Category: Women of Korea
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Faithful Devotion
Sin Hyank Ok has been a dentist for over two decades and has proven herself to be an innovator for the people’s health and convenience.
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A Woman With Many Children
Kim Sol Hyang gave birth to just one son. But today she can say that she has many children who look up to her as mother.
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Potato Putting On a White Cap
Kim Jin Sun of the Korean Industrial Design Studio is known for designing a now famous trademark logo of the DPRK
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A Woman Scientist Living for the Future
Merited Scientist Yu Son Ok is now nearing 70, but she is still expanding the scope of her researches, tireless in her scientific persuits.
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Basketball Team of Working Women
Women workers of the Pyongchon District General Grocer’s Shop have formed teams for basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and tug of war.
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For Youth and Beauty
Hukjinju cosmetics are gaining popularity in the DPRK, and they are associated with the hard work of its developer Son Ryon Hwa.
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Pride and Honour of Life
Hyon Myong Hui, head of Sopho Nursery No. 1 in Pyongyang, today holds the proud title of meritorious person of socialist patriotism.
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A Talented Woman Technician
Kim Yong Chun has worked at the Pyongyang Building Stone Factory for over 20 years, an honorable contribution to her collective.
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Info Clip: Athlete-Heroine An Kum Ae
Comrade An Kum Ae is today an Olympic Gold Medalist, Labour Hero, and People’s Athlete of the DPRK.
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Always Thinking of Gold Medal
Dr. An Jong Hui, Deputy Head of the Pyongyang Sports Team, is dedicating herself for the health and success of her motherland’s sportspersons.
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Meeting of Women’s Union Officials and Members Observes Founding Anniversary of WPK
Meeting held in Pyongyang at the Hall of Women to mark the 76th founding anniversary of the WPK.
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A Housewives’ Workteam Carves Niche in Shoe Making
The Ryonmot-dong housewives workteam in Sosong District of Pyongyang are producing tens of kinds of diverse quality footwear.
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Farmer Finds Joy of Life in Doing Vegetable Farming Well
Sub-workteam leader Ri Pok Sil of the Oryu Vegetable Cooperative Farm has been a vegetable farmer for nearly 50 years.
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Info Clip: Cooking Practice Rooms Newly Built
Cooking practice rooms can be found in many of the new modern workers hostels in the DPRK, adding to their rich cultural life.
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My Hope Came True in the Motherland
People’s Artiste Jo Chong Mi, an Overseas Korean from Japan, found the warm embrace of her motherland and now teaches at Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory.
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Teacher Devotes Herself at Remote Mountain Village
Teacher Ro Yong Bok has been faithfully working at the Yaksan Senior Middle School of Nyongbyon County for the last 16 years.
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Writer Who Loves Cartoon Songs
Writer O Yong Ok of the Korea April 26 Animation Studio has written songs for cartoons including ‘A Squirrel and a Hedgehog’ and other famous works.
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A Precious Girl
Researcher Jong Yong Mi of the Pyongyang General Electric Cable Factory 326 is a proud woman innovator standing in the vanguard of her unit.
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Devotion to Orphans
Children of the Pyongyang Baby Home and the Pyongyang Orphanage have been warmly sent costumes and props for 10 years in a row now.
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Woman Ensures Domestic Production of Insulating Bricks
Comrade Hyon Ok Ju of the Pyongyang Thermal Power Station is conducting researches of insulating materials to ease strains on electric power supplies.
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Info Clip: Women Industrial Artists
An inside look at the proud women industrial artists of the Korean Industrial Art Studio originally established in 1955 in Pyongyang, DPRK.
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Pioneer in the Campaign Against Illiteracy
Comrade Ri Kye San, once a poor illiterate girl in bondage to a landlord, became a champion of literacy and sat at the highest DPRK power organs.