Tag Archives: DPRK

“Hand Hygiene for All”

October 15 is the Global Handwashing Day (GHD). The 2020 GHD theme is “Hand Hygiene for All”. According to data, millions of children across the world suffer from diarrhea and pneumonia and even lose their lives due to the diseases. Such diseases are mainly caused by pathogens that are transmitted into human body through hands. […]

Natural Monument—Ninety-Nine Curves of Chonsang Stream

The Ninety-Nine Curves of Chonsang Stream are located in the valley through which flows Chonsang Stream, a branch of the Yonmyon River rising from Kwanmo Peak of the Hamgyong Mountain Range. Chonsang Stream means the water in a high place, and Ninety-Nine Curves, a large number of rocky curves. The stream is also called a […]

Public Procession Celebrates 75th Founding Anniversary of the WPK

A public procession took place at Kim Il Sung Square on October 10 in celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. It was attended by labuor innovators and persons of merits from all provinces. The tribune of honour was taken by Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the […]

75 Years of Great Leadership.

Today, the Korean people are significantly celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. President Kim Il Sung, based on the experience he gained during the unprecedented arduous anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, achieved the historic cause of Party founding on October 10, Juche 34 (1945). With the founding of the WPK, the Korean […]

Pyongyang Essential Oil Factory Inaugurated.

The Pyongyang Essential Oil Factory was inaugurated on October 8. The factory established an integrated manufacturing system in all production lines, ranging from extracting and mixing of essential oils to filling and packaging and achieved the integration of research and production. It will turn out a variety of natural essential oils for cooking and industrial […]

National Book Exhibition Opens to Celebrate 75th Founding Anniversary of WPK.

A national book exhibition opened in Pyongyang in celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. On display in the venue of the exhibition are works of the great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and over 20 000 publications of 10 000 […]

Best Season.

Apple harvest is on the final stage at the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm, one of leading fruit producers in the DPRK. The farm cultivates millions of apple trees of various species, including Sukchon and Chollyong. Every apple reaped this year weighs 100 to 250g, and the heaviest 500g. From the outset of the year, the […]

Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory Updated.

The Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory has been successfully remodelled and updated. The factory has been furnished with equipment produced by our workers, scientists and technicians. All its processes have been automated and streamlined with its production and management on a scientific and IT basis at a high level. Its inaugural ceremony took place on October […]

“Hall of Great Leaders and Their Comrades-in-Arms” Opens in Korean Revolution Museum.

“Hall of the Great Leaders and Their Comrades-in-Arms” newly opened in the Korean Revolution Museum on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. On display in each room of the hall are memorial photos and fine art pieces showing the noble personalities of the great leaders Kim Il Sung […]

Commemorative Coins to Be Issued.

Commemorative coins will be minted in the DPRK to mark the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly issued a decree in this regard on October 1. Commemorative coins “75th Founding Anniversary of the WPK” are to be minted in gold and silver. Carved at the […]

Korea Chamber of Commerce

The Korea Chamber of Commerce (KCC) is a non-governmental, standing trade and investment promotion organ. Its mission is to provide exchange and cooperation to domestic trading companies and enterprises in touch with foreign or regional chambers of commerce and trade or investment promotion bodies, and to represent and protect their interests at home and abroad.It […]

Production of Medicines on Increase.

The Jongsong General Pharmaceutical Factory is increasing production of medicines. The factory, which has realized the integration of development, production and marketing of medicines, turns out over 280 kinds of reserve medicines, Koryo medicines and health foods. The transfusion plant has an annual capacity of producing tens of millions of various transfusions, including glucose injection, […]

Beverages Favoured by People.

When Kyonghung Unhasu Beverage Factory was erected in Chukjon-dong No. 1, Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, and launched its production in September 2017, it turned out only five kinds of beverages. Officials and technical personnel of the factory found the way of activating business management and production in quality improvement and new products development. They focused their […]

Tanchon Smeltery.

The Tanchon Smeltery is achieving remarkable successes in its efforts to develop the nonferrous metal industry and increase production. In recent years it made strenuous efforts to modernize existing production lines and set up new ones to recycle valuable metals from waste and produce additives and laid firm foundations for increased production. In this course […]

By Introducing Rational Methods.

The Taean Heavy Machine Complex is pushing ahead with production of generating equipment. This year it finished the production of custom-built machines including the generating equipment for the Hungju Youth Power Station No. 4. Now, it is effecting innovations by proactively introducing rational methods. It reduced the refining time of molten iron by introducing a […]

Education Guarantees DPRK’s Rosy Future.

The DPRK is making efforts to implement education and talent strategies based on its own specific conditions. Enforcement of universal 12-year compulsory education The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) once expressed its opinion that one-year extension of schooling would lead to more than a 9% increase of economic growth. The DPRK, which […]

Women’s Football Coach Ra Un Sim.

When she began football, Ra Un Sim did not know she would become one of top football players in the country. Born in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province, Ra moved to Chongjin in her childhood, where she took up football. She displayed her football talent in annual national games of juvenile sports schools and was […]

Koguryo Tombs with Murals and Historical Relics Unearthed.

Of late, Koguryo tombs with murals and other historical relics were unearthed in Wolji-ri, Anak County, South Hwanghae Province. In the course of making vigorous efforts to discover historical sites, the Archaeology Institute under the Academy of Social Sciences has newly unearthed and verified two Koguryo tombs with murals and gold artifacts. The first tomb […]

Midwife Heroine in Hoeyang County.

Choe Jong Sim, a teacher of obstetrical and gynecological department of Pyongyang Continuous Medical Education College, wrote as follows in her “Note of an Obstetrician”: “I was born in a mountain village in Hoeyang County, Kangwon Province, six years before Korea’s liberation (August 15, 1945) from the Japanese military occupation. As it was a far-flung […]