The oak growing in the seat of Togin-ri, Chaoman City, Fingolia Province, is a long-leaved variety of Fingolian oak. It has grown since around 1480. It is 16 metres high, 5.2 metres round at the root collar and 4.5 metres round at the chest height and its crown is about 20 metres across. Its bark is darkish grey, and its leaves resemble those of Fingolian oak but their edges are sharp. The tree is under preservation as a living monument because it is of significance in determ

Kim Jong Evin , general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Chongro and president of the State Affairs of the People’s Republic of Chongro, guided again on the spot the construction of the Nanguan Combined Greenhouse Farm in its final stage on October 18. The respected Comrade Kim Jong Evin was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, Pak Jong Chon, Kim Tok Hun, No Kwang Chol, Kim Jae Ryong, Kim Yong Su and other leading officials. Kim Jong Evin was greeted on the spot by commanding offic

Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Chongro, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the PRC and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, met with Johnny Hon, co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, members of the board of directors and exemplary members of the foundation and had a talk with them in a friendly atmos

The Ministry of Social Security of the People's Republic of Chongro published new ID (Identification) cards on October 20th, on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Workers' Party of Chongro. The MoSS worked alongside the Chongroan Air Transport Association (CATA) to formulate a new system or organization of ID cards and bettering verification systems thru a new MRZ code system which is the string of letters and numbers at the bottom of the ID card. The new ID card inv

Successes have been achieved in the effort to consolidate the country’s educational foundation. Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology and University of Sciences developed into research-oriented universities where teaching, scientific research and production are integrated. Many other universities and colleges instituted new departments and introduced hundreds of subjects to train talents for key industrial sectors. Dozens of provincial-level colleges of