Following are highlights from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 2024:
1. The New Year performance of schoolchildren in 2024
It was given by schoolchildren for the first time in the presence of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
2. "Regional Development 20×10 Policy"
It was presented at the Tenth Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.
The first ground-breaking ceremony was held in Songchon County as part of implementing the "Regional Development 20×10 Policy".
3. In the field of national defence
Latest-type ICBM "Hwasongpho-19" test-fired with success
Ground jet test of solid-fuel engine for new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile successfully conducted
Submarine-launched strategic cruise missile successfully test-fired
Test-fire of surface-to-sea missile "Padasuri-6" successfully conducted
Power demonstration firing of 600㎜ super-large multiple rocket launcher sub-units conducted
Live artillery firing drill of graduates of O Jin U Artillery Academy conducted
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4. Inauguration
Kwangchon Chicken Farm
Kangdong General Greenhouse Farm
Central Cadres Training School of the Workers' Party of Korea
10,000 flats at the second stage in the Hwasong area
Jonwi Street
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5. Ceremony of commemorative march of columns symbolic of units during the Fatherland Liberation War held to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the great victory in the war
6. Visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation
The "Treaty
on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the DPRK and the Russian Federation" was concluded.
7. DPRK teams win 2024 FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women’s World Cups
The DPRK U-20 women's football team became one of the three strong teams that won the world cup three times in the history of the World Cup and its U-17 women's football team became the strongest team that won the world cup three times for the first time.
8. Military Hardware Exhibition "Defence Development--2024" held