38 North | DPRK Reference PortalLast updated March 16, 2021. Pyongyang General Hospital (평양종합병원) is a new, flagship hospital under construction in Pyongyang. It was announced on March 17, 2020, when Kim Jong Un attended a groundbreaking ceremony and set a 200-day construction schedule. The timeline positioned the hospital to be ready for the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party […]
Pyongyang, December 31 (KCNA) — Millions of party members, other people and service personnel of the People’s Army are looking forward to the 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) to be held in Pyongyang as an important event of special record in the sacred path of the revolutionary cause of Juche which […]
Pyongyang, October 14 (KCNA) — The 80-day campaign has begun in the DPRK. All sectors and units are involved in organizational and political activities to greet the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) with fiery enthusiasm and brilliant achievements in the 80-day campaign. The all-people campaign for successfully greeting the Eighth Congress […]
Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) — A decision of the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was made on August 19. The decision is as follows: Our Party and people are carrying out the historical task set forth at the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea […]
Pyongyang, July 20 (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, gave field guidance to the Pyongyang General Hospital under construction. He was greeted on the spot by […]
Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) — The construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital is progressing apace in the DPRK. Its internal and external construction works are now being conducted in a three dimensional way, and such works as sewage and down-pipe system, electricity and cable pit were completed. Soldier-builders have finished the external plastering in the […]
Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) — Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and vice-chairman of the C.C., WPK, inspected the construction site of the Pyongyang General Hospital. Making […]
Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) — Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and vice-chairman of the C.C., WPK, inspected the construction site of the Pyongyang General Hospital. Making […]
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) — The construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital is going on in a three-dimensional way. According to an official of the construction coordination commission, frameworks, brickworks of outer walls, open caisson project for the intake of geothermal water, etc. were launched simultaneously at sick ward and outpatients’ ward. Soldier-builders have operated […]
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) — The construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital, offspring of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s love for the people, is progressing apace in the DPRK. According to an official of its construction coordination commission, the ground concrete tamping and the framing for the hospital were carried out at 73 percent as […]
