Tag: birthday
State-run restaurants boom as N. Koreans increasingly forgo home-cooked meals
North Koreans used to prepare different kinds of food to eat with their families on major holidays, but things are changing.
Speaking on condition of...
Ahead of Kim Il Sung’s birthday, N. Korea intensifies anti-American education...
Ahead of the Day of the Sun (Apr. 15, a holiday celebrating the birthday of Kim Il Sung), North Korea has ordered that the...
North Pyongan Province orders a stop to illegal home additions
The North Pyongan Province People's Committee has begun to crack down on people who illegally build additions to their houses to accommodate two families....
N. Korean soldier’s desertion in Pyongyang causes major stir
The desertion of a soldier from a guard company at a Pyongyang university just a day before Kim Jong Il's birthday celebration caused a...
Drunken brawlers take to the stage to celebrate Kim Jong Il’s...
Workers at the Kilju Pulp and Paper Factory got into a drunken brawl ahead of the Feb. 16 holiday marking the birthday of late...
Non-tax burdens on Kim Jong Il’s birthday arouse anger among many
North Korean authorities issued orders for special guard duty throughout the country on Feb. 16, the 82nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's birth, also...
N. Korea’s distribution of gifts for Kim Jong Il’s birthday saw...
North Korea distributed holiday gifts to cadres of party and government organizations on the Day of the Shining Star (Feb. 16, Kim Jong Il's...
N. Hwanghae Province punishes officials for failing to properly care for...
After investigating the failure of a quality control office in Hwangju County to properly store apples reserved for senior party officials, the party committee...
Hyesan mobilizes some 8,000 students to celebrate Kim Il Sung’s birthday
Hyesan authorities mobilized around 8,000 students for a large-scale event to celebrate Kim Il Sung's birthday on Apr. 15. The event was by far...
Pence Cartoon: “The Eternal Tumor”
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