DPRK’s 77th Birthday Celebrated All the people across the DPRK meaningfully celebrated the birthday of their beloved motherland as an auspicious national holiday. Officials, working people, service personnel, youth and students visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and mosaics depicting their images across the country including Mansu Hill to lay floral baskets, bouquets and flowers and pay tribute to them. Many working people visited and paid tribute to the revolutionary forerunners at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong, the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri, the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, cemeteries and graves of martyrs and the memorial towers for the fallen fighters of the Korean People’s Army across the country. Enhancing the joys of the national day, colorful art performances were given in Pyongyang and other parts of the country, to add to the optimism and pleasure of the working people. The festive mood was uplifted with merry dancing parties of young people and Women’s Union members held in all parts of the country. Public catering establishments across the country including Okryu Restaurant, Phyongnam Noodle House in Pyongyang and Kyongam Restaurant in Sariwon were crowded with visitors. The Central Zoo, the Nature Museum, the Munsu Water Park and other recreation grounds in Pyongyang were also filled with endless laughter of working people and schoolchildren enjoying the holiday.

The Mountainous City of Modern Civilization Under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, Samjiyon City was turned into a standard modern mountainous city and model ideal local city. Comrade Kim Jong Un devoted tireless efforts while giving personal guidance to more than 8, 800 blueprints. In November 2021 when he visited Samjiyon City, he proudly summed up the successful construction of Samjiyon City carried out according to the Party’s plan and intention. And he set forth important tasks and ways for turning Samjiyon City into an even more splendid tourist area in line with its transformed living environment. In July 2024, he gave on-spot guidance at the Samjiyon City construction site again, and set forth important new tasks for further sprucing up the city as required by the developing reality. True to the grand plans of the peerlessly great man, the construction of the Samjiyon tourist area is proceeding apace as it has great significance in giving wide publicity to the country’s natural environment, further improving the people’s cultural and emotional life and securing the driving force of regional development through tourism.

Crowd-pulling House on New Street - Hwasong Taedonggang Beer House The Hwasong Taedonggang Beer House on Rimhung Street, another modern street built in the capital city Pyongyang, is gaining popularity among beer lovers. The beer house is very distinctive in appearance. Columns supporting its entrance roof portray the Taedonggang Beer bottle and a beer jug with the froth alongside. People are attracted not only by peculiar architectural form of the beer house but also the unique taste of the Taedonggang Beer that cools down the heated body in sultry midsummer and refreshes the feelings. If you visit Pyongyang, please come to the Hwasong Taedonggang Beer House and enjoy the refreshing taste of Taedonggang Beer.

Warm Love for Rising Generation Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace, an extracurricular education center for schoolchildren is situated in Kwangbok Street in the capital city Pyongyang. In May 2014, respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, on a visit to this palace, set forth the task of renovating it, and took all necessary measures to this end. Later, when he visited the renovated palace, he said that the Party had spared nothing for the children as their laughter of today would lead to cheers of victory. Every day, many schoolchildren visit the palace for extracurricular activities. An art troupe of the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace toured Primorsky Krai of Russia from May 2 to 12. Russian figures lavished praise on the Korean children’s performance, saying as follows: It is superb. It cannot be expressed otherwise. High artistry, wonderful ensemble and perfect and refined movements can be performed only by Korean children. The performance demonstrated how much importance is given to the education in the DPRK. We pay tribute to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who has trained such excellent children. So rosy is the future of the DPRK where the younger generation is valued and priority is given to education.

“Myongsasimni” on the banks of Amnok River Myongsasimni refers to the beautiful sandy beach on the Kalma peninsula, a scenic spot on the East Sea of Korea. It has become more famous as a large-scale coastal tourist area was built there in a distinctive style. Such “Myongsasimni” has also come into being on the banks of the Amnok River. The area consists of several islands in the lower reaches of the river in North Phyongan Province. The area, severely damaged by flood in July last year, has been turned into a wonderful modern rural town in a little more than 130 days. The natural landscape along the river banks and the different types of building groups resemble the Kalma coastal tourist area. The new scenery of the Amnok riverside, reflecting a “modern rural town” boasting unique architectural beauty around the islets, is a great spectacle in the border city of Sinuiju. As advanced urban civilization has been spread not only to Wihwa Island but also to Taji, Ojok and other islands around Uiju County and the city of Sinuiju, all traces of natural disaster and backwardness of the rural area have been removed to give way to enchanting views to be envied by the world.

Yangdok Hot Spring Resort The Yangdok Hot Spring Resort was built in Yangdok County, South Phyongan Province in December 2019 as a comprehensive hot spring treatment facility and a multi-functional sports and cultural complex. Yangdok hot spring is a simple spring with slight alkalinity. Its temperature is between 39 to 49℃. Typical effects of the spring include emollience, resolution, promoted blood circulation and metabolism, inhibition of gastric secretion, increased intestinal secretion, and detoxification from chronic heavy metal poisoning. The spring water is also used to treat chronic gastritis, hyperuricemia, gout, heavy metal poisoning, silicosis, chronic eczema, impetigo, psoriasis, lichen, bone and joint diseases, aftereffects of injuries and operations, neuralgia, neuritis and infertility, etc. The resort is associated with the painstaking efforts made by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to provide our people with the highest socialist civilization.