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The Sinpo-class submarine (Korean: 신포급 잠수함), also called the Gorae class (Korean: 고래급; "whale") [3] or Pongdae class (Korean: 봉대급), [a] [4] is a new class of submarine produced in North Korea. Only one submarine has been observed in service, the 8.24 Yongung. It is the largest submarine designed and built for the Korean ...
29 May – North Korea deploys 260 balloons carrying garbage and possible human waste over South Korea, which Pyongyang says is in retaliation for balloons sent into the North by anti-regime activists. [12] 30 May – North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Sunan-guyok towards the sea near South Korea. [13]
Naenara (Korean: 내나라; lit. my country) [1] is the official web portal of the North Korean government. [3] It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. [4] The portal's categories include politics, tourism, music, foreign trade, arts, press, information technology, history, and "Korea is One". [5]
This is a topic category for the topic North Korea The main article for this category is North Korea . Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
The Foreign Languages Publishing House (FLPH) is the central North Korean publishing bureau of foreign-language documents, located in the Potonggang-guyok of Pyongyang, North Korea. [1] It employs a small group of foreigners to revise translations of North Korean texts so as to make those texts suitable for foreign-language publication.
In 1996, during the 43rd anniversary, the day was promoted to the status of a national holiday, which involved raising the North Korean flag and resting for one day. In 1999, central plenary meetings were omitted. From 2000 to 2002, the ceremonies were reduced in size and was mainly run as a cultural athletic event due to the inter Korean summits.
Oh Chong-song (Korean: 오청성; born 1992 or 1993), also spelled Oh Chung-sung, [2] is a North Korean defector.Oh is one of several defectors who have defected to South Korea via the Joint Security Area (JSA).
Prisoner repatriation was one of the greatest stumbling blocks in the long cease-fire negotiations between the forces of the UN and those of China and North Korea. The warring factions finally agreed on an exchange of sick and wounded prisoners, Operation Little Switch, which was carried out in April and May 1953. That June, the two sides ...