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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspects Sinpho City Offshore Farm in South Hamgyong Province under construction

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, visited the Sinpho City Offshore Farm under construction in the Phungo-dong area in the city of Sinpho, South Hamgyong Province, to acquaint himself with the progress made in its construction, creation of its culture grounds and preparations for their management and operation.

Accompanying him were major cadres of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, leading cadres of design and construction units, Jang Kyong Guk, chief secretary of the Sinpho City Committee of South Hamgyong Province of the WPK, and other senior officials of the city.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, chairing a historic consultative meeting on regional economic development on July 15, set forth a revolutionary policy of putting the material and cultural life of the regional people on a track of radical development by working out a proper plan for exploiting and utilizing the economic resources and overall potentialities of each region in keeping with its actual conditions and by taking practical measures to decisively boost the regional economy with strong national support. To confirm its feasibility, he gave a task for building a new model of offshore farming on a trial basis. According to his instructions, the construction of the Sinpho City Offshore Farm has been propelled for several months as a major target of the regional construction policy.

With firm resolve to thoroughly implement the Party’s regional economic development policy, soldier-builders and officials, technicians and employees of the farm have simultaneously pushed ahead with the construction of buildings and culture grounds and preparations for their management and operation. As a result, the overall construction project has been carried out at over 70 percent along with the completion of 100 hectares of culture grounds, where scallops and kelp are being farmed on a trial basis.

Under a goal to put its modern offshore farming on the highest scientific level, the farm has proactively introduced new farming techniques and methods to ensure the survival rate of a fast-growing species of scallop at 80 percent and provide a scientific and technical guarantee for increasing its production. It has also achieved important successes in applying advanced techniques to kelp farming.

Donated tractors conveyed to South Hwanghae Province

November 29, 2024

Trade union organizations across the DPRK prepared tractors by promoting various do-good-thing movements.

A ceremony took place at Haeju Square on November 27 to convey “Jingmaeng (trade union)” tractors to South Hwanghae Province.

Present there were Kim Jong Sun, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Pak Thae Dok, chief secretary of the South Hwanghae Provincial Committee of the WPK, officials concerned, trade union officials and workers and trade union members in the province.

Fertilizer output increases at Namhung Youth Chemical Complex

November 29, 2024

The workers at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex are increasing fertilizer production by more than 100 tons every day, regarding science and technology as a powerful weapon for the development of their unit.

Over 160 technical innovation plans have been introduced to bring about a surge in fertilizer production this year.

Officials and working people of the complex continue to achieve successes in the production of Juche fertilizer.  

Telemedicine system further improves in DPRK

November 29, 2024

The telemedicine system has further improved in the public health sector of the DPRK.

Hundreds of IT machines of over a dozen kinds were added to all the provincial general hospitals in the country to better the system for operation through videoconferencing.

A project was also been undertaken to ensure the normal operation of the telemedicine system so that central-level hospitals would be able to give assistance to medical treatment at all the regional hospitals.

Triplets born at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital

November 29, 2024

The 550th boy triplets were born at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital and left the hospital on November 27 amid the blessings of all people.

The mother of the triplets is Mun Hyang Ok living in Sadong-ri, Phangyo County, Kangwon Province.

In June, she was confirmed to be pregnant with triplets. And she received the best medical care thanks to the deep love of the motherly Party and the benefits of the socialist healthcare system.

Symposium on history and culture of Koguryo Kingdom held

November 29, 2024

A symposium on the history and culture of Koguryo Kingdom took place at the Academy of Social Sciences on November 27.

Present there were officials concerned and researchers, lecturers, writers, journalists and editors in the fields of science, education, art and literature, media and national heritage conservation.

Speakers referred to the research conducted into the history and culture of Koguryo Kingdom, the first feudal state in Korea.

Revolution in education in new century

November 29, 2024

The educational revolution in the new century is being pushed dynamically.

The goal of this revolution is to train all the students into reliable builders of a powerful country and make all the people well versed in science and technology so as to turn the DPRK into an educational power in the 21st century.

The DPRK has always attached importance to the educational issue.

By improving quality of education

November 29, 2024

East Pyongyang Middle School No. 1 has been well-known for having trained many reserve talents. In recent years, students of the school won several national academic contests.

This is attributable to the high qualifications and teaching methods of teachers.

The school administration conducts a regular assessment of qualifications of teachers.

Russia channels great efforts into educational development

November 29, 2024

Russian President Putin recently met with winners of the pan-Russian best teachers’ contest with Teacher’s Day just ahead.

In the meeting held in the way of video-conferencing, he said that the role of teachers is important in making educational space in conformity with future development goals.

The innovative teaching methods of teachers, who won high appraisal in the contest, should be widely generalized and such meetings should be often organized with the support of the Ministry of Education and regional educational institutions to share experience, thus contributing to the improvement of teachers’ qualifications, he stressed.

Ceasefire should be achieved in Gaza immediately

November 29, 2024

November 29 is the day of world solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The 32nd Session of the UN General Assembly in 1977 decided to commemorate November 29 every year as the day of solidarity with the Palestinian people. This was an expression of the international community’s firm support to and solidarity with the Palestinians’ struggle for winning back their national rights and founding an independent state.

The Palestinians, who were deprived of their territory due to the manoeuvres of the US and Israel, have waged a long, proactive struggle to put an end to foreign occupation and win back their national rights.

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