Pyongyang — A press conference was held at the Cuban embassy here on Thursday in connection with the start of the month of international solidarity with the five Cuban patriots detained in the U.S. Read more…
Pyongyang — A national mass consumption goods exhibition was opened with due ceremony at the Central Light Industrial Sample Exhibition on Thursday.
Displayed in the exhibition are textiles, shoes, ready-made dresses, daily necessities and foodstuff produced by light industrial factories Read more…
Pyongyang — Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly, met and had a talk with the delegation of Kyodo News of Japan led by its President Satoshi Ishikawa who paid a courtesy call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Thursday. KCNA
Pyongyang — The Information Center under the Korean Computer Center has developed the CVD for examining cerebral vascular diseases, which is highly appreciated in the field of public health. Read more…
Pyongyang — A wreath was laid before the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Chinese People’s Volunteers in Hoechang County, South Phyongan Province, on Thursday by the friendly delegation of the China Association for International Friendly Contact led by its Vice-President Li Xiaohua on a visit to the DPRK. Read more…
Pyongyang — Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, Thursday sent a congratulatory message to Syrian President Bashar Al－Assad who is regional secretary of the Arab Baath Socialist Party. Read more…
Pyongyang — A reception was hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the China－Korea Friendship Association on Sept. 8 on the occasion of the 61st birthday of the DPRK. Read more…
Pyongyang — The Brazil-Korea Friendship Association released bulletin “Kim Il Sung, Founding-father of DPRK” on Sept. 1 on the occasion of the 61st birthday of the DPRK. Read more…
BY HONG JONG HYOK, Rodong Sinmun
Pyongyang — It is necessary to attach importance to the work with the youth in the efforts to accomplish the cause of independence, says Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed article. Read more…
BY HWANG DOO HYONG, Yonhap News
Washington — North Korea appears to have 10 nuclear weapons, although it is not clear if all are ready for military use, a report said Thursday.
The World Nuclear Stockpile Report, by Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists and Robert Norris of the Natural Resources Read more…