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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.
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 ...
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-091 (Korean: 천리마-091) is a high-floor, articulated trolleybus built from 2009 to 2018 by Pyongyang Trolleybus Factory for the Pyongyang trolleybus system. [6] The name refers to the Chollima Movement which in itself derives from the mythological Chollima while the model number means year of development 2009, model 1.
The Ch'ŏnma (Chosŏn'gŭl: 천마; Hanja: 天馬 meaning 'Pegasus'), often inaccurately referred to as Chonma-Ho, is one of North Korea's secretive indigenous main battle tank designs. The tank is also known by the name of 천리마 전차 (千里馬 or the " Chollima Tank") [ citation needed ] .
The Chollima (Korean: 천리마; Hancha: 千里馬) is a monthly educational magazine of North Korea. [1] It was first published in January 1959, [3] initially to support the Chollima Movement. The publisher is the Chollima Editing Committee of the Art and Literature Publishing House (문학예술종합출판사). Unlike most other magazines in ...