The chief of the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on November 23 issued a press statement titled "It is constitutional duty of the DPRK to take measures for self-defence to defend its security environment", which said:

The military tension in the region has recently become more acute as the US continuously flexes its military muscle against the DPRK on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity.

The US, which deployed the nuclear carrier George Washington strike group in the waters around the Korean peninsula, staged Freedom Edge, the multi-domain joint military drills, with Japan and the ROK from November 13 to 15.

Among the top 10 businesses of the country in 2023 are the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex and the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex.

The successes achieved by these units bring valuable experience to many industrial establishments.

There are many women workers among the people who devote themselves for society, community, country and people.

The more dedicated, the more beautiful life

The 2024 cross-country championship took place on the picturesque Moran Hill in Pyongyang.

This year's cross-country championship brought together dozens of players from nine units including the April 25 Sports Team, the Amnokgang Sports Club and the Kigwancha Sports Club. It took place in the form of six players from each team running 10km and 5km distances one after another in relays.

Though it is an event held almost every year in this season, the recent contest was held with heightened enthusiasm of the players encouraged by the amazing successes achieved in the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups, the 2024 Asian Table-Tennis Championships and other international games this year.

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, warned at a press conference on November 21 that catastrophic consequences will follow in case NATO forces appear in Ukraine.

Commenting on the remarks of the Estonian Foreign Minister that European countries should dispatch their forces to Ukraine, she said that the appearance of NATO forces in the Ukrainian territory means that NATO has involved itself in the war against Russia and it will lead to catastrophic consequences not only in Europe but in the entire world.

She emphasized that the US anti-missile base deployed in Poland has long been in the potential range of strike of the Russian armed forces.

The delegation of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation led by Vladimir Zarudnitski, president of the academy, left Pyongyang for home on November 22.

They were seen off at Pyongyang International Airport by Sonu Jong Chan, vice-president of Kim Il Sung Military University, officers of the Korean People's Army, Alexei Bartusov, military attaché of the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, and members of its military attaché office.

Mikhail Alexandr Degtyarev, minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, and his party arrived in Pyongyang on November 22.

They were greeted at Pyongyang International Airport by O Kwang Hyok, vice-minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the DPRK, and Russian Ambassador Alexandr Matsegora and staff members of his embassy in Pyongyang.

Chonju Falls in Puyon-ri is located in a deep valley 14km away from Puyon-ri, Sinhung County, South Hamgyong Province.

The falls flow along the cliff consisting of two steps of granite.

They first cascade along the cliff with an incline of 80 degrees and then along the one with a gradient of 70 degrees.

Kim Saeng, Han Ho and Kim Jong Hui are known as three best calligraphers of Korea.

It is said that Kim Saeng (711-?), a representative calligrapher in the middle ages, began to learn how to write in his childhood and kept on writing with brush until he was over 80.

As he was proficient in various writing styles, he developed a reputation as the best calligrapher in his own lifetime and was highly praised by posterity and even by foreigners.