Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang) The Arch of Triumph (Korean: 개선문; MR: Kaesŏnmun) is a triumphal arch in Pyongyang, DPRK. It was built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945. Built in 1982 on the Triumph Return Square at the foot of Moran Hill (모란봉) in the capital city, Pyongyang, the monument was built to honour and glorify President Kim Il-sung‘s role in the military resistance for Korean independence. Inaugurated on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
President Kim Il Sung’s Great Devotion for People Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) — The Korean people have celebrated April 15, birthday of President Kim Il Sung, as the Day of the Sun. April 15 is one of the greatest national holidays to the people. But it was a “working day” for the President who had devoted his all to the people’s happiness. At early dawn of April 15, Juche 43 (1954), his first birthday after the Fatherland Liberation War, the President visited an agricultural cooperative in Junghwa County, which was included in South Phyongan Province at that time. He sat together with officials and members of the cooperative at the edge of a field to discuss farm work and indicated the orientation and ways for the cooperative to follow. That day, he went round...
Pyongyang, February 13 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, Monday met members of the DPRK high-level delegation which visited the south side’s area to attend the opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics. Present at the meeting were the members of the delegation including Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim Yo Jong, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Choe Hwi, chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, and suite members. On hand were Vice-Chairman Kim Yong Chol a...
Pyongyang, February 13 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, met and had a photo session with the members of the Samjiyon Orchestra which returned home after successful congratulatory art performances for the 23rd Winter Olympics in the south side’s region. He warmly congratulated the orchestra upon its successful performances that conveyed the warm mind of the people in the north hoping for the successful Winter Olympics and the national concord and delighted the fellow countrymen in the south. After receiving a report on the atmosphere of the venues of the performances and echoes from the members of the orchestra, he said he was pleased ...