State Science and Technology Commission
Hypersonic Missile Test Starts DPRK New Year with a Bang
The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Munitions Industry Department [MID] tested a hypersonic missile on the morning of 5 January (Wednesday). According to DPRK state media, the “successive test successes in the sector of hypersonic […]
New SED Director?
Choe Sang Gon appears to have been appointed director of the Central Committee’s Science and Education Department [SED], replacing Choe Myong Tong. Since the beginning of October, Choe has attended three science-related events identified by […]
Kim Jong Un Votes in SPA Elections
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n), last seen arriving home at three in the morning from Viet Nam, voted in the elections for the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly during the morning [KST] of March 10 (Sunday). […]
Science Book Fair Opens
The 11th annual Pyongyang International Science and Technology Book Fair opened at the Sci-Tech Complex on September 10 (Monday). The book fair displays various texts published or disseminated by 70 different publishing houses from, among […]
PPJ Inspects Various Units in S. P’yo’ngan and Pyongyang
by Sierra Madden DPRK state media reported on July 3, 2018 that Vice Chairman of the State affairs Commission and DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (Pak Pong-chu) inspected the Su’ngri Motor Complex and the Jenam […]
6th Session of the 13th SPA Held
The sixth session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] was held at Mansudae Assembly Hall on April 11 (Wednesday). On the agenda were reports about the DPRK state budgets for 2017 and 2018, a […]
Cabinet Plenary Meeting 2018
An expanded plenary meeting of the DPRK Cabinet was held on or around January 19, 2018. DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju [Pak Pong-chu], Cabinet Ministers and Commission Chairs attended the meeting. Also in attendance as observers […]
