JISGUSA Class 1/25/23 – Kim Jong-il “On the Juche Idea” Ch 1 – “The Origin of the Juche Idea”

January 25, 2023 class from the Juche Idea Study Group USA (JISGUSA) on Kim Jong-il’s “On the Juche Idea”. In this class, we discussed the first chapter: “The Origin of the Juche Idea”. The reading material can be viewed here: http://korean-books.com.kp/KBMbooks/en/work/leader2/20220127160050.pdf

Youths in Pyongyang City Volunteer for Grand Construction Site

Pyongyang, February 2 (KCNA) — With a determination to glorify the honor of the socialist patriotic youth at the theatre for capital city construction, true to the intention of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), many young people in Pyongyang City volunteered for a grand construction site to build another new street. At the meeting […]

Press Statement of Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry Issued

Pyongyang, February 2 (KCNA) — A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued the following press statement on Thursday: The military and political situation in the Korean peninsula and the region has reached an extreme red-line due to the reckless military confrontational maneuvers and hostile acts of the […]

All Korean Workers Turn out in Struggle for Carrying out Five-Year Plan

All trade union organizations in the DPRK have turned out in the 2023 socialist emulation for fulfilling the five-year plan with a firm determination to bring a new upsurge in socialist construction of Korean style by certainly attaining this year’s 12 major goals for national economic development set forth at the plenary meeting of the […]

NATO Secretary General’s Trip Instigates Creation of Asian Version of NATO

Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) — Kim Tong Myong, a researcher of the Society for International Politics Study in the DPRK, released an article titled “Is the trip of the secretary general of NATO aimed to instigate the creation of the Asian version of NATO?” on Jan. 29, which said: It was reported that the secretary […]

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice-Department Director of CC, WPK

Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) — Kim Yo Jong, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on Friday: The U.S., which has exposed the whole continent of Europe to the grave danger of war and caused big and small concerns, is now further crossing the red […]

Efficiency of Anti-Epidemic Work Increased in DPRK

Efforts have been redoubled to effectively check and contain the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases by steadily increasing the efficiency of the anti-epidemic work, true to the idea of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on constantly giving top-priority of the state affairs to the […]

Mass Movements, Propellant for Achieving National Prosperity

At the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held late in December 2022, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un stressed the need to actively organize and properly lead the socialist patriotic movement and the revolutionary mass movement, the powerful driving force for the prosperity and the development of the […]

KFAUSA Report from the November 2022 KFA International Meeting in Tarragona Spain

In November 2022, Comrades Alex Dillard and Joe Morman traveled as delegates of the KFAUSA to the Korean Friendship Association’s (KFA’s) International Meeting in Tarragona, Spain. The meeting was a two-day event attended by KFA branches and other organizations from several countries around the world. On the first day, the delegates gave greetings praising the […]

Report on Fulfillment of State Budget for Last Year and on State Budget for This Year

Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) — Deputy Ko Jong Bom, minister of Finance, made a report on the fulfillment of the state budget for Juche 111 (2022) and on the state budget for Juche 112 (2023) at the 8th Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The reporter noted […]

Ceremonies of Moving into New Houses Held in Rural Areas

Agricultural workers in several rural areas of North Phyongan, South Phyongan, North Hwanghae, South Hwanghae, Jagang, North Hamgyong and South Hamgyong provinces, and Nampho City moved into new houses. Ceremonies of moving into new houses took place on the spot. Present there were officials of Party and government organs in relevant provinces, cities and counties, […]

For Founding Democratic Youth League

During the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, Comrade Kim Il Sung founded a youth organization first and paved the way for the Korean revolution in reliance on it. Right after Korea’s liberation (August 15, 1945) from the Japanese military occupation, he advanced a line of building a mass-based youth organization and founded a democratic youth league to […]