Tag Archives: DPRK

Pyongyang, Through Her Eyes

The testimony of Yao Fang Yan, International sales manager of Chinese Xiamen Jinlong Motorbus Industry Co. Ltd: I had eagerly looked forward to visiting Pyongyang so much. This was because my friends had often talked to me that it is a clean and beautiful city. At last, my dream was realized. The news that the […]

Kim Jong Un Visits “January 18 General Machinery Plant”

Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, visited the “January 18 General Machinery Plant” and specified tasks and ways for its modernization. He went round the newly-built revolutionary museum. He said that the plant successfully […]

Well-known Folk Singer in Korea

The song on the air is sung by Merited Artiste Kim Il Hwang at the Mansudae Art Troupe of the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea. Listening to the song, Choe Jong Ok in Taebo-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, says: “I love folk songs, songs sung by Kim Il Hwang in particular. His fluent and interesting songs […]

President Kim Il Sung Always Thought of the People First

Jon Ha Chol, former Vice Premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, living in Central District, Pyongyang, has this to say: “I worked long in company with the great leader President Kim Il Sung. Whenever I look back upon what happened in his life, I feel my heart warming up. In his lifetime President Kim […]

First Term of Camping Begins at Songdowon International Children’s Camp

The first term of camping this year began with due ceremony on May 10 at the Songdowon International Children’s Camp in Wonsan City of Kangwon Province, which was successfully remodeled. Campers included students of junior middle schools and secondary schools, children of service persons of the forefront posts, schoolchildren who participated in the final match […]

Vol 6. of Kim Jong Il’s Complete Works Published in the DPRK

“Complete Collection of Kim Jong Il’s Works” Vol. 6 was published in the DPRK. It contains 99 works including speeches and talks made by leader Kim Jong Il from January to July, Juche 52 (1963). In the work “The Leader of Working Class Plays a Decisive Role in the Revolutionary Struggle” he calls for deeply […]

Famous Actor Yu Won Jun Memorialized in the DPRK

Yu Won Jun who wrote a page in the history of the Korean film is still remembered by many people as a talented film star. In more than half a century he played the main parts in more than 130 films and enjoyed the most fruitful life in the filmdom as awardee of the Order […]

Pride of Irrigation Canal Builders

New gigantic projects are being rapidly accelerated in the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea including the construction of power stations along the River Chongchon, construction of stockbreeding base in the Sepho area, construction of the Kosan Fruit Farm and the irrigation canal project in South Hwanghae Province. In his new year address for this year, […]

“Pomhyanggi” – Trademarked Cosmetics in the DPRK

“Pomhyanggi”-trademarked cosmetics are popular in Korea. “Pomhyanggi” cream, “Pomhyanggi” skin-softening lotion, “Pomhyanggi” moistening milk cream and different other kinds of functional cosmetics are in great demand not only among women but also among men. It is said that those accustomed to them continue to demand them only. The cosmetics are produced in the Korean Pomhyanggi […]

A Successful Woman Taekwondoist

Jang Kyong Ok is a talented athlete well-known to the Korean people. During her career as a Taekwondoist, she had a good physical condition and distinguished herself in sparring. She was the world champion in the 70 or more-kilogram women´s sparring. She came second at the 7th World Taekwon-Do Championship, but afterwards first on end. […]

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 […]

Kim Jong Un Guides Combat Flight Contest among Air Commanding Officers

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, visited the operational airfield in the western region together with Ri Sol Ju to guide “the Combat Flight Contest among Air Commanding Officers of the Air […]

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 […]

Kim Jong Un Continues Photo Session with Soldier-builders

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, had a photo session with soldier-builders of KPA Units 966, 462, 101, 489 who performed labor feats in building the workers’ hostel of Kim Jong Suk […]