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Hyesan-Samjiyon Broad-gauge Railway Construction Progresses Apace

Pyongyang, September 21 (KCNA) — The construction of the Hyesan-Samjiyon broad-gauge railway is progressing apace at the final stage as part of the work to spruce up Samjiyon County in Ryanggang Province, the DPRK. After finishing the project of roadbeds of tens of kilometers under the unified command of the 216 Division, members of its […]

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Infrastructure for Communications under Completion in Samjiyon County

Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) — The modernization of communications net is pushed forward at the final stage in Samjiyon County, the DPRK as part of the work for remodeling the county. According to an official concerned, the communication regiment of the 216 Division finished laying optical fibre cable in close cooperation with the Ministry of […]

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Samjiyon County Changes Its Appearance

Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) — The work to turn Samjiyon County into an iconic and model county of the country is progressing apace in the DPRK. Shock brigade members of Division 216 are registering successes every day. The Construction Brigade 618 completed the project of repairing stone steps of Lake Chon on Mt Paektu and […]

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DPRK Premier Tours Samjiyon County

Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) — DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju made a field survey of Samjiyon County where construction projects are underway. He went round the Samjiyon Youth Railway Station, Paektusan Museum, wind and solar power plants and other objects under construction and encouraged the shock brigade members of the Division 216 in performing feats […]

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Phosphate fertilizer factory building starts

A ceremony took place on July 16 to start the construction of the Sunchon Phosphate Fertilizer Factory. It was attended by Premier Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and vice-chairman of the DPRK State Affairs Commission, senior Party and government […]

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Construction of Broad-gauge Railway Progresses Apace in DPRK

Pyongyang, July 14 (KCNA) — Amid the fast construction of Hyesan-Samjiyon broad-gauge railway in the DPRK, the laying of its roadbed nears completion. According to an official concerned, the Hyesan-Samjiyon Railway Construction Brigade under 216 Division completed the construction of bridges and the main railway tunnel and pushes ahead with building other tunnels at the […]

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Kim Jong Un Inspects Construction Sites in Samjiyon County

Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, gave a field guidance to construction sites in Samjiyon County. Looking at the master plan of construction of a […]

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Construction of Samjiyon County Progresses Apace in DPRK

Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) — Builders of the 216 Division are making achievements to spruce up Samjiyon County, a sacred land of the Korean revolution in Ryanggang Province, the DPRK. The Construction Brigade 618 under the division dug out hundreds cubic meters of earth and tamped thousands cubic meters of concrete to lay a foundation […]

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Construction of Railroad Bed and Tunnels Completed in Samjiyon County

Pyongyang, February 13 (KCNA) — The construction of Hyesan-Samjiyon broad-gauge railway progresses apace in Ryanggang Province, the DPRK. The Hyesan-Samjiyon Railway Construction Brigade under the 216 Division finished laying railroad bed and building tunnels and other structures in a little more than a year. The brigade conducted a number of blasting, including a blasting of […]

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Construction of Samjiyon County Progresses Apace in DPRK

Pyongyang, February 1 (KCNA) — It has been pushed forward in the DPRK to turn the Samjiyon County in Ryanggang Province into a model county of the country. The county is the native place of leader Kim Jong Il. The field headquarters of 216 Division has set the Hyesan-Samjiyon broad-gauge railway as a main thrust […]

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