Author Archives: Dermot Hudson

Local Elections to Be Held in DPRK

Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) — Elections for deputies to provincial (municipality), city (district) and county people’s assemblies will take place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on July 21, Juche 108 (2019) in accordance with Article 138 of the Socialist Constitution and decisions of the local people’s committees. The Presidium of the DPRK Supreme […]

Arts and Culture in the DPRK -by Ben Lunn

The arts historically have been a fascinating political battleground for all organisations, groups, and variations of political thought. This is no-way less of a consideration for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. To be able to comprehend how the current circumstances have been realised in Korea, we have to briefly consider the foundations that have […]

Fate of DPRK-U.S. Joint Statement: Spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of DPRK

Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released the following press statement on Tuesday: The DPRK-U.S. summit meeting and talks held in Singapore in June last year for the first time in history was a momentous occasion of great significance in promoting […]

Use of Strength Is Not at All Monopoly of U.S.: Policy Research Director of Institute for American Studies, FM of DPRK

  Pyongyang, May 29 (KCNA) — The Policy Research Director of the Institute for American Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK made public the following press statement on May 29: It has now become disclosed that the United States conducted the 29th subcritical nuclear test at the nuclear test site of […]