Production of ceramic ware increases
The Daesong Ceramic Factory has recorded a 1.4 times rise in production on a daily average.
The factory has overfulfilled its daily plans every day by raising the amount of finished products and increased the output of various porcelains, while producing a variety of building parts.
University researchers develop electrolytic analyser

“We have recently made an electrolytic analyser which only a few countries of the world can manufacture,” said Jo Kun Se, director of the synthesis and analysis laboratory of Kim Chaek University of Technology.
The electrolytic analyser used in the medical sector makes a prompt and accurate analysis of potassium, sodium, calcium, chlorine and pH in such electrolytes as serum and urine, thus contributing to giving a scientific diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
People show growing interest in industrial design
Public interest in industrial design is growing throughout the DPRK.
Not only professional designers but amateurs from all walks of life are presenting lots of designs.
Rallies held to vow to carry out decisions of Eighth Party Congress

Army-people rallies were held respectively in North Phyongan, North Hwanghae, Jagang and South Hamgyong provinces on Tuesday to extend the highest glory to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un who was elected as general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and make a vow to thoroughly carry out the decisions of the Eighth Party Congress.
The venues were packed with crowds who gathered with extraordinary enthusiasm and resolution to push the general offensive for overall development of Korean-style socialism along the road indicated by the Eighth Party Congress with full confidence in fresh victory, true to the ideas and leadership of General Secretary Kim Jong Un.
DPRK woman soccer ace Ri Kum Suk
“Ri Kum Suk is widely known as highly skilled forward and prolific scorer. During her professional career as a player she took part in over 100 matches and scored some 120 goals, demonstrating her ability as a world-class football ace,” said Kim Chol Ung, department director of the Football Association of the DPRK.
Born to an ordinary worker’s family in Sapho District, Hamhung of South Hamgyong Province, she began to play football at Sapho District juvenile sports school of the city as a junior middle school student.
Light industry factories make innovations in production
The Sinuiju Disabled Soldiers’ Knitwear Factory, the Wonsan, Kanggye, and other knitwear factories in the light industry sector are now exceeding their daily targets by over 20 percent.
The Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill and others in Songchon and Kangso are producing more silk threads and cotton than planned every day.
New Year greetings come from foreign heads of state, party leaders, personages
Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un received New Year cards from the president of the Republic of Maldives and his wife, the presidents of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Zimbabwe and the captains regent of the Republic of San Marino on the occasion of the New Year 2021.
They also came from the prime ministers of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India, the general chairwoman and the secretary general of the Central Directive Council of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Portugal, the general secretary of the Socialist Party of Senegal, the co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation and the director of the Regional Office for Southeast Asia of the WHO.
Warm affection pervades community

A high-rise apartment building rose up in Puksong-dong No. 2 in Phyongchon District of Pyongyang some years ago.
The tall building covered with bright-coloured tiles in its gently curved surfaces, unlike ordinary right-angled ones, left an indelible impression on the residents.