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Dr Winstanley-Chesters, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds, Bath Spa, f ANU, York St John, huge Bela Tarr and Pastels fan. https://t.co/BACVBJJ8AE…
Mar 25, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
'It was one autumn day several years ago. Some officials were summoned by respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un. While going to him, the officials were inquiring because the respected General Secretary told them to come in working wear...' #NorthKorea rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Greeting them with a smile, the respected General Secretary said that he was going to lay new sorts of turfs on a trial plot together with them...'
Mar 13, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
'True to the resolutions of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the 8th Party Central Committee, officials and workers of the fishery sector in the west coastal area of #NorthKorea completed their winter plan for ship repairing...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Nampho Fishery Station finished its task for winter ship repair and held a ceremony for the first sailing-off for fishing of the year, with other fishery stations, too, following suit...'
Mar 1, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
'Officials in Ryanggang Province of #NorthKorea take the lead in learning advanced science and technology through the tele-education system...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… Image '...Senior officials of the province and its cities and counties, enrolled in the tele-education faculty of Pyongyang University of Architecture, are striving to grasp the Party’s Juche-oriented idea of architectural beauty...'
Feb 28, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
'Ten best teachers for 2022 were selected in #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...They are department head of Pyongyang Secondary School No. 1, a department head of Moranbong Secondary School No. 1, a teacher of Ponbu Kindergarten of Sinuiju City affiliated to Sinuiju Teacher Training College...'
Feb 12, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
'True to the Party’s policy on increasing the electricity production by use of natural energies, the work to develop and use wind power, biomass and solar-energy is being conducted in different parts of the country...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...The Central District People’s Committee of Pyongyang City expands the electricity production capacity on the basis of building a solar power plant and benefiting from it...'
Feb 10, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
'The Central Fish Farming Institute of the Academy of Fishery under the Ministry of Fisheries in #NorthKorea is conducting scientific researches to implement the Party’s policy on fish farming...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...The institute has made progress in the research into determining the main ingredients of mixed feed and producing fry and feed fish to discharge into Lake Yonphung in order to perfect the technology of mandarin fish farming...'
Feb 2, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
'...the mining industrial sector of #NorthKorea set innovative goals for fulfilling its production plan by making rational and effective use of existing production bases and potentials this year and pushes ahead with the work to carry them out...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...December 5 Youth Mine concentrates its efforts on solving sci-tech problems arising in the operation of a new mineral-processing base and Phungnyon, Yongyu and Jungsan mines are speeding up the updating projects while pushing ahead with the current production...'
Jan 20, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
'Officials and workers in the field of railway transport have turned out as one in the struggle for implementing the decisions of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Officials of the Ministry of Railways are mapping out innovative and dynamic plans and exploring ways for obtaining optimum results while seeking the possibility and potentiality to the maximum to carry out this year’s freight transport plan at any cost...'
Jan 20, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
'Coal miners of Hyongbong Coal Mine, who have over-fulfilled the daily coal production plan, are full of happiness...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Officials and art squad members are putting the garlands around their necks and handing them over the bouquets to warmly congratulate them. The whole mine seethes with enthusiasm for implementing the decisions of the 6th Plenary Meeting of 8th Party Central Committee...'
Jan 19, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
'More than 15 000 young people have volunteered to work at difficult and labor-consuming sectors after the 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...In May Juche 110 (2021) alone, over 1 700 young people across the country petitioned to work at factories, coal and ore mines and forestry stations...'
Jan 19, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
'University students in #NorthKorea are actively conducting socio-political activities in different parts of the country...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...During their winter vacation, at least 100 000 students from more than one hundred and tens of universities and colleges across the country have conducted political work at power stations, coal mines, farms and major construction sites...'
Jan 16, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
'Happy laughter resounds incessantly at the People’s Open-air Ice Rink built successfully under the warm love of motherly Party that spares nothing for people...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Since its operation, numbers of people have visited it to spend their enjoyable time and most of them were good skaters not inferior to professionals. Seen on the ice were girls and a youth who glided forward and backward and demonstrated his high skills...'
Jan 14, 2023 8 tweets 4 min read
'Officials and workers of various economic sectors and units in #Northkorea carried out their first ten-day national economic plans by raising the fierce flames of surge in production from the beginning of the year...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '... Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, a leading large-scale metallurgical base of the country, overfulfilled its pig iron and steel production plan for ten days amid high enthusiasm of the workers...'
Jan 12, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
'Several days have passed since the day when the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un had an honorable photo session with the participants in the 9th Congress of the Korean Children’s Union...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...The news...delighted all the families in towns and rural regions, schools and workplaces, ranging from the mountain villages in Osudok of Junggang County and in Samjiyon City to the areas along the demarcation line in Kaesong City and remote island villages...'
Jan 10, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
'Kangwon, South Hamgyong and Ryanggang provinces and Nampho City sent a lot of scrap iron to iron production bases amid the increasing public enthusiasm for support to the metallurgical industry...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Kangwon Province sent dozens of trucks loaded with scrap iron to bases of metallurgical industry and Wonsan City secured a large amount of scrap iron through a mass movement...'
Jan 5, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
'Every street of Samjiyon City in #NorthKorea is decorated with snow sculptures on the occasion of the hopeful New Year, which add to the festive mood in the ideal city of people...' rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...The climax of snow sculpture scenery is in the centre of the city, where the statue of Chairman Kim Jong Il standing in the forest of Mt Paektu and looking at the country with a bright smile on his face is erected courteously...'
Jan 4, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
'South Hwanghae Province of #NorthKorea has increased a zeal for helping the farms since the beginning of the New Year...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '..With a view to discharging the tasks set forth by the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, officials and workers of the institutions, industrial establishments, in the province sent a lot of compost to the farms on Jan 2...'
Jan 4, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
'workers in the railway transport sector of #NorthKorea carried out the freight transportation plan for the first day of the New Year by 104.7 per cent..' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...Pyongyang Railway Bureau carried materials to construction sites and power stations in the capital city of Pyongyang in a responsible manner in close cooperation with the relevant units...'
Jan 3, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
'The grand performance in celebration of the New Year 2023 was given with splendor at the May Day Stadium on Sunday evening on the occasion of the hopeful New Year...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...The performance began with prelude "Sound of Bell" and "Snow Is Falling on New Year’s Day". Put on the stage were songs highly praising the Workers’ Party of Korea and famous songs and dances in the era of the Workers’ Party...'
Dec 31, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
'The appearance of Pakyon Falls, a scenic spot of #NorthKorea, has recently undergone a radical change...' #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...In the area of the scenic spot are Pakyon Falls, one of the three famous waterfalls in the country, and many historical relics including the wall in Mt Taehung and Kwanum Temple...'
Dec 23, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
'The quota fulfillers are increasing at the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill. Among them is Han Myong Hui, a labor innovator who is over-fulfilling national economic plan every year...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?M… '...She has worked as a weaver since 1998.She was awarded a watch bearing the august name of President Kim Il Sung in December, Juche 102(2013)...'