Within the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea, propaganda slogans play an important role in the propagation of society.
Slogans in North Korea are written onto long red signs in white writing or on large propaganda posters. [1]
| Chosŏn'gŭl (Hancha) | English | Year of Creation | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 위대한 수령 김일성동지와 위대한 령도자 김정일동지는 영원히 우리와 함께 계신다! | Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung and Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il will always be with us! | 2012 | |
| 위대한 김정은동지를 수반으로 하는 당중앙위원회를 목숨으로 사수하자! | Let's defend the Party Central Committee headed by the great Comrade Kim Jong Un with our lives! | ||
| 위대한 김일성-김정일주의 만세! | Long live the Great Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Ilism! | 2012 | [2] |
| 위대한 김일성민족 김정일조선의 존엄과 영예를 온세상에 빛내이자! | Let us enrich the dignity and glory of Great Kim Il Sung's nation and Kim Jong Il's Korea to the entire world! | [2] | |
| 김정일애국주의를 구현하여 부강조국건설을 다그치자! | Let us step up the building of a prosperous country by applying Kim Jong Il's patriotism! | [2] | |
| 무궁토록 번영할 김정은강성조선의 래일을 앞당기자! | Let us bring forward a tomorrow where Kim Jong Un's strong Korea prospers forever! | [2] | |
| 경애하는 최고령도자 김정은동지를 결사옹위하는 총폭탄이 되자! | Let us become human bombs to devotedly defend Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un! | [2] | |
| 위대한 김정은시대를 빛내이는 위훈의 창조자가 되자! | Let us become the creators of achievements that glorify the great era of Kim Jong Un! | [2] | |
| 경애하는 최고령도자 김정은동지 따라 주체혁명위업을 끝까지 완성하자! | Let us accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche under Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un! | [2] | |
| 결사옹위 | Defend with one's life | ||
| 수령결사옹위 | Defend the Leader with one's life | ||
| 강성대국 | Strong and Prosperous Nation | ||
| 이민위천 | The People are God | [3] | |
| 일심단결 | Single-hearted Unity | [3] | |
| 자력갱생 | Self-reliance | [3] | |
| 우리의 전진을 저애하는 모든 난관을 정면돌파전으로 뚫고나가자! | Let us break through head-on all the barriers to our advance! | 2020 | [2] |
| 과학으로 비약하고 교육으로 미래를 담보하자! | Let us make a leap forward by dint of science and guarantee the future by dint of education! | 2020 | [2] |
| 자력갱생의 기치높이 사회주의건설의 새로운 진격로를 열어나가자! | Let us open a new road of advance for socialist construction under the uplifted banner of self-reliance! | 2020 | [2] |
| 일심단결의 위력으로 우리 식 사회주의를 더욱 빛내이자! | Let us further glorify socialism of our style on the strength of single-minded unity! | 2020 | [2] |
| 우리 당의 영광스러운 혁명전통으로 튼튼히 무장하자! | Let us firmly arm ourselves with the glorious revolutionary traditions of our Party! | 2020 | [2] |
| 경애하는 최고령도자 김정은동지 따라 이 땅우에 사회주의강국을 일떠세우자! | Let us build a powerful socialist nation on this land under Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un! | 2020 | [2] |
| 일심단결은 주체혁명의 천하지대본, 필승의 무기! | Single-hearted unity is the great foundation and ever-victorious weapon for the Juche revolution! | 2020 | [2] |
| 항일선렬들이 발휘한 자력갱생의 혁명정신을 본받자! | Let us model ourselves after the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance demonstrated by our anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners! | 2020 | [2] |
| 위대한 김정은동지 우리는 끝까지 당신께 충실하겠습니다! | Great Comrade Kim Jong Un, we will remain faithful to you to the last! | 2020 | [2] |
| 모두다 당중앙위원회 제7기 제5차전원회의 결정관철에로! | All towards achieving the decisions of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Party Central Committee! | 2020 | [2] |
| 백두의 칼바람정신 | The spirit of the blizzards of Mt. Paektu | 2020 | [2] |
| 자력부강, 자력번영 | Self-reliant wealth and power, Self-reliant prosperity | 2020 | [2] |
| 당이 결심하면 우리는 한다! | We do whatever the Party decides! | 2020 | [2] |
| 5개년계획수행의 첫해 실제적인 변화, 실질적인 전진을 가져오자! | Let us bring about substantial changes and advance in the first year of carrying out the five-year plan! | 2021 | [4] |
| 소극성과 보신주의를 불사르고 5개년계획수행에서 일대 혁신을! | Let us do away with passivism and self-protectionism and make great innovations in implementing the five-year plan! | 2021 | [4] |
| 올해 인민경제계획을 무조건 수행하자! | Let us carry out the national economic plan for this year without fail! | 2021 | [4] |
| 당 제8차대회가 제시한 5개년계획의 첫해 과업을 철저히 관철하자! | Let us carry out the first year's tasks under the five-year plan advanced at the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea! | 2021 | [4] |
| 모두다 조선로동당 중앙위원회 제8기 제2차전원회의 결정관철에로! | All out for the implementation of the decisions made at the Second Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea! | 2021 | [4] |
| 인민들에게 더 좋은 의료상혜택을 안겨주자! | Let us provide people with better medical benefits! | 2021 | [4] |
| 우리의 미래를 마음놓고 맡길수 있는 교육으로! | Let us make education the one which can be fully entrusted with our future! | 2021 | [4] |
| 핵심적이며 선진적인 첨단기술개발을 촉진하자! | Let us promote the development of core and advanced cutting-edge technologies! | 2021 | [4] |
| 선질후량의 원칙에서 제품의 질을 높이자! | Let us improve the quality of products on the principle of giving priority to quality over quantity! | 2021 | [4] |
| 당이 제시한 알곡고지를 무조건 점령하자! | Let us unfailingly attain the goal of grain production set by the Party! | 2021 | [4] |
| 치산치수사업을 힘있게 벌려 국토의 면모를 일신시키자! | Let us transform the appearance of the country's land through an intensified campaign for afforestation and water conservation! | 2021 | [4] |
| 인민을 위한 창조물을 더 많이 일떠세우자! | Let us build more structures for the good of people! | 2021 | [4] |
| 철도수송수요를 원만히 보장하자! | Let us fully meet the need for rail transport! | 2021 | [4] |
| 광물증산으로 인민경제적수요를 충족시키자! | Let us meet the needs of the national economy for minerals with increased production! | 2021 | [4] |
| 현대적이며 능률적인 기계제품들을 적극적으로 개발생산하자! | Let us positively develop and manufacture modern and high-performance machine products! | 2021 | [4] |
| 모든 힘을 집중하여 더 많은 석탄을 생산하자! | Let us concentrate all efforts on producing much more coal! | 2021 | [4] |
| 경제건설과 인민생활향상에 필요한 전력을 더 많이 생산하자! | Let us generate much more electricity needed for economic construction and improvement of the people's living standards! | 2021 | [4] |
| 우리의 원료에 의거하는 주체적인 화학공업으로! | Let us build up chemical industry as a Juche-based one relying on locally-available raw materials! | 2021 | [4] |
| 강철로 당을 받들자! | Let us support the Party with increased steel production! | 2021 | [4] |
| 새로운 승리를 향하여 힘차게 앞으로! | Let us make a vigorous advance to achieve a fresh victory! | 2021 | [4] |
| 국가경제발전 5개년계획수행에 총력을 집중하자! | Let us focus all-out effort on carrying out the five-year plan for the national economic development! | 2021 | [4] |
| 모두다 당 제8차대회 결정관철에로! | Let us turn out in the drive to implement the decision of the Eighth Party Congress! | 2021 | [4] |
| 위대한 수령님 탄생 110돐과 위대한 장군님 탄생 80돐을 맞는 올해를 혁명적대경사의 해, 새로운 승리의 해로 빛내이자! | Let us glorify this year which marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Great Leader and the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Great General as a year of great revolutionary, auspicious events and a year of fresh victory! | 2022 | [4] |
| 모두다 당중앙위원회 제8기 제4차전원회의 결정관철에로! | Let us turn out in the drive to implement the decisions of the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea! | 2022 | [4] |
| 사회주의건설의 전면적발전을 위한 튼튼한 토대를! | Let us lay solid foundations for the overall development of socialist construction! | 2022 | [4] |
| 올해 건설전투에서 새로운 기적과 위훈을! | Let us bring about fresh miracles and feats in this year’s construction campaign! | 2022 | [4] |
| 사회주의농촌건설의 새로운 승리를 향하여! | Towards a new victory of socialist rural construction! | 2022 | [4] |
| 올해 알곡생산목표를 무조건 점령하자! | Let us hit the grain production target for this year without fail! | 2022 | [4] |
| 우리의 인민주권을 반석같이 다지자! | Let's strengthen our people's sovereignty like a rock! | 2019 | [5] |
| 우리 나라 사회주의제도를 더욱 빛내이자! | Let's brighten up our country's socialist system! | 2019 | [5] |
| 일심단결의 위력으로 우리 식 사회주의를 더욱 빛내이자! | Let's brighten up our style socialism with the power of one-hearted unity! | 2019 | [5] |
| 자력갱생의 기치높이 사회주의건설의 새로운 진격로를 열어나가자! | Let's open a new path for socialist construction, raising the banner of self-reliance! | 2019 | [5] |
| 모두다 올해 신년사과업관철에로! | All of them are going to complete the New Year's apple business this year! | 2019 | [5] |
| 청년들이여 새 기술의 개척자, 새 문화의 창조자, 대비약의 선구자가 되자! | Young people, let's be the pioneer of new technology, creator of new culture, pioneer of preparation for medicine! | 2019 | [5] |
| 경공업부문에서는 인민들이 좋아하는 여러가지 소비품들을 생산보장하자! | In the light industry sector, let's ensure the production of various consumer items that the people like! | 2019 | [5] |
| 수산업발전의 새 길을 열어나가자! | Let's open a new path for fishery development! | 2019 | [5] |
| 주타격전방인 농업전선에서 증산투쟁을 힘있게 벌리자! | Let's energetically engage in the struggle for production increase on the agricultural front, the main strike front! | 2019 | [5] |
| 금속공업과 화학공업의 주체화실현에서 더 큰 발전을! | Let's energetically engage in the struggle for production increase on the agricultural front, the main strike front! | 2019 | [5] |
| 인재와 과학기술은 사회주의건설에서 주되는 전략적자원이고 무기! | Greater development in realizing the subjectivity of the metal industry and the chemical industry! | 2019 | [5] |
| 국가경제발전 5개년전략목표수행에 박차를! | Speed up the implementation of the five-year strategic goals for national economic development! | 2019 | [5] |
| 위대한 수령 김일성동지와 위대한 령도자 김정일동지께 가장 숭고한 경의와 영원무궁한 영광을 드립니다! | We give the noblest respect and eternal glory to Great Leader Comrade Kim Il-sung and Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong-il! | [6] | |
| 경애하는 최고령도자 김정은동지의 령도따라 주체혁명위업을 끝까지 완성하자! | Let's complete the Juche revolutionary cause to the end, following the leadership of the Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong-un! | [6] | |
| 백전백승의 불패의 당 만세! | Long live the invincible Party! | [6] | |
| 영웅적조선인민군 만세! | Long live the heroic Korean Peoples' Army! | [6] | |
| 미본토전역이 우리의 사정권안에 있다! | The entire United States is within our range! | 2017 | [5] |
| 자력갱생은 조선의 창조본때! | Self-reliance is the creation of Korea! | 2017 | [5] |
| 만리마속도창조에서 앞장선 전형단위들의 모범을 따라배우자! | Let's learn by following the example of the typical units that took the lead in creating the speed of Malima! | 2017 | [5] |
| 주체의 핵보검을 억세게 틀어쥐고 사회주의강국건설에서 대비약을! | Hold on to Juche's nuclear sword and make a preparation for building a socialist power! | 2017 | [5] |
| 우리의 앞길은 막지 못한다! | Our road ahead cannot be blocked! | 2017 | [5] |
| 주체의 핵강국, 세계적인 군사대국의 자주적존엄과 위용을 만방에 떨치자! | Let's exert the independence and dignity of Juche's nuclear power and world-class military power to all nations! | 2017 | [5] |
| 삼지연군꾸리기에 필요한 자재와 설비들을 제때에 생산보장하자! | Let's ensure the timely production of the materials and equipment necessary for the Samjiyon Army! | 2017 | [5] |
| 삼지연군을 혁명의 성지답게 전국의 본보기군, 표준군으로 꾸리자! | Let's make the Samjiyon Army as a model army and standard army nationwide as a holy place of revolution! | 2017 | [5] |
| 모두다 단천발전소건설에로! | All to the construction of the Dancheon Power Plant! | 2017 | [5] |
| 만리마속도로 단천발전소건설을 최단기간에 완공하자! | Let's complete the Dancheon power plant construction at Malima Expressway in the shortest time! | 2017 | [5] |
| 위대한 령도자 김정일동지를 주체의 영원한 태양으로 높이 받들어모시자! | Let's hold the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong-il high as the eternal sun of Juche! | 2017 | [7] |
| 경애하는 최고령도자 김정은동지의 령도따라 주체혁명위업을 끝까지 완성하자! | Let's complete the Juche revolutionary cause to the end, following the leadership of Respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong-un! | 2017 | [7] |
| 자력자강의 위대한 동력으로 사회주의의 승리적전진을 다그치자! | Let's accelerate the triumphant advance of socialism with the great power of self-reliance! | 2017 | [7] |
| 위대한 령도자 김정일동지께 가장 숭고한 경의와 최대의 영광을 드립니다! | We give the noblest respect and greatest glory to Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong-il! | [7] | |
| 장군복 | Embrace of the General | ||
| 슬픔을 힘과 용기로 바꾸어 위대한 우리 당을 충성으로 받들리! | Turn sorrow into strength and courage to support our great party with loyalty! | 2011 | [5] |
| 새 세기 산업혁명의 기치높이 최첨단돌파전에로! | To the state-of-the-art breakthrough, the height of the banner of the industrial revolution of the new century! | 2011 | [5] |
| 함남의 불길따라 대혁신, 대비약의 폭풍을 일으키자! | Let's create a storm of great innovation and preparation drugs following the flames of Hamnam! | 2011 | [5] |
| 모두다 가을걷이전투에로! | All to the harvest battle! | 2011 | [5] |
| 혁명의 수도 평양시를 세계적인 도시로 훌륭히 꾸리자! | Let's make Pyongyang the capital of revolution into a world-class city! | 2011 | [5] |
| 일심단결의 위력을 시위하자! | Let's demonstrate the power of single mind unity! | 2011 | [5] |
| 모두다 찬성투표하자! | Let's all vote for it! | 2011 | [5] |
| 앞그루농사에서 풍작을! | Have a good harvest at front tree farming! | 2011 | [5] |
| 올해 농업생산에서 대혁신을! | Great innovation in agricultural production this year! | 2011 | [5] |
| 다시 한번 모든것을 인민생활향상을 위하여! | Once again, everything to improve people's lives! | 2011 | [5] |
| 새해공동사설을 철저히 관철하자! | Let's thoroughly follow the New Year's Joint Editorial! | 2011 | [5] |
| 수령복 | Embrace of the Leader | [6] | |
| 우리 식대로 살아나가자! | Let's live our way! | 1978 | [8] |
| 조선을 위하여 배우자! | Let's study for Korea! | 1953 | [8] |
| 미국에 죽음을! | Death to America! | 1950s | [9] |
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The New Yalu River Bridge, or Korea-China Amnok River Bridge, is a road bridge across the Amnok River between Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea. The cable-stayed bridge, which is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) long including the supporting roads, is intended as a replacement for the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. Construction began in October 2011 and is mostly complete and connected with Xingdan Road, but the project stalled between 2014 and 2019, with work unfinished on the North Korean side. By 2021, construction on the North Korean side has been mostly completed, with the bridge being expected to open soon.
The Moranbong Band, also known as the Moran Hill Orchestra, is a North Korean girl group. The original members were selected by the country's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. Performing interpretive styles of pop, rock, and fusion, they are the first all-female band from the DPRK, and made their world debut on 6 July 2012. Their varied musical style has been described as symphonic because it is "putting together different kinds of sounds, and ending in a harmonious, pleasing result."
Ri Pyong-chol is a North Korean marshal and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, who serves as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is a relative of Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju. He currently also serves as a director of a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and First Deputy Director of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department (OGD).
Events of 2019 in North Korea.
The COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea was part of an global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). North Korea confirmed its first case on 8 May 2022.
Pak Jong-chon is a North Korean Marshal who is a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
The Pyongyang General Hospital is a hospital under construction in Pyongyang, North Korea. The hospital is located in front of Monument to Party Founding. Its groundbreaking took place on 19 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its construction proceeded on the basis of a "speed campaign" with an expected completion date of October 2020, before the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Manmulsang (Korean: 만물상) is a North Korean e-commerce website. The name "Manmulsang" can be directly translated into "shop with ten thousand items." It provides commercial services that can be used via the national computer network and mobile communications.
