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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.

Press statement of Kim Yo Jong, deputy department director of the WPK Central Committee

November 27, 2024

Kim Yo Jong, deputy department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on November 26:

On November 26, various kinds of political agitation leaflets and dirty things sent by the ROK scum were dropped again in different areas near the southern border of the DPRK.

The security organs in the areas have blocked the relevant districts and are conducting the search, gathering and disposal of them.

Rason youth open-air theatre inaugurated

November 27, 2024

A youth open-air theatre has newly been built in Rason Municipality of the DPRK.

This comprehensive and modern theatre, with an auditorium, a stage, hobby group rooms, acoustic equipment and illuminators, is located in a scenic spot in Rajin District. It will serve as another base for extracurricular education and cultural and emotional life for youth and students and working people in the municipality.

An inauguration ceremony of the theatre took place on the spot on November 25.

Sports contest of persons with disabilities and amateurs held

November 27, 2024

The 2024 sports contest of disabled persons and amateurs took place at the Handball Gymnasium on Chongchun Street in Pyongyang from November 14 to 25.

The contest brought together more than 600 persons with disabilities and amateurs in Pyongyang. There were table-tennis games, divided into four categories, and tennis and badminton games, divided into three categories.

During the contest, the players fully showed the optimistic life they are leading under the care of the Workers' Party of Korea and the state's policy of protecting the disabled, demonstrating the skills they have cultivated during their brisk sports activities.

Delegation of Pyongyang Municipal Committee of WPK returns home

November 27, 2024

The delegation of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea led by its Secretary Ri Myong Chol returned home by air on November 25 after visiting Russia.

During the visit, the delegation went round the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the wall of the Kremlin and the Red Square and visited the Exhibition of Successes in the National Economy, Russian State University of Agriculture-the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev and other places in Moscow. 

Russian sports minister leaves Pyongyang

November 27, 2024

Mikhail Degtyarev, minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, and his party left Pyongyang for home by air on November 25. 

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

Triplets’ medical history files of Okryu Children's Hospital

November 27, 2024

There are children whose birth itself gives pleasure and attracts interest of the people.

They are triplets.

Before their birth the mothers of triplets are provided with health care service with special care of the government in the DPRK. After birth, the triplets receive gifts such as gold rings and ornamental silver knives and are provided with all conditions for health care. Only when they weigh more than 4 kilograms will they be discharged from the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. The state is wholly responsible for bringing up triplets until they are four years old.

Okinawa’s tragedy caused by Japanese authorities’ subservience to the US

November 27, 2024

Japanese people are becoming increasingly critical of the US military bases in Japan.

Shortly ago, a lecture was given by the governor of Okinawa Prefecture to call on the whole country to take issue with the US military bases. The governor has reportedly given such lectures on 13 occasions since his inauguration in 2018. He said that all kinds of accidents caused by the US forces and problems such as noise and water pollution are also occurring in Okinawa, calling for thinking about what are the rights of the people and democracy through the issue of the US military base.

This issue has been a constant topic in Japanese society.

Ukraine dubbed a tool for West

November 27, 2024

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda on November 20 that Ukraine is nothing more than a tool for the West.

Western countries gave a green light to Ukraine to attack the depth of the Russian Federation by using long-range missiles they offered and this proves that they need Ukraine no longer, she noted.

This shows that Ukraine and Ukrainians are nothing more than a tool for the West, she said, adding the tools that have become unusable have their value no longer.

Talks held between DPRK and Russian sports ministers

November 26, 2024

Talks were held between Kim Il Guk, minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the DPRK, and Mikhail Degtyarev, minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on November 24.

Present at the talks from the DPRK side were Vice-Minister of Physical Culture and Sports O Kwang Hyok and officials concerned and from the Russian side the party of the sports minister and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

At the talks, the issues of boosting exchanges and cooperation between the sports fields of the two countries were discussed.

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