongolian rival in the semi-finals and Canadian rival in the finals. The championship, held in Huhehaote of China from June 30 […]
To build the power station, lifelong intention and behest of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il, is a grand nature-remaking project that requires the construction of hundreds of kms of waterway tunnel and main dykes and power stations for making effective use of water in several rivers. A ground-breaking ceremony for the […]