China, DPRK to pass traditional friendship from generation to generation
The East Pyongyang No. 1 Middle School located in Tongdaewon-guyok of downtown Pyongyang is well-known throughout the DPRK. Inside the brand new teaching building, a billboard calling for students to always be ready for the country is hung in the corridor together with an honor roll. It’s set to encourage and motive students to study […]
Can North Korea exist in international society?
International society is, historically at least, a rather British concept. It was first put forward by the scholar Martin Wight during a series of lectures at the London School of Economics in the 1950s. The basic premise being that when states interact with each other over time, there evolves a series of behaviors and practices. […]
Pyongyang’s acts increase tensions in the region
The international community was disturbed and taken aback by North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test in early January this year. The test was not only threatening the security and the peace of the Korean Peninsula but also the region and world at large. Malaysia is very concerned about this international issue even though it is not […]
China, DPRK mark 51st anniversary of milestone treaty
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — Senior political advisor Bai Lichen on Monday attended a celebration banquet to mark the 51st anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The banquet was hosted by Ji Jae Ryong, DPRK ambassador to China, at […]
Chinese official: Economic cooperation with DPRK goes well
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that China’s economic and trade cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is developing well. “China-DPRK economic and trade cooperation is currently in good shape in terms of development,” spokesman Hong Lei said at a routine press conference, adding that the two […]
DPRK blasts Clinton’s remarks on its human rights record
PYONGYANG, June 17 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday criticized U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks on its human rights record. A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry slammed Clinton’s recent remarks over the country’s human rights record and people’s life as “reckless,” according to the official KCNA news […]
NK Opera Group In China For Two-Month Long Road-Show
DANDONG, May 29, 2012 (Xinhua) — Singers of the Sea of Blood opera group of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrive in Dandong, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, May 28, 2012. A 175-member crew of DPRK’s Sea of Blood opera group arrived in Liaoning’s Dandong City on May 28 for performance of one of […]
Paying Tribute to Fallen Chinese Soldiers in Korean War
PYONGYANG — Staff members of the Chinese Embassy to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) stand in silent tribute at a martyrs cemetery to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People’s Volunteers during the 1950-1953 Korean War in Pyongyang, capital of DPRK, on April 4, 2012, Chinese traditional Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping […]
IAEA prepares for possible return of nuclear inspectors to DPRK
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies during a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Feb. 29, 2012. Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the agreement of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to suspend its […]
Hillary “DPRK Takes a Modest First Step”
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies during a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Feb. 29, 2012. Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the agreement of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to suspend its nuclear […]
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