38 North | DPRK Reference PortalPyongyang, December 11 (KCNA) — It was decided to rename Samjiyon County Samjiyon City in the DPRK. A relevant decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly was promulgated on Dec. 10. According to the decree, the Township of Samjiyon will disappear after being divided into Kwangmyongsong-dong, Pegaebong-dong, Potnamu-dong and Ikkal-dong. Paektusanmilyong Workers’ District […]
Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) — There took place a dancing party and firework display on Monday in celebration of the completion of the construction of the township of Samjiyon County. Builders and inhabitants in the township presented a sea of dancers here and there in the township. They presented boundless thanks to Supreme Leader Kim […]
Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Township of Samjiyon County was held with splendor on Dec. 2. 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 armed forces of the DPRK, attended […]
Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) — The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) issued a detailed report on December 2 on noble loyalty and immortal feats of the Korean people as regards the fact that the second-stage project for remodeling Samjiyon County has been successfully completed, turning the township of the county into an ideal town for […]
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) — A work is pushed ahead in the DPRK to wrap up the second-stage project for remodeling Samjiyon County and make preparations for its third-stage project. Ongoing are now such works as completing exterior decoration of dwelling houses, bicycle way and electric lighting decoration in the county township and a trial […]
Pyongyang, November 16 (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 armed forces of the DPRK, watched “the combat flight contest-2019 of the flight commanding officers of the Air and Anti-Aircraft Force of […]
Pyongyang, August 25 (KCNA) — Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the WPK, learned about the construction of the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area […]
Voice of Korea, August 6, 2019 — The builders of the Capital City Construction Commission Brigade in charge of hotel-15 project at the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area successfully built nearly 10 metre-long supportless marquee at the height of over 70 metres by relying on their enormous scientific and technological strength and […]
Pyongyang, July 29 (KCNA) — Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, inspected different units in Sunchon City. At the Sunchon phosphate fertilizer factory under […]
Rodong Sinmun, July 6, 2019 — Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un gave precious instructions to attach as great importance to landscaping and forestation as to construction during his field guidance to the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area. True to the instructions, soldier builders and other shock brigade members from ministries, national organs […]
