Category Archives: News

Fishermen of KPA January 8 Fishery Station Move to New Houses

Fishermen moved to new houses at the Tanphung Village for Fishermen fashionably built on the shore of the East Sea of Korea. The village is a cradle of fishermen in which all living conditions are provided to meet the needs of a highly civilized socialist nation. A meeting of the fishermen of the fishery station […]

Inventors’ Class, Pride of University

There is a well-known inventors´ class at the Pyongyang Medical College under Kim Il Sung University. It is class F of the 6th grade of the First Clinical Faculty. The 11 students of the class were awarded more than 30 certificates including certificates of inventions, certificates of technical findings and software works.  When they entered […]

A Day Among First-Year Schoolchildren

A month has already passed since the whole country was animated with the new school year´s day. Out of curiosity about the 7-year-old precocious uniformed schoolchildren, I visited the Ponghak Primary School in Phyongchon District, Pyongyang. Pupils of different ages were learning physical culture in the playground. Some children especially drew my attention. Their motions […]

Dignity and Pride of the Korean Working Class

We are working people of Songun Korea who are advancing under the leadership of respected Kim Jong Un, holding President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the great men of Mt. Paektu, in high esteem! The hearty cry of the Korean workers is proudly echoing in the sky of May. Respected Kim Jong Un […]

A Genuine Educator

Korean schoolchildren are developing their talents at the palaces built in different parts of the country. One of those educators who develop their talents is Yun Pyong Hui, a piano teacher of the Pyongyang Students and Children´s Palace. She loves teaching more than any other jobs. “My father is a teacher of a university. When […]

Work on Solidity and Invincibility of Socialism

The great Kim Jong Il made public the famous work “Our socialism centred on the masses shall not perish” on May 5, Juche 80 or 1991. Hong Un Ju, researcher of the Institute of Revolutionary History of Kim Il Sung of the Academy of Social Sciences, has this to say: “In the work, great Kim […]

My Happiness in the Motherland

Here are the memoirs of Professor and Doctor Ri Tong Gyu, Deputy President of the Academy of Sports and Physical Culture of the DPRK. This year I am 78 years old. It would be difficult to understand if I say I cannot distinguish dream from reality in the twilight of my life, but really I […]

Ceremony for Completion of Workers’ Hostel Held

There appeared the splendid workers’ hostel of Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill on the bank of picturesque River Taedong. The hostel has three adjacent 7-storeyed buildings and communal service facilities including public bath, beauty parlor, shop, medical treatment room and library as well as a park where the boarders may have good rest and […]

DPRK Premier Surveys Spring Farming in Sukchon County

DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju made a field survey of spring farming in Sukchon County, South Phyongan Province. He held a consultative meeting after inspecting the Yoltusamchon Farm. At the meeting he called upon all officials and agricultural workers to live up to the deep trust and loving care of the party by increasing the […]

Kim Jong Un Looks Round Newly Built Workers’ Hostel of Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill

Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, looked round the newly built workers’ hostel of Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill. Watching the hostel, he expressed great satisfaction. He said: “The hostel looks […]

Kim Jong Un Guides Shelling Drill

Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, guided a shelling drill of an artillery sub-unit under KPA Unit 681. After receiving a report about the shelling plan, he indicated the firing order and […]

Kim Jong Il Military Postgraduate Institute Completed at Kim Il Sung Military University

Kim Jong Il Military Postgraduate Institute where the statue of leader Kim Jong Il is standing was completed at Kim Il Sung Military University on the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the Korean People’s Army. The institute has all educational facilities and environment at the highest level as befitting the university which was established […]

29th National Festival of Science and Technology Opens

The 29th National Festival of Science and Technology opened at the Three-Revolution Exhibition House on April 23. The festival on the theme of the development of the ultra-modern technology and combination of science and technology with production brought together ministries, national institutions and over 180 organizations and scientists, technicians and workers who proved successful at […]

Kim Jong Un Visits January 8 Fishery Station of KPA

Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, visited the January 8 Fishery Station of the KPA near its commissioning. He looked round different places of the station to learn in detail about […]

13 Observations about North Korea by a Western Visitor

By Marcel Cartier I had the unique opportunity to spend several days in three different parts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly just referred to as “North” Korea. This was an exceptionally life-changing experience that challenged many of the pre-conceptions that myself and fellow western visitors who accompanied me from Beijing had […]

Spring Friendship Art Festival Photos and Video – DPRK

The opening ceremony of the 27th April Spring Friendship Art Festival was held in Pyongyang Sunday, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Speaking at the opening ceremony at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Indoor Stadium, Minister of Culture An Tong Chun said the festival would provide foreign artists with a significant occasion […]

Kim Jong Un Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun on Occasion of Day of Sun

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun at 00:00, April 15, birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (Day of the Sun)

Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun at 00:00, April 15, birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (Day of the Sun). He was accompanied by […]

Eternal Banner of Victory Day for the DPRK – Day of the Sun

Eternal Banner of Victory

Our country is the great Paektusan nation that has been victorious generation after generation with the spirit and mettle of Mt.Paektu. Today we are greeting the Day of the Sun, the greatest holiday of the nation when the whole party, the entire army and all people are vigorously speeding up a general march united firmly […]