For its majestic and sublime scenery Mt Paektu, the ancestral mountain of the Korean nation, counts among Korea’s celebrated mountains. Adding beauty to the scenery are rhododendrons that occur here and there on the mountain, where winter temperatures last for more than 200 days in a year. As a shrub of high medicinal value, […]
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Puppet ROK Is at Stake: KCNA Commentary Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) — The military gangsters of the puppet Republic of Korea (ROK) are running amok more franticly in warlike acts. Since the outset of the year, they have staged joint maritime drills and joint air drills with involvement of U.S. strategic assets, including nuclear carrier […]
The River Taedong is one of the famous rivers in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is 450.3 kilometres long. It rises in Mt. Rangnim in Taehung County of South Phyongan Province into the West Sea of Korea. Stemming from the river, Taedonggang Culture, one of the world’s five cultures, was created. The area […]
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) — The Korean Central News Agency on Friday released a report on the over-fulfillment of the January national economic plan in the DPRK for attaining the major goals for the new year. According to the report, the first-month production goals for attaining the major targets of the national economic development were […]
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) — Kim Sol Hwa, a researcher of the Institute for Japan Studies under the DPRK Foreign Ministry, issued the following article “A suicidal act of jumping into fire with brushwood”: Japan’s accelerated deployment of long-range missiles provokes the vigilance of the international community nowadays. For typical examples, Japan secured the approval […]
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) — The DPRK Missile Administration (MA) conducted a cruise missile super-large warhead power test and a new-type anti-aircraft missile test-fire in the West Sea of Korea on February 2. The tests are a part of the normal activities of the administration and its affiliated defence science institutes for […]
Pyongyang, February 2 (KCNA) — Ri Ji Song, a researcher of the Society for International Politics Study in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, released an article “Reckless moves increasing the danger of a nuclear war”. Its full text is as follows: The fact that the U.S. will deploy again its nuclear weapons, which it […]
Pyongyang, February 2 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the Nampho Dockyard. Accompanying him were Jo Yong Won, Ri Il Hwan, Jo Chun Ryong, Pak Jong Chon, Jon Hyon […]
The Korean nation, with a 5 000-year history and time-honoured traditions, has created countless treasures in the musical and artistic field. Among them are traditional musical instruments embodying the people’s wisdom, talent and emotion. These instruments are diverse, numbering a few hundreds of kinds–tanso, jottae, thungso, saenap, phiri, kayagum, yanggum, janggo, puk, jing, etc. Many […]
Koryo celadon porcelains, called the treasure of the world, are a source of pride for the Korean nation. It is widely recognized as an outstanding creation in the world history of ceramics. Korea has a long history of ceramics. In particular, the period of Koryo (918-1392) witnessed rapid advances in ceramic workmanship. Koryo ceramics, which […]