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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 (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 ...
Chollima-1 (Korean: 《천리마-1》형, cf. Chollima, a Korean mythological horse and Chollima Movement, a North Korean Stakhanovite movement) is a North Korean launch vehicle. Chollima-1 will be used by North Korea to launch satellites into orbit. It is a three-stage rocket and the first stage is based on the Hwasong-17 ICBM. [1] The rocket ...
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 ]
Chollima-321 is the currently manufactured model at the Pyongyang trolleybus factory Number 483 is an honorary vehicle; Kim Jong Un rode it on the night of 3 August. [57] Steering axles are built by CNHTC. First trolleybus since the Chollima 82/84 to be sent to cities outside of Pyongyang.
Chollima (Korean: 천리마) was a North Korean website providing news and information about economic policies and foreign trade. The website contained North Korea's first online shop, believed to have opened on 31 December 2007, which had a broad range of product categories including machinery, building materials, automobiles, health foods, music and films.
The first plans for a trolleybus network were proposed in 1957, though construction only began in 1960, after Kim Il Sung ordered it. The network begun operation on 30 April 1962, with an opening ceremony at Pyongyang Railway station to commemorate the opening of the line from the Three Revolutions Exhibition at Ryonmot-dong to the railway station.