Democratic People’s Republic of Korea No. 36 (3 124) weekly http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp e-mail:[email protected] Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020) DISASTER RELIEF Ri Pyong Chol checks Pak Pong Ju makes survey typhoon relief work trip to typhoon-hit county

Ri Pyong Chol, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Committee of the WPK and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of of the WPK, checks typhoon-caused damage on a field in Jangyon County, the WPK, on a survey trip to a typhoon-hit farm in Jangyon County, South South Hwanghae Province. Hwanghae Province. Ri Pyong Chol, member cooperative farms in He underlined the need Pak Pong Ju, member He met with officials who suffered damage, to of the Presidium of the Jangyon County, South for the officials of primary of the Presidium of the and agricultural workers make more achievements in Political Bureau of the Hwanghae Province. Party organizations and Political Bureau of the of the Sokjang, Chuhwa the rehabilitation campaign Central Committee of the He learned in detail about Party members to further Central Committee of the and Ragyon cooperative and to enhance the role Workers’ Party of Korea, the damage in those farms enhance their responsibility Workers’ Party of Korea, farms to learn about the of Party organizations in vice-chairman of the and underscored the need to and role in the relief efforts. vice-chairman of the State damage in detail. minimizing crop damage. Central Committee of the push forward with the work He also discussed the Affairs Commission of the Saying the WPK shares He called on officials WPK and vice-chairman to clear away the aftermath measures for manuring and DPRK and vice-chairman bitters and sweets with of the farms to introduce of the Central Military of typhoon as soon as cultivating well the crops in of the WPK Central the people all the time, he scientific farming methods Commission of the WPK, possible. the typhoon-stricken fields Committee, guided the work called for firmly defending positively and increase the guided the work for While acquainting and for harvesting every for recovering from typhoon the agricultural front. proportion of farm work eradicating the aftermath himself with farmers’ crop without any waste. damage on different farms He pointed to the need done by machines. of typhoon at the Nulsan, living, he gave a pep talk to in Jangyon County of South to pay close attention to the Changpha and Hangnim them. KCNA Hwanghae Province. living of farming families KCNA Senior Party officials inspect rehabilitation efforts in South Hwanghae Province Kim Jae Ryong, Ri Il Hwan, campaign. Choe Hwi, Pak Thae Dok, Kim They told them that Supreme Yong Chol and Kim Hyong Jun, Leader Kim Jong Un was very vice-chairmen of the Central much concerned about the people Committee of the Workers’ Party in the typhoon-affected areas, and of Korea, provided on-the-spot called upon them to overcome guidance over the efforts for the present trials and greet the rehabilitation from heavy typhoon 75th founding anniversary of the damage on various farms of Party with proud labour feats. Jangyon and Thaethan counties, The frontline-style political work South Hwanghae Province. conducted by the vice-chairmen Amid the Party-wide, of the Party Central Committee nationwide effort for recovering greatly inspired the agricultural from damage by typhoon in full workers. swing, true to the call of the WPK Officials and agricultural Central Committee, a full-scale workers of the farms in South campaign to minimize damage Hwanghae Province, much to crops by Typhoon No. 8 is encouraged by their inspection underway in South Hwanghae tour, are full of faith and optimism Province. to recover from the damage at The vice-chairmen of the Party an early date and greet the 8th Central Committee sprayed Congress of the WPK in the most nutritive liquid, applied fertilizer meaningful way by raising good and picked up corns together with crops. agricultural workers, encouraging Vice-chairmen of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea guide rehabilitation them to turn out as one in the KCNA work on typhoon-stricken farms in South Hwanghae Province. Page 2 Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020)

GUIDE TO VICTORY AND GLORY For the sake of independence, peace and friendship

The Workers’ Party of Korea 1980s and the early 1990s, guideline. for defending their national efforts into promoting mutual has been committed to the ideal the imperialists and renegades The WPK actively supported independence against the cooperation in agriculture, of independence, peace and of socialism raised a clamour and encouraged foreign imperialists’ domination and thus greatly contributing to friendship taking it as the basis about the “end of socialism” nations in their struggle against subjugation, predicting that laying material and technical of its foreign policy for the past and distorted and denied imperialism and hegemony- it would be one of the great foundations of their agriculture 75 years since its birth. the socialist ideal. At that seeking. motive forces promoting the including irrigation projects It has made strenuous efforts juncture, the WPK afforded the The DPRK rendered development of history in the and solving food and rural to accomplish the cause of revolutionaries and progressive disinterested internationalist 1960s, and conducted positive problems. global independence holding peoples of other countries assistance to the Cuban and activities to make NAM hold The WPK is now developing aloft the banner of socialism. aspiring after socialism a clear Vietnamese peoples in their fast to the idea and principles of foreign relations in a proactive In the 1950s and the 1960s understanding of the validity efforts to accomplish the cause anti-imperialist independence and multifaceted way in keeping when modern revisionism and vitality of the Juche- of anti-imperialist independence and achieve unity and cohesion. with the developing reality. emerged in the international oriented theory of socialism and provided Egypt, Syria and It announced its willingness It works hard to develop good communist movement to and instilled in them the strong other Arab nations fighting to make the DPRK become a relations with not only such complicate the situation, the confidence in the victory of the against the armed invasions by full member of the NAM at socialist nations as China, Cuba, WPK adhered to the stand of socialist cause. Israeli aggressors with material the enlarged meeting of the Vietnam and Laos but others independence which asserts that In Pyongyang on April 20 and military aids gratis. Political Committee of its that respect and are friendly to the revolution of each nation 1992, representatives of 70 The WPK paid special Central Committee in May the DPRK. should be carried out by its party political parties around the attention to the development 1974. After obtaining the full The international community and people in an independent world including 48 party leaders of relations with developing membership of the movement fully supports and approves and creative way as it positively adopted and made public the countries. in August the following year, the WPK’s positive efforts to spurred the development of Pyongyang Declaration “Let The WPK defined the the DPRK sent its delegations achieve global independence the international socialist Us Defend and Advance the Non-Aligned Movement and experts to many developing and peace and promote movement. Cause of Socialism”, which as a progressive movement nations to help them build friendship and unity between Taking advantage of the served as a fighting programme reflecting the aspirations the economy and culture and nations. collapse of socialism in several for rebuilding socialism and demand common to the develop medical services. In countries between the late with the Juche idea as the peoples of developing countries particular, it channelled big Kim Un Jin REHABILITATION Nation out to clear flood, WPK Central Committee officials typhoon damage An intensive campaign County completed the repair of join typhoon relief work has been undertaken across houses for over 100 families. Officials of the Central Kim Jong Un who said that stricken fields in Ongjin, the country to deal with Kangwon Province repaired Committee of the Workers’ it is one of the top priorities Kangnyong and Pyoksong the aftermath of flood and some 900 blocks of houses Party of Korea have joined for the Party to go deep counties. typhoon. for over 1 100 families and the typhoon relief campaign among the people in need to They encouraged the farmers In Pyongyang measures have water pipes, while stepping up in South Hwanghae Province, share weal and woe while to turn out to conclude this year’s been taken to get the first-hand the repair of embankments of helping local farmers encouraging and supporting farming successfully as they information about the damage to several rivers and streams and recover from damage to them sincerely. picked up corns, dug ditches the reservoirs and water supply roads. farmland and crops in the The Party Central Committee and repaired farmhouses. system and to timely repair the Hundreds of blocks of houses stricken areas. officials are working together They also visited families of defects in the facilities so as were repaired and many public They were quick to rush with farmers to lessen farmers carrying themselves to strictly ensure the hygienic buildings including schools to the areas, true to the noble the reduction in the crop with aid materials. They safety of drinking and household and hospitals restored to intention of Supreme Leader yield in the most severely learned about their living water. their original state in South conditions and asked them In the reconstruction site of Hwanghae Province. to firmly defend the socialist Taechong-ri, Unpha County, The people of Kaesong rebuilt cooperative fields. North Hwanghae Province, the railway and road lines and power Local people are impressed soldiers of the Korean People’s supply and communications by the officials who have Army have finished the laying networks broken by flash worked hard from early of tens of thousands of cubic flood and typhoon and restored hours till late at night while metres of concrete for the damaged houses and irrigation having the same foundation since they started the facilities, hundreds of hectares meals as the farmers. construction of dwelling houses of submerged farmland and They said that the Party on August 24 and exceeded the embankments of rivers and Central Committee officials 60 percent line of the concrete streams with the help of service have relieved them of worries work for the framework personnel. in mind, adding that they construction as of September The forestry sector and the coal are afraid of nothing under 3. In Singye County the local industry are working to repair the care of Marshal population built stone walls damage and put production on Kim Jong Un and the motherly covering over 1 700 square a normal footing. Party. metres over the embankment of WPK Central Committee officials help farmers with gathering the Singye River and Sohung KCNA on a typhoon-afflicted farm in South Hwanghae Province. KCNA

bacteria and improve the Effort concentrated on growth of crops. Ripping off upper leaves and dead leaves of cornstalks have minimizing damage to crops been conducted as required by technical norms to ensure Activities are going on in a gram more by improving the good ventilation and sunshine the DPRK to minimize the growth of crops. conditions. damage to crops by Typhoon Different kinds of germicides And steps were taken to set No. 8. and nutrient solutions have up the fallen rice plants and South Hwanghae and other been applied to crops in the cornstalks. provinces strive to raise the afflicted fields so as to prevent A reconstruction work is under way in flood-stricken Ichon per-hectare grain output even the attack of pathogenic KCNA County, Kangwon Province. Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020) Page 3

POMICULTURE Sweet fragrance of ripe fruits fills the air across the country

year, the farmers could not spray insecticides in time, A variety of products Secret behind increase which increased the infestation of harmful insects, he said. To cope with the situation, turned out in output the farm conducted the survey The Taedonggang Combined According to him, the farm of harmful insects in advance Fruit Farm in Samsok District spread over 30 tons of organic while taking steps to apply of Pyongyang has increased fertilizer per hectare of the agrochemicals immediately harvest of apples this year. orchard and 10kg of carbonated after the rain stopped. “We’ve harvested more nano fertilizer for each fruit tree They helped the farm save than 40 species of apples this to suit the topographical and much agrochemicals and year, including ‘Kumgang’, soil conditions. improve the blight-killing effect ‘Cholryong’ and ‘Unnyul’,” And it sprayed a biological as against before when it applied said farm manager Choe Chol activity reinforcing agent onto them mechanically. Yong. the leaves of fruit trees over In particular, it made a Chief engineer Kwak Chil three times a day. vegetable insecticide with an Song ascribed the increased fruit The farm also attached extract from a plant growing harvest to their improvement of importance to the extermination in the area to improve insect- the nutritive conditions of fruit of harmful insects. killing effect while halving the trees. As it rained frequently this amount of chemical insecticide applied. The pomiculture institute of the farm designed a blight RYANG KUM CHOL simulation program to analyse Fruit juices roll off the production line at the Taedonggang and inform when and where General Fruit Processing Factory. blight attack would occur The Taedonggang General trends of development in their so that the farm could take Fruit Processing Factory is much field on a regular basis, adding precautionary measures to concerned with developing new they studied hundreds of prevent the blight damage. products. samples this year. This year all apple trees of the “Our factory considers They indicated the directions farm have borne over 1.5 times development of new products as of development for all research more fruits than last year and the a key to reenergizing production teams such as drink, spices weight of each apple increased and directs efforts to it,” said and fermentation and gave more than 1.3 times on average, chief engineer Son Song Ryong. precedence to upgrading the said the chief engineer. “The “Our utmost concerns here are to standards in the design of farmers are now busy picking raise the value of new products products while intensifying fruits to be supplied to various by adding functional ingredients literature search. Thus, they KIM YONG CHAN units across the country”. and to design stoppers and developed several products Apples are gathered in at the Taedonggang Combined Fruit trademarks and decide the size including a no-sugar no-calorie Farm. By Yun Kyong Il PT and quality of containers in a drink, the first of its kind in the fresh way so as to make them country. user-friendly.” They have brought out over 20 According to him, the factory kinds of new products including Advanced methods introduced to is paying special attention to the fruit kefir, fruit sweets with size and shape of containers and stuffing, yogurt, body cream making and purchasing different and nourishing shampoo. growing fruits moulds and containers. The factory’s fruit fermented It is also readjusting the mixing vinegar, functional vinegary The Pyongyang Fruit Farm in fertilizer by processing trial introduction of newly- ratios and physical and chemical drink and the animal feed Ryokpho District, Pyongyang, corn shucks and rice straw cultivated fruit tree saplings and processing characteristics of production method based on is introducing scientific with compound fungi for develop more efficient existing products to develop processing of fruit by-products culturing methods to increase initial manure for fruit biological pesticide while new products with better taste using fibre lytic bacteria were fruit outputs. trees, thus remarkably inflicting no damage to and at lower cost. highly appreciated at the 34th “The farm has produced increasing the effectiveness environment in the near future,” Pak Un Ryong, chief of the national sci-tech festival last more fruits than the same of fertilizers and providing said section chief Ri Il Chan. technical department, said year. period of last year by enough amounts of nutritive that they are digging into the introducing new methods,” elements necessary for the By Yun Ki Song PT nationwide and worldwide By Kim Il Jin PT said chief engineer Chae Chun growth of trees. Nam. In addition, the farm What draws special ensured timeliness of foliage to the families of war veterans, attention in them is that dressing in accordance with honoured disabled soldiers and big efforts are directed growing periods of fruit Greengroceries busy service personnel and provides to nutrition management of trees and introduced a food mobile services at dawn for the fruit trees. production cycle to secure convenience of residents. The farm newly developed necessary amounts of organic with supplying fruits “As we are supplied with amino acid microelement fertilizer. Greengrocer’s shops in succession,” said an official various fruits according to compound fertilizer based It also introduced such Pyongyang are tied up with the of the Pyongyang Municipal seasons at nominal price, on by-products of cement advanced methods as shape- supply of fruits these days. People’s Committee. everyone feels deep gratitude production and domestic making and pruning. “Pyongyang citizens are According to him, more fruits for our excellent system,” said animals rather than sulphuric It doubled the prescribed regularly supplied with the are to be provided for each Mun Kyong Rok, a 60-year-old acid. number of saplings fruits from the Taedonggang citizen this year than last year. woman living in Neighbourhood According to workteam per hectare than the Combined Fruit Farm and Kwail “I have been working as a Unit No. 25 of Taedongmun- leader Kim Jae Son, the new previous days to increase the County in South Hwanghae fruit and veg seller for scores dong, Central District. fertilizer makes it possible output by transforming peach Province in the period between of years. Not only suppliers Trucks also carry fruits to the to improve the quality of saplings into Y-shaped ones. July and October. First peaches but customers are grateful for hospitals, schools for orphans, fruits and lower production The farm has a production were supplied to them last July. the popular policies,” said Ri baby home, orphanage and old costs to a quarter as against base for efficient vegetable Convoys of trucks carrying Myong Son, manager of the people’s home in the city. before. agrochemicals. apples and pears are now Junggu Greengrocery. It also produced organic “We intend to make a coming to greengroceries in The store delivers fruits first By Jong Hwa Sun PT Page 4 Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020)

APPLIANCE RECYCLING Factory adopts innovation Raw materials reused to to increase production generate profits The Taean Electrical induction furnace and large- process and applied new jigs Appliances Factory is making size bar pointer to apply them to to improve the processing of innovations in the production the production of copper wires various parts including end of transformers to be supplied and ensure rapidity and shield. to major construction projects. accuracy of the wire rolling Meanwhile, it set up an It is constantly devising preparation work. advantageous control system technical innovation plans They also remodelled a press so as to save much electricity and introducing them into and a cutter to improve their and carry out load tests of DC production. operation efficiency and ensure motors on a high qualitative The factory’s technicians good quality of cut products. level. remodelled an oil gauge They introduced a This year, it has remodelled for transformers to reduce rationalization plan that can thousands of motors and sent the size of products and reduce power consumption them to cooperative farms. save oil. They designed and and improve quality into the made a copper wire re-melting coil section heat-pressing By Yun Kyong Il PT

KIM HYOK CHOL NANOTECH An employee operates the large injector to produce battery- cell cases at the Taedonggang Battery Factory. The Taedonggang Battery consumption as compared to Nanotechnology widely applied to Factory, which is located the past by solving technical in Phyongchon District, problems to use waste graphite Pyongyang, has recently electrode in producing agriculture with good results established recycling systems reprocessed lead. The agricultural increase the average per-hectare 1.5-2 times longer than that. to get much profit. It also set up a dry refining nanotechnology institute of yield by ten percent, and the In particular, in case the Nowadays, the use of many process to raise the purity of the Academy of Agricultural fertilizer production process has vinyl sheet is used for seedbed, kinds of electrical appliances reprocessed lead. Science has recently developed been built in some ten cities and the germination rate of seeds is unthinkable apart from “The purity of lead, which nanotechnology products counties. and the growth of seedlings the use of battery and the is produced in the process which help the growth of crops Choe Song Ryong, director will be improved further wide use of battery brings consisting of dry refining and increase the per-hectare of the institute, said that a very as the sheet has good light environmental pollution. furnace, mixer, pump and yield while reducing the small amount of its agricultural permeability and radiation Especially, the lead of the like, reaches almost 100 consumption of fertilizer and nano germicidal agent is enough function of far infrared rays that waste batteries is a material percent,” said technician Ri agrochemicals. as compared to the previous promotes the growth of young detrimental to environment. Chol Yong. The nano silicon fertilizer germicidal agent, and the seedlings and is highly efficient “We recycle lead from Besides, the factory has developed by the institute is agent has big penetrating and in heat insulation. worn-out batteries to prevent also built a pipe production cost-effective and has simple diffused power against germ The institute also turned out environmental pollution line which produces production process as it was cells and good mobility and various products including a and to reduce production different sizes of plastic made with the industrial waste adhesion. For its good effects nano photosynthetic reinforcing cost,” said Kim Song Chol, pipe with waste separator as the basic raw material. and application, it does not give agent and nano biological chief engineer of the factory. as raw material. According to researchers, damage to humans and growth accelerator. The factory established an It is carrying on research this fertilizer improves the environment. Its nanotechnology products electrical smelting process to increase the capacity resistance to fall and diseases When this germicidal agent were appreciated highly to recycle lead from lead and life span of 12V- of crops and, particularly, the was spread to crops and fruit at the national sci-tech oxide of waste battery. 18Ah battery for light by growth and nitrogen absorption trees including rice paddies, it festival and exhibition of the On that basis, it establishing a new production rate of the roots of rice exterminated diverse kinds of national nano technology produces lead for battery method based on machine paddies and disease resistance diseases and the extermination sector. with newly built resistance casting die. of rice paddies in the areas rate was over 90 percent. furnace. vulnerable to cold-weather The institute intensified By Kim Kum Myong PT It also halved electrode By Chae Hyang Ok PT damage. And the amount of research into nano germicidal the fertilizer used is only one agents, thus bringing out a nano thousandth as compared to the germicidal agent with stronger DEVICE previous silicon fertilizer extermination effects. which was consumed in large The agricultural nano quantities. functional vinyl sheet is more New tap changer instrumental in The introduction of the than double the tensile strength fertilizer into hundreds of and ductility of normal vinyl thousands of hectares in the past sheet, has good resistance to making power transformers years has confirmed that it can ageing and its serviceable life is The Taedonggang Electrical problem in developing the applying it. Appliances Factory in Nampho changer. has recently developed They designed and By Kil Chung Il PT a tap changer at 300A manufactured a spring by load. calculating the rational energy It is a worldwide trend of tension spring which can to increase the stability of change the operating contact transformer by installing in a moment while passing on-load tap changer 300A current. in power transformers. They also made a new “Our tap changer has been insulation cylinder which can designed to act according to be claimed to be the core in the a new structure of operating making of the tap changer. principle in keeping For its wide application, it with 300A capacity of load can be used to manufacture current,” said Pak Jong Ryong, the insulation cylinder key developer and section chief of power transformer of the factory. and produce a variety SONG YONG SOK Developers settled the size and of insulators and contacts. The agricultural nanotechnology institute under the Academy structure of fixed and operating The factory has reportedly Tap changer developed by of Agricultural Science works to develop products to help contacts which can change made some 20 kinds of facilities the Taedonggang Electrical increase crop yield. at the time of load, a knotty and over 500 pieces of parts by Appliances Factory. Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020) Page 5

EDUCATION To develop education into one that can guarantee future Teachers training college improves Environment renewed teaching methods to better conditions Pyongyang Teachers for assessing the application teaching method, the teaching aid Training College actively ability of the intellectual using method and the methods introduces advanced teaching development schemes devised of combining instruction and methods in keeping with the by students, and dozens of edification in primary education modern trend of educational programs developed at the and combining school and development and pedagogical college have proved effective family education. requirements in order to in boosting the performance of Students improve their improve students’ actual students. practical technical and abilities. It also developed an application abilities in More than 100 situations education control system for multifunctional classrooms that may arise in the course steering in real time the course including those for practising of giving lessons at primary of lecturers’ teaching and primary school teaching schools have been added to students’ study. methods, preschooling methods the virtual reality teaching As a result, all forms of and natural experiment teaching experience system so as to teaching are carried on by methods. enable students to possess the way of discussion including The introduction of new JON KWANG HUN capacities to deal with various debate, thus improving teaching methods has fired A glimpse of the nature study room at Ponghak Primary School in Phyongchon District, Pyongyang. situations as they get virtual students’ ability in eloquence students with study zeal, teaching experience. and expression. increased teaching density, The educational conditions educational development and The college also made and And the college has positively brought the whole process of and environments of schools over 190 schools were newly introduced over 60 pieces of adopted extracurricular group teaching closer to educational are constantly upgraded amid designated as technical senior multimedia combining artificial running methods including reality and enabled students the nationwide interest in the middle schools last April. intelligence and augmented those of guiding children to theoretically understand DPRK. Technical senior middle reality technologies, thereby in amusement games using teaching content in correlation “Some years ago, our school schools are dedicated to making it possible to enhance virtual toys, developing their with basic and adjacent was not equipped with advanced training technical personnel students’ practical teaching intelligence using abacus and subjects. educational conditions and in the sectors of the metal, capacities while reducing the getting them to study foreign The college continues environments in keeping with coal-mining, chemical and difference between mock and languages through image to research new teaching the latest trend of educational electric industries and fishery, practical lessons. memory in order to increase methods so as to make teaching development, but now it has agriculture, pomiculture and It has applied to education a students’ guiding and practical content more practicable, changed,” said Jong Yong Su, animal husbandry. robot-based teaching method abilities. comprehensive and up-to-the- headmaster of Sungni Primary Those newly designated this for comprehensively increasing It also teaches students minute. School in Rangnang District, year are exclusively involved in the intelligence of primary various other teaching methods Pyongyang. technical training in the field of school children and a system including the interactive online By Kim Rye Yong PT The exterior of the school information technology. building was refurbished with As part of the ongoing tiles in different colours, and nationwide effort to build model the corridors were turned into schools, over 30 schools such “hallways of knowledge and as Munsin Primary School of School develops programs to make common sense” full of visual Tongdaewon District, Hyongsan aids which are science-based Primary School of Hyongjesan and lifelike and also suit the District and Sanghung Primary study enjoyable for students psychology of pupils. School of Sosong District were The practice rooms, including newly built in Pyongyang and Teachers at Okryu Primary and talent. technology in several subjects. the nature room, have plenty more than 30 schools were built School in Taedonggang District, Divided into such sections The school’s teaching of experimental apparatuses or rebuilt in North Phyongan Pyongyang, are working hard as basics of music classroom, support systems that enable and facilities, while the Province. to develop and introduce new singing classroom, dance students to look at, listen to, classrooms are furnished with Jagang Province has furnished teaching methods. classroom and several other feel and assess new things by TVs, IP cameras and other a school in a mountainous area “We are intensifying research classrooms, the program helps themselves and combine study electronic appliances to become with the most unfavourable into teaching methods that suit students understand correctly and intelligence games are multifunctional. conditions and generalized the ages and minds of primary about voice parts and chords well received by the students Meanwhile, hundreds of the example to give dozens of school pupils by adopting by combining low and high- and their parents and also at schools across the country have schools facelifts. The building upgraded their educational of model schools is also pushed information technology and pitched sounds when they sing other primary schools. other means,” said headmistress in tune with the melody in the conditions and environments in South Hamgyong Province, Pak Pok Hui, adding in the textbook. in accordance with modern Rason City, South Phyongan By Ri Sang Il PT course of this they developed According to music teacher Province and South Hwanghae the music and dance combined Jong He Yong, many boys Province, among others. teaching support system. seemed bored and could not Besides, all provinces In the past music and dance concentrate their attention on including Jagang, South lessons, a teacher used to show music and dance lessons but, Phyongan and Ryanggang an example of the teaching after the introduction of the have consolidated the material content to be followed by teaching support system, they and technical foundations of pupils. got much more interested in schools by furnishing them with But with the new teaching music. computers, TVs and equipment support system, pupils can “The music subject is now and tools for experiment and learn the music and dance very interesting and I can practice. subject without the help of a sing really well in the singing The public interest in teacher. classroom,” said second-year education is constantly growing The system enhances their student Om Un Ryong. “Now in the DPRK thanks to the faculty of expression and I want to learn to play musical state policy of making a leap creation as well as the sight- instruments and to dance.” forward by dint of science and reading and sight-singing The school has also CHAE MYONG RIM guaranteeing the future by dint abilities and makes them capable introduced games, virtual Teachers discuss how to introduce a music and dance of education. of singing with emotion so that reality and augmented reality teaching support program at Okryu Primary School in they can fully display their gift technologies and 3D projecting Taedonggang District, Pyongyang. By Pang Un Ju PT Page 6 Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020)

MACROBIAN COSTUME Centenarian tells about her To preserve tradition and life with pride beauty of Korean costume The Garment Research over upper garment) and With the number of to do things for the good Institute of the Academy of turumagi (overcoat) and macrobians increasing of the country. Light Industry is channelling children’s rainbow-coloured in the DPRK year after The reporter was efforts into standardizing the jacket. year, Jang Tuk Gum, engrossed in hearing design and processing method On the other hand, much time resident in Sunchon-dong her story, when the of Korean costume. and energy is spent to creating in Sunchon of South doorbell rang. Then “Our institute has newly threw the design of men’s paji Phyongan Province, there came the leader of light upon various technical (trousers) and jogori (jacket). greeted her 100th birthday her neighbourhood unit problems arising in the creation After making an in-depth last May. and her household doctor of designs and the processing research into the data of men’s She was living in a from the dong clinic. of Korean costume,” said Kim attire, the institute created the large single-storey house When Jang reached 90, Myong Sil, chief of the office of designs of paji and jogori in together with her second the clinic put her name Korean costume. close contact with Pyongyang daughter Ri Chang on the list of macrobians, The institute added a special Jang Chol Gu University Suk and Ri’s son and and since then its doctors touch of refined beauty by of Commerce, Pyongyang daughter-in-law. have taken special care updating the techniques of University of Fine Arts, Korean Guided by Ri who of her. making the trimming line of Folklore Museum and other looked younger than According to the jogori and the lower part of a units related to Korean costume her advanced age of 71, household doctor, sleeve while preserving well and offered a prize for them on The Pyongyang Times Jang has normal blood the formal factors peculiar several occasions. reporter entered the room pressure and a strong to Korean costume including It further diversified the of the centenarian who PAK KWANG HUN heart. collar, breast-tie and collar colour matching of upper part warmly welcomed her. Jang Tuk Gum living in Sunchon-dong of strip. of jogori and paji and the colour Sunchon City, South Phyongan Province, And the leader of the After exchanging receives congratulations from her neighbourhood unit Researcher Choe Hyang Mi selection of sleeveless jacket greetings, the reporter granddaughter and great-grandson on said Jang’s grandson pictured flowers in the lining and turumagi as it completed asked the elderly woman her 100th birthday. and granddaughter-in- for skirt and jacket, which the processing technique which if longevity ran in her law and all other family was harmonized by light pale subdivided all the structural family. After Korea’s liberation, she members take good care of her yellow and light pink colours elements as the position, width She shook her head with a could lead a happy life worthy health. favoured by Korean women and length of breast-tie, gusset smile on her kind and healthy of human being together with The city authorities saw to it and embroidered full-blown and collar and the tailoring of face free from senile plaque her husband who narrowly that her house was repaired and apricot blossoms on the surface trousers. and told the journalist about her escaped death to return home. furnished with more household coating. Thus, she came up with It also perfected the life. Although she lost her parents, articles in the run-up to her the design of bridal dress and standardized technical indices She was born to a poor slash- brother and sister by enemy centenary. the processing method which badly needed for the design and and-burn farmer as a second bombing and her husband was “I live happily as the country promoted the cubic effect of processing of wedding clothes daughter out of three siblings in killed by the enemy during the shows deep concern for my costume like an art work. of young people and the holiday Chonsong-ri of Unsan County, Fatherland Liberation War, health and life and my offspring Besides, the institute clothes of middle-aged and old South Phyongan Province, in she overcame all sorrow and are devoted to me. Some standardized the designs of people. May 1920. devoted her all to the production time ago, Supreme Leader holiday clothes for men and It is pressing on at the final Pressed by hard life, her of food grain in wartime. Kim Jong Un sent me a birthday women, including tangui stage with the writing of book parents married her to a good- She worked as an official in the spread. I feel regretful as I cannot (ceremonial dress) and paeja for design, layout and processing natured man soon after she came days of postwar reconstruction repay the favour shown by him,” (women’s waistcoat) promoting methods of Korean costume. to maturity, but her husband and socialist construction, as she said Jang Tuk Gum. the women’s beauty of line, was forcibly drafted for labour brought up three children. Even magoja (Korean jacket worn By Ri Sung Ik PT by the Japanese imperialists. after retirement, she volunteered By Pang Un Ju PT

SPA Hot springs good for health and medical treatment Hot spring is the mineral Onjong-ri of Yangdok County of radon, and therefore it has spring whose water has a in South Phyongan Province. widely been used for treating temperature of over 20oC in Over 60 spas across the skin diseases. It is recognized as natural condition, and the DPRK country warm the body to a pollution-free spa as it is free has lots of such famous spas. dilate blood vessels and have from ammonium, nitrous acid, The place names of the country physical and chemical actions nitric acid ion and especially containing such characters as with their hydraulic pressure, pathogenic microorganisms. “on” and “chon” can be seen floating force and chemical Hot springs whose water has as having connection with hot components. a high temperature at the wells RYU KWANG HYOK spring. Typical examples are Sokthang Hot Spring is a high and which have high water Researchers work to standardize the designs and processing Myongchon County in North temperature spa in Yangdok yields are highly effective methods of traditional costume at the Garment Research Hamgyong Province, Samchon County, South Phyongan in softening skin, promoting Institute under the Academy of Light Industry. and Paechon counties in South Province, which contains lots of myocardial contraction, blood Hwanghae Province and sulphur and a very small amount circulation and antiphlogistic treating rheumatoid arthritis and There are various and reproductive processes and peripheral neuritis. balneotherapies according to inhibiting gastric secretion. At Kyongsong Hot Spring indications, including drinking, Talchon Hot Spring in in North Hamgyong Province gastric and rectal lavage, Samchon County, South the water springs up through bathing, inhalation, sand bath Hwanghae Province, is famous the thick sand layer and sand and washing of lesions. for the great curative power. bath is highly efficacious there. Sanatoriums are found at spas It is also called Jongdal (lark) It is good for the treatment of in the country. hot spring, which derives from a disorders at the backbone and In particular, a hot spring legend about a lark that recovers in the nervous system, chronic resort was built in the Yangdok from a leg injury at the spa. The gastritis and other diseases. area last year to provide people water is effective in enhancing Other well-known spas are with various therapeutic and the autonomic nerve functions, Ryonggang Hot Spring in physical exercise services. The Yangdok Hot Spring Resort provides visitors with various promoting blood circulation Nampho and Unsan Hot Spring therapeutic and physical exercise services. and antiphlogistic process and in North Phyongan Province. By Ri Myong Jun PT Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020) Page 7 AU Briefly

Africa advances towards Zimbabwe New agricultural development strategy unveiled independence and prosperity Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa issued a new t present, the and realizing continental up continental cooperation and discussed the matters agricultural development strategy on African Union integration, and the in wide fields through the of cementing unity for August 26. Ais channelling requirements of the regular summit and on other economic development in The new strategy is aimed to shore up the big efforts into improving changed times as well. occasions. the region and encouraging agricultural sector which is very important the socio-economic and The First Ordinary The 33rd Ordinary all member nations to join for the national development, he said, political position of its Session of the Assembly Session of the Assembly efforts and take necessary adding that the government would continue member states. of Heads of State and of Heads of State and measures to enhance the to assist the local farmers, so as to ensure The AU was Government of the AU Government of the AU position and role of African food security. inaugurated at the special took place in South held in Addis Ababa of women. It is said that in the country agriculture summit meeting of the Africa’s Durban in July Ethiopia this year discussed It clearly demonstrated accounts for about 15 percent of the GDP Organization of African 2002, signalling the start measures to solve such the unanimous stand of and more than 60 percent of its population Unity held in Libya on of its work. serious continental the members to reject are engaged in the sector. September 9 1999. The The AU has developed problems as dispute and foreign intervention by summit declared the AU into a pan-African spur regional growth. strengthening unity and Uzbekistan would be set up in place organization with 55 In addition, the session cooperation. Steps taken to protect national economy of the OAU, reflecting the member nations and pledged to go on with the The AU’s efforts to The Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan long-cherished desire of an authoritative group work for creating the joint build an independent and said on Monday that the import of some the continental people to struggling to protect the anti-terrorist forces of thriving Africa will bear foreign goods would be banned from build a powerful Africa interests of the Africans. the continent in order to good fruits. November 1 and the supervisory authorities by ensuring lasting peace The union makes ensure regional stability would intensify their control to the import and stability in the region positive efforts to bolster and eliminate terrorism By Choe Yong Nam PT of goods. It is aimed at revitalizing domestic producers by ensuring the domestic WRONGDOING heavy casualties, but no production of the imported goods, it country has ever taken noted. advantage of a natural In addition, the work for the enactment Koreans massacred disaster to massacre another of a new law on the import of goods is also nation like Japan. being stepped up, it said. International law following Kanto earthquake stipulates that mass Palestine ne of the greatest Under such Japan. slaughter aimed at Israel accused of territorial seizure earthquakes in circumstances, groundless More than 23 000 annihilating the whole of move Japan’s history rumours that Koreans set innocent Koreans were a country, nation, race or The Palestinians in a village near Hebron O in the West Bank have recently launched a occurred in Kanto on fire and poisoned wells were slaughtered by outrageous part of them is a crime September 1 1923, causing widely spread. After that, and unimaginable methods against humanity and it protest action against the Israeli moves to huge casualties and massive the theory about Koreans in a few days. should be punished without seize their territory. damages. The quake planning an insurrection The Japanese set up applying the statute of According to foreign media outlets, claimed a lot of lives and left was fabricated, followed checkpoints at street corners limitations. Therefore, Jewish settlers in Hebron reportedly started over 1.2 million homeless by the announcement to pick out Koreans by Japan is wholly to blame to build a road to the village to wrest the and many others missing of royal ordinance No. making them pronounce for massacring Koreans land there. as it set over 10 cities and 401 by the Japanese king difficult Japanese words and at the time of the great Lots of Palestinians put up tents and villages on fire. on mercilessly killing mercilessly killed them on earthquake in Kanto. embarked on the struggle to defend their An extraordinary meeting Koreans. Accordingly, the spot. Japan should honestly territory in protest against the move. of the Cabinet was held the whole country was The massacre of Koreans admit its heinous crimes at the Prime Minister’s placed under martial was an infamous mass against Koreans in the China, Russia residence in the afternoon of law and the army, murder committed by the past, make an apology and Cooperation deal inked that day, which police, vigilante corps, Japanese in an organized and reparations and withdraw Recently, China and Russia signed a issued an order to resort young people’s corps planned way by mobilizing from its policy of hostility protocol on the execution of plans that to every possible means and other rightist the whole state power. towards the DPRK as early are pushed ahead within the limits of in order to appease the gangsters all turned out There are many natural as possible. the 2020-2021 year of China-Russia antipathy of the citizens to go on the rampage disasters recorded in the scientific and technological innovation towards the government. against Koreans throughout world history for causing By Om Ryong PT and cooperation. Both sides also concluded an MOU on establishing a joint lab for the research VIETNAM It strives to turn into COVID-19 and an agreement on Southeast Asia into an cooperation in the training of experts in area of peace and stability new technological fields who can speak In a bid to build a developed as it externally strengthens Russian. cooperation with regional Cuba countries. industry Vietnam has a time- Hurricane hits island he Socialist The Vietnamese people Vietnam, which was held in honoured history of On August 24-25, a 70-100km/h Republic of waged a war of resistance January 2016, called on the friendship with the DPRK. hurricane hit the southern coastal Vietnam in against foreign invaders whole party and all people In March last year, area and western region of Cuba to T destroy over 2 000 houses, cut off Southeast Asia is known as and the struggle for to steadily advance towards Supreme Leader a granary of the world. achieving the country’s socialism. Kim Jong Un paid an communications service and electricity It is because the country reunification, thus Vietnam, which sets official goodwill visit to and water supply and damage agricultural has fertile land and the reunifying the country itself a goal to build a the Socialist Republic of crops including manioc, banana and majority of the locals are in the mid-1970s and basically modernized Vietnam so as to invariably maize. engaged in agriculture declaring the founding of industrial state by 2020, inherit and develop the Especially, the western provinces were to produce a large the Socialist Republic of designated shipbuilding traditional relations of reportedly damaged severely. quantity of rice every Vietnam in July 1976. as an important sector friendship and cooperation Cuban President Miguel Mario year. After proclaiming the of development and between the two parties and Diaz-Canel Bermudez said that the It had been under the founding of the socialist channels big efforts into two countries generation rehabilitation should be done with a view control of colonialists since republic, Vietnam has it while concentrating on after generation. to building better than before, adding that the late 19th century, but directed efforts to achieving developing fisheries and The efforts of the it is important to make positive efforts the Democratic Republic the country’s development tourism. In recent years, Vietnamese people to build a to repair the damage in power supply, of Vietnam was founded on and ensuring regional peace it has paid special prosperous country will bear telephone service, dwelling houses and September 2 1945 through a and stability. attention to bolstering up good fruit. agriculture. long period of struggle for The 12th Congress of IT and renewable energy independence. the Communist Party of development fields. By Song Jong Ho PT THE PYONGYANG TIMES Page 8 Sat, September 5, Juche 109(2020)

ARCHAEOLOGY pipal tree and tortoise-shell estimated that they are of great patterns. significance in the archaeology The second tomb with sector. Koguryo tombs with murals murals is also a Koguryo tomb Considering historical records with stone chamber and earth which say officials of above the mound. third rank were only entitled to and relics newly unearthed Excavated in the tombs are use tombs with murals in the nine pieces of gold ornaments period of Koguryo Kingdom, The Archaeology Institute Province. tomb with stone chamber and such as an elaborately crafted the excavation of these of the Academy of Social The newly discovered earth mound. gold ear ring and flower petal- historical relics brings to light Sciences has recently unearthed relics are two Koguryo Discovered on its four walls shape ornament. the fact that the area was one tombs with murals and relics tombs with murals and gold and ceiling are pictures of four The DPRK archaeology of the important administrative tracing back to Koguryo ornaments. guardians and parts of pictures society confirmed that the mural hubs of Koguryo. Kingdom in Wolji-ri of Anak The first tomb with murals like constellation, lotus flower tombs were built in the first County, South Hwanghae is a traditional Koguryo-style pattern, cloud, lotus leaf, half of the sixth century and KCNA

The murals and relics of the tomb from the period of Koguryo Kingdom (277 BC-AD 668) discovered in Wolji-ri of Anak County, South Hwanghae Province.

FOOTBALL SCENIC BEAUTY Pyongyang’s women team sets Moran Hill, pride of sights on premier league top three Pyongyang “More than half of our players be said to depend on the special and playmaking. Moran Hill is one of the scenic it makes the body and spirit feel are just fresh from the youth skills of the team’s players. In In the latter half of this year, places counted in Pyongyang. refreshed as the water drops team,” said Jo Song Ok, head my view, it is most important her team has mainly focused on In the past, Pyongyang on leaves glitter like rainbow- coach of the senior women’s to select players with special studying tactics. people called enjoying spring coloured beads by the effect of football team of the Pyongyang techniques and make each of “Whenever the ploys we on the Ulmil Pavilion as sunshine. Sports Club. them give full play to their elaborated with so much effort “greeting the spring on the The hill was reportedly called The team was recognized as fortes in accordance with the work, everyone jumps for joy, Ulmil Pavilion”, and viewing Hambangme, which means that one of the strongest at home team’s tactical plan,” she said. and in the course of this they the moon at the Pubyok it looks like a fully blooming until recently as it would finish She always finds herself grow in confidence and redouble Pavilion as “welcoming the peony flower which is wet with in the top three at the national among the players to observe their efforts to achieve a higher first full moon at the Pubyok dew. premier league. their merits and demerits and goal,” said the head coach. Pavilion” and they have rated Artificial falls in several But the ageing of the team cast to work out appropriate training The entire team is toiling with them as two of eight beauty places, ponds and pavilions, gloom over its future and the schedules and methods. a sense of mission to exalt the spots in Pyongyang. and over 180 kinds of plants and fear of its failure materialized as She applies herself to finding honour of their country and add Moran Hill was called thus in birds including Styphnolobium it fell to the fourth place at the out players who excel in the lustre to the name of their team. a sense that the mountain peaks japonicum, a natural monument, 2018-2019 national women’s speed of prediction, reaction look like a blooming peony. on Chongnyu Cliff add more premier league. and action, shooting, scoring By Kim Rye Yong PT The scenery of the hill is very beauty to the hill. The club replaced the team’s graceful since it unfolds unique On the hill, there are many head coach with Jo who had sights according to four seasons historical heritage sites rich international experience. in harmony with the wonderful including the inner and outer She was the captain and topography. walls in the period of Koguryo a centre-forward of the When we liken the spring which existed between 277 BC DPRK eleven when they scene, where all kinds of and AD 668. won international games in flowers bloom, to the childhood Today, Moran Hill is succession taking the spotlight of Moran Hill, the summer developing into a better cultural of the world and was a coach in covered with green foliage recreation centre with the charge of centre-forwards and should be called youth. reconstruction of Kim Il Sung midfielders when the DPRK It is good to have a rest in the Stadium, Moranbong Theatre, women triumphed at the EAFF shade of green thick forests under Pyongyang Municipal Youth E-1 Football Championship the burning sun in midsummer, Park Open-Air Theatre and 2017. but it will be another pleasant Amusement Park of Kaeson

She wants to hand down her JANG KYONG NAM experience to have a walk along Youth Park. past glory to her team. Women footballers discuss tactical plans at the Pyongyang the path while thinking. “The outcome of games can Sports Club. Especially, after pouring rain, By Min Chol PT

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