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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 ...
The Chollima-321 (Korean: 천리마-321) is a North Korean trolleybus with battery power built by the Pyongyang Trolley Bus Factory. [1] The name 'Chollima' refers to a myth about a winged horse that has since been adopted as the name of North Korea's Stakhanovite movement . [ 2 ]
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.
Chollima-1 is a three-stage rocket. This new rocket, based on images released by North Korea, appears to be a different launcher from those of the previous Unha family. It appears to be abandoning the Scud heritage and take a design based on the recent Hwasong-15 and 17 ICBMs with advanced rocket engines based on the suspiciously acquired Soviet RD-250.
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 ] .