More than 130 years have passed since May Day was instituted to honour the working people all over the world. Yet, their desire for genuine freedom and rights, free from all manner of domination and subordination, is far from being satisfied. Once a European politician referred to crisis, unemployment and mass poverty as incurable diseases […]
Author Archives: Dermot Hudson
May Day, a holiday for working people around the world, has some stories in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Workers and farmers in the vanguard The working people of Korea started to celebrate May Day as their holiday after their country was liberated (August 15, 1945) from Japan’s military occupation (1905-1945). […]
Press Statement by Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry Pyongyang, May 12 (KCNA) — A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) released the following press statement on May 12: The 10th urgent special meeting of the UN General Assembly on Friday adopted with approval by the overwhelming majority of […]
Pyongyang, May 13 (KCNA) — The section chief for external policy of the DPRK Foreign Ministry released the following press statement on Sunday: The U.S. allies have recently made their military interference in the Asia-Pacific region undisguised under the pretext of monitoring violation of UN sanctions, further worsening instability of the regional situation. A few […]
Pyongyang, May 13 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, gave field guidance at major defence industrial enterprises under the Second Economic Commission on May 11 and 12 to learn about the implementation of the Party’s […]
Pyongyang, May 11 (KCNA) — Days ago, Prime Minister of Japan Kishida said at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives that “he remains unchanged in his intention to revise the Constitution and that he would go on to make every effort to advance.” It goes without saying that the real […]
Pyongyang, May 11 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, learned about the technically updated version of the 240mm multiple rocket launcher system and oversaw on […]
Pyongyang, May 10 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent a congratulatory message to Bashar Al-Assad, president of the Syrian Arab Republic who is general secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party, on May 6. […]
Pyongyang, May 10 (KCNA) — Ri Il Hwan, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, made a condolatory address at the ceremony of bidding last farewell to the late Kim Ki Nam on Thursday. In the condolatory address Ri Il Hwan said that it […]
Pyongyang, May 10 (KCNA) — A state funeral of Kim Ki Nam, former secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, winner of the Order of Kim Il Sung and the Order of Kim Jong Il and Labor Hero, was solemnly held in the capital city of Pyongyang on May 9. A […]