Ceremonies for Opening New School Year Held in Schools at All Levels Ceremonies of opening new school year for Juche 113 (2024) were held at all schools throughout the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the morning of April 1. Prior to the ceremonies, there took place ceremonies of hoisting the national flag. Officials of the Workers’ Party of Korea, power organs and relevant units, teachers and students congratulated the freshers with applause and bouquets. Speakers at the ceremonies stressed that all the teachers should possess ennobling spiritual and moral traits and high level of scientific, theoretical and practical qualifications and fulfill their duty with credit true to the lofty intention of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to raise the country’s education to the world level. At the ceremonies students expressed their determination to study hard for their motherland. The first lessons of the new school year began after the ceremonies.

Ceremony for Opening New School Year Held at Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Disabilities A ceremony for opening the new school year took place at the Korean Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Disabilities on April 1. Present there were Yun Chang Il, chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, and children attending the centre and their parents, nurses, teachers and medical workers of the centre. At the ceremony, Song Hyang Chun, director of the centre, made an address to be followed by speeches. Speakers noted that many successes had been made in the rehabilitation, upbringing and education of children with disabilities under the benevolent socialist policies. The parents said that their children would grow up cheerfully and courageously, bringing their hopes and talents into full bloom free from worries in the future, too, thanks to the government’s policy of protecting the persons with disabilities. Then, the participants looked round various places of the centre.

545th Set of Triplets Born In March the 545th set of triplets left the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital amid blessing of many people. Their mother is Kim Un Suk living in Munchon, Kangwon Province, and father is a Korean People’s Army officer, O Kwang Hyok by name. Since she was admitted to the hospital after being confirmed as being pregnant with triplets in July last year, the medical workers at the hospital had devoted all their sincerity to her, frequently examining the life indexes of the fetuses and her health and immediately holding consultations and taking scientific measures whenever something abnormal happened. The triplets weighed 1.53kg, 1.45kg and 1.4kg at birth, but when they left the hospital their weights increased to 4.24kg, 4.62kg and 4.44kg. A special care system for triplets is established in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Once a woman is confirmed as being pregnant with triplets, she is put under intensive medical care. After birth, a boy is given a silver dagger and a girl a gold rings as a gift. The recently-born triplets are all boys. The Korean people call the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital the palace of babies.

Pyongyang Municipal Tourist Souvenir Exhibition held The Pyongyang municipal tourist souvenir exhibition-2024 was held at the Pyongyang Underground Shop in March 2024. On display there are more than 20 000 good of over 720 kinds presented by more than 190 units in the municipality. The exhibition has drawn the attention of the visitors for a variety of tourist souvenirs such as craftworks, folk goods, daily necessities, garments and processed foodstuffs produced to suit the tastes of tourists and their activities. It draws many people on the occasion of the March 8 International Women’s Day as it introduces such tourist schedules as Pyongyang municipal flight sight-seeing, visits to the Rangnang Museum, Kwangbop Temple and Mirim Riding Club and various sports and amusement games, and conducts the reception of application and service guidance for tourism in a peculiar way.

Greeting cards for Int’l Women’s Day Issued New greeting cards carrying warm congratulations and respects for the women were issued in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to mark the March 8 International Women’s Day. Reflected in those cards bearing such letters as “March 8 International Women’s Day” and “Congratulations” are deep gratitude for the women devoting themselves to prosperity and development of the country. Cards carrying images of women with ardent patriotism show the outlook on life of the Korean women adding freshness and beauty to the society. And cards depicting women labor innovators well show the mental world of the Korean women powerfully pushing one of the two wheels of the revolutionary chariot while making contributions to the national prosperity and development through their sincere and creative efforts.

International Women’s Day Marked in DPRK The 114th anniversary of March 8 International Women’s Day was significantly celebrated in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK). Many people visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill and in other parts of the country to pay floral tribute to them. Officials of all provinces, cities, counties, institutions, industrial establishments and farms visited and congratulated exemplary women workers of the relevant units. Colorful congratulatory performances and amusement games were held across the country to rev up the festive mood. A concert was given by the National Symphony Orchestra at the Moranbong Theatre, and a music and dance performance by the Mansudae Art Troupe at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre. And a one-act play, “A person I am looking for”, was given at the National Theatre and a joint performance by the National Acrobatic Troupe and the National Folk Art Troupe at the Pyongyang Circus Theatre. The art squads of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, the Workers’ Art Group of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, the art squad of the Ministry of Railways, etc. gave art performances in different parts of the capital city. In addition, there were congratulatory performances for women in South Pyongan, South Hwanghae and South Hamgyong provinces, Nampho and Kaesong municipalities and other parts of the country. Public catering establishments sincerely served women. Souvenir and flower shops, etc. across the country were crowded with people buying bouquets of flowers for their wives and mothers who devoted themselves to society, the collective and their families.