As the saying goes, something may remain after fire but nothing after flooding.

We were struck by such a natural disaster. 

In July last year, the Amnok River flooded our island village all of a sudden due to torrential downpour. 

The Sangwon Cement Complex produces hundreds of tons of more cement every day than the same period of last year.

The central control room of the complex carefully controls the whole course of production, ranging from raw materials feeding to calcination and crushing of cement, on a scientific basis in close cooperation with field workers.

The calcination workshop in charge of the main process of production increased the production capacity of clinker by 5 percent as compared to the same period of last year by actively conducting sci-tech activities to increase the capacity of kiln and its serviceable life, effectively conducting inspections during break and cyclic checks and promoting cooperation among shifts.

Hwang Thae Yun, a woman living in Tungme-dong No. 1, Songyo District of Pyongyang, has devoted her whole life to the education of younger generations.

From their childhood, her children witnessed her working as a devoted educator caring for her students like her own flesh and blood. 

Innumerable are her disciples who grew up to become excellent persons under her familial care. She strove to improve their knowledge, providing them with reference books, and paid special attention to the health of a weak student.

Kim Ryo Won, an international security analyst of the DPRK, issued the following article "Japan's move to establish an independent mission in NATO is a dangerous act of adding new instability to the regional situation":

Shortly ago, Japan officially opened its independent full-time mission in NATO under the pretext of "strengthening security cooperation with NATO and promoting strategic solidarity between the Indo-Pacific region and the European and Atlantic regions".

It set up its independent mission in NATO at a time when the security environment in the Asia-Pacific region is more seriously threatened due to the US provocative military hegemony-seeking acts. This is a dangerous act of adding a new factor for instability to the regional situation.

Pentactina rupicola is a small deciduous broadleaf shrub (30-70cm high).

Its stem is thin and weak, and branches shoot out downward in the central part. A fresh branch is reddish brown and hairless.

Leaves are unifoliate, usually zigzagged, and have short stalks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that society is being united through national defence and service to the country as he addressed a meeting of the “Victory” organizing committee on January 15.

National defence and service to the country are being accepted as the most sacred duty by the Russians and all the Russian citizens are devoting their all to the country, he said.

It is of key significance in instilling in the younger generations the independent outlook on the world and civic stand and consciousness to clarify the events during the Great Patriotic War based on documents, eyewitness accounts and scientific data, he said, stressing the need for heads of regions, relevant government organs and social organizations to make preparations for the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of victory in the war in a conscientious way and not to countenance formalism.

Russia and Iran inked a treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the treaty in Moscow on January 17.

The treaty stipulates the legal frameworks for bolstering up long-term cooperation between the two countries. 

The people in South Hamgyong Province have greeted the inauguration of regional-industry factories in Hamju County as a great auspicious event.

A spectacular sea of greenhouses was built in the Ryonpho area, where only gritty wind blew hard, and a fine model offshore farming base in the city of Sinpho. Now, the first entities of the regional-industry revolution of the Workers' Party of Korea have appeared, bringing excitement and joy to the provincial people.

An inauguration ceremony of the regional-industry factories in Hamju County for the Regional Development 20×10 Policy took place on January 18.

Officials of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League visited the Youth Movement Museum in Pyongyang on January 17 to mark the founding anniversary of the Juche-oriented youth organization.　

That day, university students in Pyongyang toured the revolutionary site of the then North District Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea.