Okryu Children’s Hospital Okryu Children’s Hospital stands face to face with the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital where the first cry of newborn babies resounds. During the past decade since the hospital was built, many children have recovered their health. The hospital has the departments of cardio-vascular surgery, cerebro-neurological surgery, abdominal surgery, resuscitation, respiratory medicine, dermatology, recovery treatment, function-diagnosis and so on. The hospital equipped with modern facilities is mainly operated by young and skilled medical workers. The medical workers in this hospital actively adopted advanced diagnostic and therapeutic methods to cure a large number of patients of refractory diseases including patients with congenital heart disease. The hospital conducted more than ten-thousand times of long-distance consultations and lectures with the telemedicine system and, in this course, it contributed greatly to the resuscitation of many children in the provinces. Children who are being treated in this hospital often forget that they are in a hospital. It is because there are statues of different themes and outdoor playgrounds around the hospital building and the inside is decorated with more than 1,720 pieces of animated pictures suiting the taste of children. The hospital also has classrooms so that children in kindergarten, primary and middle schools can study during their hospitalization. The medical workers of Okryu Children’s Hospital and the parents of patients say these circumstances and conditions are very effective in treating children’s diseases.

Great People’s Happiness being brought into full bloom in Dazzling Change of Pyongyang Pyongyang, the city of happiness and glory which is thriving and becoming more civilized year after year in the new age of change led by the great Party Central Committee, has greeted another “season of moving into new flats” in the April spring. The socialistic flourishing street was brilliantly built in the Hwasong area showing high contrast between the past Pyongyang city and the present modern one. The wave of jubilation of the blessed people is endlessly sweeping the street with the new legendary of prosperity and resuscitation made by the people-first principle of our Party. The grand construction plan of capital city determined by our Party has also been implemented in this year without fail delivering tangible outcome. Following the splendid inauguration ceremony held with the warm congratulations of the benevolent father, the working people, who will enjoy the new life and civilization of socialism, settled in the new houses. The new super-high-rise and high-rise apartment houses and various neighbourhood-serving amenities boasting their majestic appearances and figures as a splendid urban quarter are in harmony in a particular way. This large architectural group is seething with people moving into their new flats every day. Trucks carrying household goods are arriving at different parts of the new street amid the joy and songs. The owners of the new houses were deeply moved to receive the house licences and the builders extended warm congratulations, sharing joy with them. Such happy images can be witnessed only in the fairyland of the great socialist family being brought into full bloom day by day in the era of the Worker's Party. It is the great pleasure for everyone to see a series of auspicious day that happened in every year but the people who received the greatest honour at the unforgettable inauguration ceremony have extraordinary impression. The people with full of happiness could be found in every place of the ideal dwelling districts that has not only the architectural formative and artistic beauty but also the convenience of living- the people who are following the children asking to go to the serving amenities visited by the fatherly Marshal and the residents who are walking the nightless street till late at night. The people's laughter is growing louder day by day with the beautiful spring season when all kinds of flowers are in full bloom. This laughter has turned into all the people's cheer for the Worker's Party and socialism, reverberating across the country. Thanks to the love of the great leader to advance the bright future by doing everything for the people, the scene of moving into the new flats in Hwasong area is opened. This is the wonderful picture portraying the real life of the people who will enjoy all happiness and comforts in the advanced cultural country from generation to generation.

Day of Sun Celebrated in DPRK All the people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea celebrated the 113th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung with jubilation. An endless stream of people visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred place of Juche, where President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il lie in state. At the plaza of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, working people, youth and students paid the highest tribute to the President and the Chairman. Officials, working people, service personnel, youth and students laid flower baskets, bouquets and flowers before the statues of the President and the Chairman on Mansu Hill and in other parts of the country. Others visited the President's birthplace at Mangyongdae and reminded themselves of their bliss of having the illustrious leader. Children including orphans and primary schoolchildren across the country received confectioneries on the occasion of the April spring holiday. Looking round photo exhibitions in the capital city, in provinces and cities under the central authority, the visitors cherished the conviction that the glory of their country would shine forever under the leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un. Performances were given in Pyongyang and other parts of the country to celebrate the Day of the Sun, and the joy and excitement overflowed at dance parties of youth and students and working people held across the country. Laughter of working people, youth and students resounded at Munsu Water Park, Natural History Museum and other recreation centres. Songhwa, Hwasong, Rimhung and other streets in the capital city were decorated with spectacular illuminations, adding to the festive mood of the day. Public catering establishments offered special holiday menu and services, to the delight of people.

New School Year for 2025 Begins in DPRK In the morning of the meaningful school-opening day happy children all across the country headed for their schools, dressed in new school uniforms and new shoes and with Sonamu (Pine Tree) brand satchels. Under the warm care of the great father, children in primary and middle schools for orphans and in schools on remote islands were provided with Haebaragi (Sunflower)school things on the occasion of the new school year. Brand new schools built in the flood-affected areas last year such as Hadan Senior Middle School No. 1 in Sinuiju City and Kwangmyong Senior Middle School in Songgan County brimmed over with the sense of gratitude emanating from a number of parents who gathered together with their happy children. Officials of the Party and government organs and other relevant institutions, teaching staff and schoolchildren presented bouquets to new students entering the campuses and congratulated them.

115th Anniversary of March 8 International Women’s Day Celebrated in the DPRK Joy of women who are adding harmony and happy laughter to their homes and workplaces was overflowing throughout the country in celebration of 115th International Women’s Day March 8. Officials of provinces, cities, counties, institutions, factories, enterprises and farms congratulated women scientists, teachers, innovators and other exemplary women workers on the International Women’s Day. Various congratulatory art performances were given at theatres and outdoor stages in Pyongyang and local areas. A concert was given by the National Symphony Orchestra at Moranbong Theatre to mark the 115th International Women’s Day.

Women Revered as Flowers of Country, Society and Family in the DPRK Korean women, beloved and revered as flowers of the country, society and family celebrated the 115th International Women’s Day March 8. On this significant day, they recalled their dignified and proud days during which they have grown into a powerful force pushing one of the two wheels of the revolutionary chariot recording brilliant pages in the history of the country under the state policies of attaching importance to women. President Kim Il Sung gave importance to the role of women and set forth immortal programmes to be served as guidelines for the strengthening and development of the Korean women’s movement in each period and at every stage of the developing revolution. A large number of women cadres grew up under the loving care and trust of Chairman Kim Jong Il who assigned women to important positions in various fields and units. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is writing a new history of trust and affection for women with his noble intention that the development of the state is accelerated and the harmony and unity of society are consolidated when the position and role of women are enhanced. Under his loving care, our women have grown up as creators of miracles and feats, displaying the revolutionary spirit and mettle of the Korean women.