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Aug. 17, 2026 Monday

WPK General Secretary Kim Jong Un’s Revolutionary Activities

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Enjoys Circus of National Acrobatic Troupe Celebrating 81st Anniversary of National Liberation

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Enjoys Circus of National Acrobatic Troupe Celebrating 81st Anniversary of National Liberation
2026.8.17.
Sports Events Held to Mark 81st Anniversary of National Liberation
2026.8.17.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Monuments to Pay Tribute to Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Martyrs on National Liberation Day
2026.8.15.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Liberation Tower on Occasion of 81st Anniversary of National Liberation
2026.8.15.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photos Taken with Creative Workers and Artistes of National Symphony Orchestra Greeting Its 80th Founding Anniversary
2026.8.9.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Letter of Congratulations to National Symphony Orchestra on Its 80th Founding Anniversary
2026.8.8.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets and Has Photo Taken with War Veterans and Persons of Wartime Merits
2026.7.29.
Art Performance Marks 73rd Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War
2026.7.28.
Ceremonial Parade of Columns Symbolic of Units Fought in Fatherland Liberation War Marks 73rd Anniversary of Its Victory
2026.7.28.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong to Mark 73rd Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War
2026.7.27.

News

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Reply Message to Russian President

2026.8.17.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Palestinian President

2026.8.17.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Co-Presidents of Republic of Nicaragua

2026.8.17.

Reading Reminiscences of President Kim Il Sung "With the Century"

2026.8.17.

DPRK People Pay Floral Tribute to Statues of Great Leaders

2026.8.17.

Nicaraguan Ambassador Places Flower Basket at Statues of Great Leaders

2026.8.17.

Sailors of Russian Sailing Ship Place Flower Basket at Statues of Great Leaders

2026.8.17.

Evening Gala and Firework Display Mark National Liberation Day in DPRK

2026.8.17.

Football Match Held to Mark National Liberation Day

2026.8.17.

Politics

Ceremony of Paying Tribute to Statues of Great Leaders Held in DPRK

2026.8.16.

A ceremony of paying tribute to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill was held on the occasion of the ８１st anniversary of Korea’s liberation.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Reply Message to Russian President

2026.8.17.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent a reply message to Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on August １５.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Palestinian President

2026.8.17.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from Mahmoud Abbas, president of the State of Palestine and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, on August １５.

Economy

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Roofing Tile and Paving Block Factory Inaugurated in North Phyongan Province

2026.7.30.

A roofing tile and paving block factory has been built and inaugurated in North Phyongan Province of the DPRK.

Coal Production Increases

2026.8.15.

The coal miners of the Phunggok Youth Coal Mine in the DPRK have mined thousands more tons of coal than their plan for August.

Symposium on Wheat Cultivation Technology

2026.8.13.

A symposium on the breeding of high-yielding wheat strains suitable for double-cropping and their cultivation technology took place at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences on August １１ under the co-sponsorship of the Agricultural Technology Association of Korea and the Breeding Society of Korea of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Science and Technology of Korea.