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 […]
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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 […]
Developers of the ground-to-ground medium-to-long range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 arrived here on Thursday. Streets of the capital city of Pyongyang were full of festive atmosphere to greet the scientists of national defence. Hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life and school youth and children were waiting for the merited persons along […]
A national industrial art exhibition closed with due ceremony at the National Industrial Art Exhibition House on Thursday. It was opened on April 6 to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. Exhibited there were more than 2 400 designs guided by respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and over 1 500 […]
The pattern of south Korean development under park Chung Hee and his successor in the 1980s, Chun Doo Hwan, met strong resistance from students, laborers, farmers, religious organizations, unions and others who felt that Korea’s export-led growth (often conditioned on cheap labor) benefited the wealthy, corporations, and the state while exploiting the majority populace. One […]
Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Gwangju Massacre (also commonly referred to as the Gwangju Democratization Movement, Gwanju Uprising). On May 18, 1980 thousands of protesters gathered in the city of Gwangju to protest the dictatorial rule of president Chun Doo Hwan, who took power after assassinating the former Manchukuo Imperial Officer and south […]
A national meeting took place at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex on Monday to mark the 127th May Day, international holiday of the working people in the world. Present at the meeting were officials concerned, officials of the Complex and other officials and working people in Anju City. Vice-Premier Jon Kwang Ho made a report […]
Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited the April 22 Thaechon Pig Farm of the Air and Anti-Air Force of the Korean People’s Army. Going round various places of the farm, he learned in detail about its construction, management and operation. Noting a combined production system was well established to conduct management activities on the […]