RETURN TO SPEECH INDEX | KOREAN TEXT English translation by the Korean Central News Agency. Dear comrades! Having seen out 2014, a year in which we clearly demonstrated the spirit and might of the great DPRK that advances by leaps and bounds with confidence in victory, we are seeing in the hope-filled new year 2015. […]
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RETURN TO SPEECH INDEX | ENGLISH TEXT As carried by the Korean Central News Agency. 친애하는 동지들! 우리는 승리의 신심드높이 비약하며 전진하는 위대한 조선의 기상과 위용을 뚜렷이 과시한 2014년을 보내고 희망찬 새해 2015년을 맞이합니다. 나는 전체 인민군장병들과 인민들의 다함없는 충정의 마음을 담아 우리 인민의 영원한 수령이시며 주체의 태양이신 위대한 수령님과 위대한 장군님께 가장 숭고한 경의와 […]
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Kim Jong Un’s 2015 New Year Address
FULL SPEECH TEXT: KOREAN | ENGLISH The big news out of Kim Jong Un’s 2015 speech was his acceptance of an offer by South Korea to resume stalled high-level talks. The proposal had only been made a few days before the end of 2014. “We think that it is possible to resume the suspended high-level […]
Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) — A project has been pushed ahead in the DPRK to develop Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang area into one of tourist destinations with increased investment in building its infrastructure. As already known, a general plan for the development of Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang area was unveiled at an international knowledge sharing on SEZs held in […]
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Wonsan to develop as tourist city
Pyongyang Times, July 14, 2014 — The port city of Wonsan on the east coast of Korea is to be developed into a tourist city. There was a briefing on the Wonsan area development plan at the conference of experts in economic development zone held in May in Pyongyang. Wonsan, the capital of Kangwon Province, […]
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Int’l tourist zone to be built
Pyongyang Times, June 18, 2014 — The Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang area sits in Kangwon Province facing the East Sea of Korea. The area is home to tourist destinations, namely the celebrated mountain of Kumgang, Ullim Falls, top-class Masikryong Ski Resort and iconic Songdowon International Children’s Camp. The Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly released a […]
RETURN TO SPEECH INDEX | ENGLISH TEXT As carried by the Korean Central News Agency. 친애하는 동지들! 사랑하는 인민군장병들과 전체 인민들, 동포형제 여러분! 우리는 주체혁명의 성스러운 진군길에 뚜렷한 자욱을 아로새긴 2013년을 보내고 앞날에 대한 확신과 혁명적자부심에 넘쳐 새해 2014년을 맞이합니다. 나는 먼저 전체 인민군장병들과 인민들의 한없는 그리움과 뜨거운 경모의 정을 담아 위대한 김일성동지와 김정일동지께 가장 […]
RETURN TO SPEECH INDEX | KOREAN TEXT English translation by the Korean Central News Agency. Dear comrades, Dear service personnel of the Korean People’s Army, all the people and other compatriots, Having seen out 2013, a year in which we left a remarkable footprint on the road of the sacred march of the Juche revolution, […]
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Kim Jong Un’s 2014 New Year Address
FULL SPEECH TEXT: KOREAN | ENGLISH Kim Jong Un’s second new year speech as leader came less than a month after the bombshell arrest, trial and execution of his uncle, Jang Song Thaek. During the speech, Kim chose to comment on the issue and that became the major headline in the world’s media. “We took […]
Pyongyang, November 30 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, gave field guidance to the work in different fields in Samjiyon County. The first leg of his guidance was the Samjiyon Schoolchildren’s Palace. […]
