Attaching importance to science and technology, enlisting talents
August 6, 2025The whole society of the DPRK holds fast to the principle of attaching importance to science and technology and enlisting talents.
Different economic sectors including metallurgical, chemical, electric power and machine-building industries attach importance to and encourage talents to solve sci-tech problems for ensuring the domestic production of equipment and thereby consolidate the foundations for production growth.
In the recent period alone, lots of units were awarded the title of model technical innovation unit and dozens of working people the February 16 Science and Technology Prize, the top honour in the scientific and technological field of the country, the Natural Science Prize, the Technical Innovation Prize, the certificate of the best scientists and technicians of the country and the Best Inventor Prize.
THE PYONGYANG TIMES