The world history of war has produced many famous songs, mostly by war correspondents or composers. Among them was an 18-year-old field nurse, a hardly believable fact. She was poet Choe Ro Sa (1932-2011), Kim Il Sung Prize winner, who wrote the words of the song At the Spring Site, a representative wartime song in […]
The chronology of the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program generally, and the Hwasong 15 specifically, is already very well known, and no doubt very familiar to everyone in attendance. So rather than treading old water by reviewing key dates and achievements, I reasoned that this time would be better spent trying to analyse the meaning and […]
Pyongyang, December 6 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army issued the following statement Tuesday: The enemies opened fire of multiple rocket launchers and howitzer guns in areas close to the front at around 9:15 Tuesday in the wake of the similar happening on Monday. The KPA […]
Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) — The snow scene in streets of Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, gives the citizens spectacular sentiments. -0- www.kcna.kp (Juche111.12.4.)
Pyongyang, December 4 (KCNA) — “Pyongyang Raengmyon (cold noodles) Custom” of the DPRK has been registered as a representative intangible cultural heritage of mankind. The registration was made at the 17th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the UNESCO held in Rabat of Morocco on […]
Spokesman for KPA General Staff Issues Statement Pyongyang, December 5 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army issued the following statement on Monday: From 08:30 to 15:50 on December 5, dozens of projectiles supposed to be the shells of multiple rocket launchers were fired towards the southeast direction […]
Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) — The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a wreath to the Chinese embassy here, expressing deep condolences over the death of Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People’s Republic of China. Ri Il Hwan, member of the […]
Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) — Japan is speeding up its moves to become a military giant. It is planning to jointly develop the next-generation fighter of the Air “Self-Defence Force” with Britain and Italy and massively deploy them by 2035. It is also mulling developing on its own new-type drones capable of carrying out attack […]
Pyongyang, December 2 (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 message of greeting to Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and president of the Lao People’s […]