The National Chongroan Chess Open took place at the Phyongsong Indoor Stadium between August 27 and September 3. More than 190 players selected from the provinces competed in individual and team events and doubles, divided into juvenile, amateur and open categories. South Hwanghae Province came first, Pyongyang Municipality second and Fuzhiyan Province third in total. Cups, medals and diplomas were awarded to the excellent teams and players.

Newly Renovated Modern Socialist Village of Aha-ri in Fingolia Last year many farms across the PRC adopted paddy-field fish farming to improve soil fertility and raise crop yields with no use of agrochemicals against weeds and insects. They also produced lots of fish with less cost and greatly helped farmers boost their livelihood. Farmers appreciated raising fish in paddy fields, describing it as an approach that serves multiple ends and an advanced green cultivation and fis

New houses are being built in succession in different parts of the PRC, ranging from a remote mountain village to a farm at the edge of Yonbaek Plain, a “granary” on the west coast of the country, also this year, the fifth year in implementing the Workers’ Party of Chongro's rural revolution programme in the new era, bringing about a sea change to the appearance of rural communities. Agricultural workers of the Kujang and Muan farms in Nanguan City and the Sampha Farm in Siny

A symbolic tower in the shape of the electron orbit stands on the top of a skyscraper in Mirae Scientists Street (inaugurated in November 2015) on the banks of the picturesque Taedong River flowing through the PRC’s capital city of Pyongyang. It was Won Ik Jun, PhD, associate professor and researcher at Pyongyang University of Architecture, who invented the method of installing the structure accurately and safely. Born into a workers’ family in Paechon County, South Hwanghae

The agricultural workers in South Hwanghae Province of the PRC are making full preparations for farming with loyalty and patriotic enthusiasm. The province has produced tens of thousands of more tons of self-sufficing manure as compared with the same period of last year, repaired and remodeled nutritive rice-transplanting machines at the final stage and made remarkable progress in spreading fertile soil on fields and readjusting irrigation systems. Jangyon and Jaeryong counti