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Inauguration ceremony of dwelling houses in flood-hit areas of North Phyongan Province takes place with splendour
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attends inauguration ceremony

The great Workers’ Party of Korea is bringing earlier the future of advanced civilization and prosperity in our own way and by our own efforts from A to Z, based on the idea of “The people are God”, single-hearted unity and self-reliance. Its revolutionary guidance firmly unites the DPRK people under the banner of patriotism and overcomes manifold difficulties by dint of the great unity, thereby ushering in a new era of epoch-making changes on this land.

Ideal “cultured rural towns” and beautiful villages epitomizing modern civilization have been built to greet the significant time of completion in the flood-hit areas of North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces, fully demonstrating the advantages and invincibility of Korean-style socialism.

All the builders and supporters, including the Party members, service personnel and members of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade, who volunteered for the rehabilitation projects in the flood-hit areas in hearty response to the ardent call of the Party Central Committee for making miraculous successes by overcoming the crisis once again and going all out for the people and the country, successfully built the embankments invulnerable to any flood, thousands of modern flats, nurseries, kindergartens, schools, hospitals, clinics, etc. in a little more than four months, thus giving full play to the irresistible might unique to Juche Korea which gets stronger in ordeals and gets firmer through a vigorous struggle for creating new things with loyalty and patriotism.

This eye-opening reality, which has recorded another dramatic change in the history of the country, is the precious fruition of the noble outlook on the people and outstanding leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who has made an uninterrupted journey of love and devotion for the safety and wellbeing of the people, regarding the pains he takes for them as his greatest honour.

An inauguration ceremony of dwelling houses in flood-hit areas of North Phyongan Province took place with splendour on December 21.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un receives New Year greetings from Russian President

December 28, 2024

Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a congratulatory letter from V. Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on December 17.

In his letter, the Russian president extended the most sincere New Year greetings to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The talks between me and you held in Pyongyang in June put the Russia-DPRK relations onto a new qualitative level, he said, and went on:

Meetings held to mark anniversary of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's assumption of supreme commandership of DPRK armed forces

December 28, 2024

Events were held by working people's organizations of the DPRK on December 26 to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's assumption of the supreme commandership of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Present there were officials of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea and the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, officials concerned, workers and trade union members, agricultural workers and UAWK members.

Choe Jong Chol, vice-chairman of the GFTUK Central Committee, made a report at the meeting of workers and trade union members held at the Central Hall of Workers and then speeches were made.

Resident UN missions pay floral tribute to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il

December 28, 2024

Baskets of flowers in the name of the UN resident coordinator office and the missions of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, FAO, WFP and WHO in Pyongyang were laid at the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on December 26 on the occasion of the New Year 2025. 

She draws with her mouth

December 28, 2024

“Work is not only done by hand. You can draw and write with your mouth.”

This is what Pak Son Gyong, a girl living in the township of Jangphung County, Kaesong City, says.


Increasing trend towards independence in Africa

December 28, 2024

The aspirations to independent development are growing stronger on the African continent amid the complicated international situations.

According to an Ethiopian media outlet Ethiopian Press Agency on November 22, the African Union bitterly criticized the external interference in the African countries including the Sudanese and Libyan disputes.

On November 20, the AU commissioner for politics, peace and security clarified before the journalists again the firm stand of the union on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the continent at the fourth AU weekly event on the post-civil war reconstruction and development.

New farmhouses built in South Phyongan Province

December 26, 2024

New villages have appeared at the Chollisong Farm in Taehung County and the Magundam Stockbreeding Farm in Nyongwon County of South Phyongan Province.

The villages, designed as befits a socialist country while preserving the characters of mountainous area, are places of happiness provided by the energetic leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is making a new history of rural development.

Ceremonies for moving into new dwelling houses took place on the spot respectively.

Agricultural workers move into new houses in Kumya County

December 26, 2024

A fairyland village showing off the socialist rural civilization has appeared at the township farm in Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province.

Present at a ceremony for moving into new houses held on the spot were Wi Chol Su, secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the Party and power organs in Kumya County, builders and agricultural workers.

Ri Kwang Hyok, vice-chairman of the South Hamgyong Provincial People's Committee, made a congratulatory address.

New gymnasium built at Kumhwa Mine

December 26, 2024

A gymnasium has been built at the Kumhwa Mine in North Hwanghae Province.

The gymnasium has a multi-functional court for playing basketball, volleyball, table-tennis, tennis and other sports, stage, sci-tech learning space and cultural and welfare facilities.

It is another base for the miners to enjoy diverse cultural and emotional life.  

Worth of life

December 26, 2024

Many people, called meritorious persons of socialist patriotism, devote their all for the country and people. They all have one thing in common with each other in the path of life.

It is that all of them do not hope for any reward for their devotion.

The same is true with Jo Yong Ok, a workteam leader of the Suchaebong Fishery Station in the city of Rason. 

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