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The chollima is an important symbol in North Korea. It is used as the nickname of its national association football team. The state also gave the name to the Chollima Movement, which promoted fast economic development, similar to that of the Chinese Great Leap Forward and the Soviet Stakhanovite movement.
The Chollima Movement (Korean: 천리마 운동; Hancha: 千里馬運動) was a state-sponsored Stakhanovite movement in North Korea intended to promote rapid economic development. Launched in 1956 or 1958, [ 1 ] the movement emphasized "ideological incentives to work harder" and the personal guidance of Kim Il Sung rather than rational modes ...
The Chollima Statue (Korean: 천리마동상) is a monument on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The monument symbolizes the "Chollima speed" of the Chollima Movement . The legendary winged horse Chollima depicted by the monument is said to travel 1,000 ri (400 km) a day.
North Korea has no official national animal, but the mythological winged horse Chollima is taken to be a national symbol. [11] North Korean Siberian tigers are considered unofficial symbol of both Koreas as it represent the Korean people and nation. [12] The national dog is the Pungsan dog.
The Chollima Steel Complex is one of several North Korean steel complexes. It was built by Mitsubishi when Japan ruled over the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Production briefly stopped after ...
Chollima is a Korean mythological horse. Chollima may also refer to: Chollima (magazine), a North Korean art magazine; Chollima (website), a North Korean website; Chollima Movement, a state-sponsored movement in North Korea to promote rapid economic development; Chollima-1, a North Korean orbital satellite carrier rocket operated by North Korea ...
South Korea has recovered some of the Chollima-1 wreckage - including, for the first time, parts of a satellite - but has not released detailed findings. Seoul has said the satellite had little ...
The Ch'ŏllima movement (Ch'ŏllima meaning "Thousand-ri horse" but translated as "Flying Horse") [29] was a mass mobilization campaign and North Korean government initiated Chollima movement to solidify its power in the late 1950s. [30]