Splendid Exhibition

 

People look round a light industry exhibition held in late October in the DPRK’s capital city of Pyongyang. The event was featured by a lot of new products of high quality.

South Hamgyong Provincial Riding Club

 

Riding enthusiasts develop their equestrian skills at the DPRK’s South Hamgyong Provincial Riding Club, which was inaugurated in April.

Korean Folklore

 

People perform at a recent exhibition held on the theme of “Protection, inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage” in the DPRK’s capital city of Pyongyang. Folklore is actively carried forward in the country.

Jangsan Point, Scenic Attraction of West Sea of Korea

 

Jangsan Point located in Ryongyon County, South Hwanghae Province of the DPRK, is one of the most attractive destinations in the country for its weirdly-shaped rocks and crystal-clear sea water.

Folk Dance Enthusiasts

 

Enthusiasts perform folk dances on the sidelines of a recent intangible cultural heritage exhibition held in the DPRK’s capital city of Pyongyang. Seen among the performers are boys as well as workers and farmers who are attached to folk dances of their local characteristics.

Charms of Korean Embroidery

 

The time-honoured Korean embroidery is distinctive and attractive for its delicate techniques and unique textural effect.

Kim Jong Un Seen at Exhibition Hall

DPRK media reported that Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, visited on October 19 the venue of a garment and footwear exhibition in the light industry sector and expressed satisfaction with the blossoming and developing light industry. 

The most impressive of the photos of his tour of the venue are those of him touching the garments and shoes on display to examine their styles and quality.

Usually, the maker of a product is held responsible for its type and quality.

But the photos suggest that he regards it as his important mission to improve the people’s cultural standard of living. They also remind the viewers that he is always concerned about how to provide the local people with consumer goods of better quality.

It is by no means fortuitous that while looking round the exhibits, he pointed to the need to ensure that progress in light industry leads the noble and beautiful trend of society and the development of civilization. This means that he takes the quality of garment and footwear products more as one of the important criteria for intuitively showcasing the people’s sound and beautiful civilized life than merely as the quality of consumer goods.

What deserves special attention is that he looked enormously energetic when he went round the exhibition hall. He gave the accompanying officials instructions with lively gestures—a strong suggestion of his self-confidence and conviction.

In recent years the DPRK has been pursuing the “Regional Development 20×10 Policy” initiated by Kim Jong Un with the result that modern light industry factories have been built in 20 cities and counties every year, contributing to steady expansion and consolidation of foundation of light industry. Reportedly competition is getting intense between light industry factories in the capital and newly built ones in regional areas over the development of new products and improvement of their quality. This trend is sure to grow further in the future as more light industry factories are continuously to be built in regions.

The recent show is a typical example.

His passionate image full of self-confidence and conviction was mirrored in the photos apparently because in the exhibition hall he saw the validity and vitality of the policy of the Workers’ Party of Korea aimed at the simultaneous and balanced development of the whole country by eliminating the differences between the capital city and regional areas and between urban and rural areas.