Articles

Seething with Increased Cement Production

The Sangwon Cement Complex was established in the mid-1980s in Sangwon County, North Hwanghae Province, which is known to have limestone deposits of several hundred million tons. It is said…

World’s First Metal Types

The Korean nation invented metal types during the Koryo Dynasty that existed between 918 and 1392, greatly developing the publishing. It is proved well by the oldest books printed in…

A Day of an Emergency Hospital

At 11:00 on Sunday night of June 16 last, an emergency call rang at the reception of the Pyongyang Municipal Emergency Hospital. It came from a section doctor in charge…

Pyongyang Trolleybus Factory

The Pyongyang Trolley Bus Factory was inaugurated in April 1959 to produce trolley-buses, buses and other vehicles for passenger traffic in the capital city of Pyongyang, and it has now…

Taedong River Changes

The Taedong River which flows through the capital city of Pyongyang, is one of the five longest rivers in Korea. As an area of high forest accumulation, the Taedong River basin…

Work of His Own Choice

All kinds of trees and medicinal plants are growing thick on the hills around the village called Sinmi-dong in Hyongjesan District, Pyongyang City.     They have been tended by…

Rich Traditions of the Mass Gymnastics in Korea

Brilliant history of mass gymnastics development in the DPRK continues thanks to enthusiastic creators rushing forward toward a higher goal.

Pyongyang Soju, National Liquor of Korea

National liquor reflects a given country’s physiographical conditions, national customs and history of wine making.

The national liquor of the DPRK is Pyongyang Soju.

Scenery of Pyongyang in Spring

Balmy spring has come to the capital city Pyongyang called one of the eight famous scenes of Korea from olden times. Lawns get green and tress with their branches high…

A Woman Called “Noted Doctor”

Choe Yon Hui, in her early 30s, has been working at the Hyongjesan District People’s Hospital in the capital city Pyongyang for more than 10 years. She is called “noted…

Kang Kam Chan and “Great Victory in Kuju”

Kang Kam Chan was a general of the Koryo Dynasty which existed between 918 and 1392. From his childhood he was fond of study, resourceful, honest and simple and had…

Economic Profits by Technical Innovations

The light industry field of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea increases production by accelerating the modernization of the equipment and production processes under the banner of self-reliance. The Sinuiju…