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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sends gifts to builders involved in reconstruction of flood-hit areas in North Phyongan Province

Members of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade, service personnel and other builders, who are writing a new history of sea changes and creating a new civilization in the flood-hit areas of the northwestern part of the country, received gifts associated with the warm love of the benevolent father.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the builders, who are making devoted efforts for the reconstruction of the flood-hit areas, are vanguard fighters in the honourable struggle for the great people our Party holds in high esteem as heaven. Always paying close attention to their health and life, he visited the reconstruction sites in these areas and took important measures for ensuring the builders’ living conditions. And this time he sent them seasonal necessities.

On November 4 and 5, there took place ceremonies for conveying the gifts sent by Kim Jong Un to the builders involved in the reconstruction of flood-hit areas in North Phyongan Province.

Present there were Jo Yong Won, Ri Il Hwan and Pak Thae Song, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, officials of the Party and power organs in North Phyongan Province, leading officials of the reconstruction headquarters and builders.

Speeches were made at the ceremonies.

DPRK Foreign Minister back home

November 8, 2024

Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and her party returned home on November 6 after paying an official visit to the Russian Federation.

They were greeted at Pyongyang International Airport by Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jong Gyu and Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Alexandr Matsegora.

New houses built in Nampho

November 8, 2024

Agricultural workers of the Taedae Vegetable Farm and the Ryongnam Farm in Waudo District of Nampho have moved into new houses at a time when a new rural civilization is being created across the country.

Ceremonies for moving into new houses took place at the farms.

Congratulatory speeches were made at the ceremonies which were attended by Choe Ung Chol, secretary of the Nampho City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Rim Yong Man, vice-chairman of the city people's committee, and officials of the Party and power organs and agricultural workers in Waudo District.

Flour food show runs on

November 8, 2024

A national wheat flour food show is going on after it started at the Chongchun Restaurant in Pyongyang on November 5.

The show has brought together 50 public catering establishments selected from ministries, national agencies and all the provinces and the Pyongyang municipal committee of the women's union. It includes a flour food show and technical exchange (including sale) and a flour food cooking demonstration by cooks and housewives.

Standard pharmacies built in North Hamgyong Province

November 8, 2024

Officials and working people in North Hamgyong Province have built standard pharmacies in its cities and counties.

The Hoeryong Pharmacy, staffed with competent experts, does basic check-ups and disseminates general hygienic and healthcare knowledge in a distinctive way, while providing residents with better scientific and substantial medical service.

Kim Chaek, Hwadae and other pharmacies focus on improving service as they increase the variety and quantity of Koryo and Western medicines and health foods to satisfy the needs of residents and provide them with every convenience.

War veteran devotes her whole life to children’s literature

November 8, 2024

Rim Kum Dan is a Kim Il Sung Prize winner and war veteran who is still devoting her all to the creation of juvenile literature.

The world of juvenile mind is strongly depicted in her works.

So, when adults read her works, they return to juvenile mind and remember their childhood.

Foundation for production of finishing building materials further strengthened

November 8, 2024

South Hamgyong Province is expanding the capacity of its finishing building materials production bases amid the dynamic efforts for ushering in a new era of regional transformation, a new era of rural development, in all provinces.

Building materials production bases built in cities and counties of the province are directing efforts to increasing their capacity and establishing new production processes.

Last year the Songchongang Tile Factory increased production capacity by building a new raw material drying ground and several other processes. On this basis, it has taken proper measures for quality control and supply of raw materials to increase the variety of building materials and raise the quality and productivity of products, thus bringing about good results in tile production this year.

Walled City of Pyongyang

November 8, 2024

The Walled City of Pyongyang lying in Central and Phyongchon districts of Pyongyang was the capital of Koguryo (277 BC-AD 668). It was also called Jangan castle.

Koguryo, which had used Kungnae castle in Ji’an, Jilin Province of China, as its capital, moved the capital to Pyongyang with more favourable conditions in 427.

At that time, like in Kungnae castle, the Koguryo people built a royal palace (Anhak Palace) on flatlands with a mountain fortress (Taesongsan Fort) nearby so that in case of emergency all inhabitants could go into the fort to resist invaders.

Iran to mount decisive counterattack against Israel

November 8, 2024

A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned that they would mount a decisive counterattack against Israel by enlisting all means in a press conference on November 4.

It is Iran’s principle to support the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries and it has already been proved in practice, he said.

He emphasized that the Islamic Republic has decided on a countermeasure against Israel’s aggressive acts on the basis of calculation of all possibilities.

DPRK foreign minister meets Russian president

November 7, 2024

DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, on an official visit to the Russian Federation, met with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, at Kremlin, Moscow, on November 4.

Choe Son Hui courteously conveyed warm comradely greetings of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to Vladimir Putin.

Putin asked her to convey his warm greetings to Kim Jong Un.

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