Kang Sok Ju (1939-2016)
Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee Member and Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] deputy (delegate) Kang Sok Ju passed away in Pyongyang from cancer on the afternoon of May 20 … Continue reading
Pyongyang Spring Arts Festival Opens
The 30th annual April Spring Friendship Arts Festival opened at East Pyongyang Grand Theater on April 11 (Monday). It will consist of a variety of performances at different theaters in … Continue reading
Gen. O Kum Chol Meets with Russian Armed Forces Delegation
Gen. O Kum Chol (O Kum-ch’o’l), Vice Chief of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff, held a meeting and negotiations with a visiting delegation of the Russian Armed Forces … Continue reading
Hwang Pyong So Meets with Members of Russian MOD Central Military Orchestra
Hwang Pyong So, Director of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Political Department, met with Lt. General Valery Khalilov, Director of Music of Military Bands Services of the Armed Forces … Continue reading
Kim Jong Un Attends Two Concerts
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) attended a pair of concerts on 15 October (Tuesday). One concert was given by Russia’s Orchestra of the 21st Century at the East Pyongyang Grand … Continue reading
DPRK Coastal Security Forces Fire At and Detain Russian Fishing Trawler
The Russian fishing vessel Altay was fired upon, detained, boarded and then released by elements of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] Coastal Security Bureau, in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) … Continue reading
Kim Kye Gwan Meets with PRC State Councilor
Chinese media reported that DPRK 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Kye Gwan met with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on 17 September (Tuesday). During the meeting, according to Xinhua, … Continue reading
DPRK Minister of Railways Attends OSJD Conference in Estonia
DPRK state media reported that Minister of Railways Jon Kil Su and a delegation returned to Pyongyang on 21 June (Friday), after attending a conference of the Organization for Cooperation … Continue reading
Kim Jong Un Visits International Children’s Camp and Outdoor Theater in Wo’nsan
DPRK state media reported on 30 May (Thursday) that Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) visited the Songdowon International Children’s Camp and the Songdowon Youth Open-Air Theater in Kangwo’n, capital city … Continue reading
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