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  • World Population Day Observed

    There was a seminar at the Grand People’s Study House Wednesday to mark the 2018 World Population Day. Present there were officials in public health and relevant units and members…

  • UN Official Visits Pyongyang Children’s Foodstuff Factory

    Mark Andrew Lowcock, under-secretary general for the UN Humanitarian Affairs, and his party visited the Pyongyang Children’s Foodstuff Factory. The guests went round various parts of the factory producing foodstuffs…

  • Kumgangsan Cosmetics Exhibition

    A makeup learning room at the Kumgangsan Cosmetics Exhibition in Moranbong District, Pyongyang draws attention of many women for making a scientific measurement of face skin. In this regard, Kim…

  • Floral Baskets Laid at Statues of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il

    The service personnel, working people from all walks of life and school youth and children visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il throughout the country on the occasion…

  • Process for Producing Diosgenin Established

    The Taephyong Biological Technology Development Center in the DPRK began the production of diosgenin by establishing its production process based on new technologies. Diosgenin, called medicinal “gold” in the world,…

  • New Mushroom Production Method Applied

    The Pyongyang Mushroom Farm in the DPRK recently succeeded in the industrial production of pleurotus based on rice-straw fermentation, free from by-products of grains. The new production method is a…

  • Hydroelectric Output Increases in DPRK

    Hydro-power stations have steadily increased the electricity production in the DPRK. In this regard, Ju Yong, a department director of the Ministry of Electric Power Industry, told KCNA: To solve…

  • Premier Inspects Various Units in Pyongyang

    Premier Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of…

  • Aged People of DPRK and China Meet

    A meeting of aged people from the DPRK and China took place at the Central Youth Hall here on Wednesday. Present there were officials of the Central Committee of the…

  • New Natural Monuments Registered​

    Ryongaksan spring water, Hwapho auriferous spring water and Kumya Korean poplar were newly listed as natural monuments of the DPRK. The Ryongaksan spring water at the foot of Mt Ryongak…

  • KCU Members Greet Its Founding Anniversary

    The members of the Korean Children’s Union (KCU) across the country significantly celebrated the 72nd founding anniversary of the union. They laid floral baskets and bouquets before the statues of…

  • Premier Visits Various Units in Pyongyang

    Premier Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of…

  • Non-smoking Campaign Encouraged in DPRK

    Non-smoking campaign has been encouraged in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Tobacco Control Law of the DPRK, amended and supplemented in June Juche 105 (2016), enacted the principle…

  • National Exhibition of Children’s Science Fictions and Models – 2018 Opens​

    The National Exhibition of Children’s Science Fictions and Models – 2018 was opened with due ceremony at the Central Youth Hall Friday to mark the 72nd anniversary of the foundation…

  • Sea Tangle Harvest in Full Swing​

    Sea tangle harvest is in full swing along the western coast of the DPRK. The Pupho Offshore Farm is expected to harvest over 10 000 more tons of sea tangle…

  • Northern Nuclear Test Ground of DPRK Dismantled

    The northern nuclear test ground of the DPRK was completely dismantled under a decision made at the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of…

  • Rice-transplanting Starts in DPRK

    Rice-transplanting has started in the rural areas of the DPRK. The officials and agricultural workers in South Hwanghae Province are in high spirits from the start of the rice-transplanting. The…

  • Rare Birds Observed in Pyongyang

    Three pairs of mandarin ducks recently appeared on the Pothong River in Pyongyang. According to researchers of the Biodiversity Institute under the State Academy of Sciences, mandarin duck is usually…

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