Secretariat of WPK Central Committee holds enlarged meeting

An enlarged meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was held at the office building of the WPK Central Committee on Monday.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, presided over the meeting.

Attending it were members of the Secretariat of the WPK Central Committee.

Present there as observers were directors of relevant departments, the first deputy director of the Organizational Leadership Department and deputy department directors of the WPK Central Committee.

The meeting discussed issues related with the Party work, including the issue of improving and readjusting the work system of Party guiding organs at all levels and strengthening their political activities, the issue of reorganizing the structure of some departments of the Party Central Committee, the issue of establishing a new system to strengthen the guidance and assistance in the work of the provincial Party committees, the issue of improving the rules of the general affairs of the Party and the system of dealing with confidential documents, the issue of intensifying policy-oriented guidance on the work of state and public security, judiciary and prosecution fields and organizing necessary work within this year for the present, the issue of setting up a new study system to improve the political and practical qualifications and work ability of officials in charge of Party organizational affairs at all levels and the issue of prioritizing and intensifying the work of the working people’s organizations across the Party.

Unified planning, commanding intensified to prevent flood damage

As the rainy season set in, every unit is taking measures to prevent damage from floods in the DPRK.

According to the State Hydro-Meteorological Administration, this year’s rainy season is beginning in late June and it is forecasted that most parts of the country would receive heavy rains from the beginning of the season.

Coach better known as psychology expert

Kim Chun Sam (pictured), a shooting coach of the Amnokgang Defence Sports Club, is a competent man who trained many winners of different running target shooting events as well as several national record holders for nearly 30 years.

“He always underrates himself. Starting from the viewpoint that his knowledge is outdated, he grasps deeply the global trends of developing techniques of events and strives to introduce advanced training means and methods,” said Kwon Kwang Il, a shooter of the Amnokgang Defence Sports Club.

Nearly 3.07m visit war victory museum in nine years

According to information available, a total of more than 3 069 000 people from all walks of life, including working people, service personnel and youth and students, have visited the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in the last nine years since July 2013.

The museum is a treasure trove of information about the immortal war victory exploits of President Kim Il Sung and the revolutionary exploits of Chairman Kim Jong Il, a hall of victory to hand down the facts about the heroic struggle and feats of the victorious wartime generation, and a hub of education in the traditions of victory and a main base for education in anti-imperialism and class consciousness to instil indomitable will in the Korean people including service personnel.

Cuban President calls for informatizing public health sector

Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, in a speech at the meeting of leading officials of the public health sector on June 21, said that informatization of the sector should be accelerated to improve medical service for residents and develop public health.

It is important to digitize all information at clinics, the lowest unit in the public health sector, he said, adding that information about health of residents would be useful in improving the people’s life.

Production of school supplies well underway

The workers in the light industry sector step up the production of school uniforms, bags and school things on a full scale.

The Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill and other textile mills and the Pyongyang Rayon Yarn Factory are conducting an increased production drive to keep the supply of materials for the production of school uniforms and bags ahead of others.

Sewage dredger finds her work worthwhile

In Pyongyang, there is a woman who has worked unassumingly at a most unattractive job for decades.

Kim Chon Hui has been a sewage dredger at the Phyongchon District Water Supply and Sewerage Management Station for nearly 30 years.

DPRK copes with new diseases with full alertness, strengthens anti-epidemic measures

Main efforts are being directed to the anti-epidemic work to thoroughly block the inflow and space of spread of new infectious diseases including o mutated virus and monkey smallpox which are spreading rapidly around the world.

While paying sharp attention to the outbreak and spread of malignant diseases in neighbouring countries and regions, the central emergency anti-epidemic sector makes a detailed survey and control of multiple-blockade performance for the ground, sea and air on a regular basis, and takes powerful measures lest there should be any slightest space for the inflow of new mutated viruses.

COVID-19 situation in DPRK

Over 6 710 people contracted fever and more than 8 170 others fully recovered in the DPRK between 18:00 on June 26 and 18:00 on June 27.

A total of more than 4 729 140 people caught fever nationwide between late April and 18:00 on June 27. Of them, over 4 716 680 (99.736%) were fully recovered and at least 12 380 (0.262%) were undergoing treatment.

Many explosives indicative of US brutal atrocities discovered

Nearly 70 years have passed since the sound of gunfire of war died out on the Korean peninsula, but the wound of the catastrophic war forced by the US imperialists has not healed yet.

The US invaders dropped 18 bombs per square kilometre in the DPRK on average. They dropped over 428 000 bombs on some 1 400 occasions in Pyongyang alone.

First half-yearly plan fulfilled at pump factory

The Anju Pump Factory fulfilled its plan for the first half of this year ahead of schedule.

The factory increased production by introducing technical innovation plans into production processes.