Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week | Yonhap News Agency

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Korea's Kim oversees ground test of high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine: KCNA SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a ground test of a high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine using a composite carbon fiber material, saying the test was a part of the North's five-year plan to upgrade its strategic strike capabilities, according to state media Sunday. Korea's Kim says ties with Belarus will advance briskly in reply to Lukashenko SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a letter to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, expressing confidence that their countries' friendship will advance briskly, the North's state media said Tuesday. Korea begins new school year on 1st day of April SEOUL -- North Korea began a new school year nationwide Wednesday, with North Korean media reporting that leader Kim Jong-un gifted school supplies to students. Korea's Kim vows to advance ties with Vietnam in reply to Vietnamese president SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged to advance his nation's ties with Vietnam in a reply to Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, state media reported Friday.

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SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.
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N. Korea's Kim oversees ground test of high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine: KCNA
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a ground test of a high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine using a composite carbon fiber material, saying the test was a part of the North's five-year plan to upgrade its strategic strike capabilities, according to state media Sunday.
Kim oversaw the test of a newly upgraded engine made with composite carbon fiber material, with a maximum thrust of 2,500 kilonewtons, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said without disclosing the date or location of the test.
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N. Korea's KCNA, Russia's TASS sign agreement on media cooperation amid expanding ties
SEOUL -- North Korea and Russia have signed a media cooperation agreement, the North's state media reported Sunday, in the latest sign of deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said it signed the news exchange and cooperation agreement with Russia's Tass news agency the previous day, marked by a ceremony attended by Kim Pyong-ho, the KCNA president, and Andrey Kondrashov, director general of Tass.
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N. Korea's Kim says ties with Belarus will advance briskly in reply to Lukashenko
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a letter to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, expressing confidence that their countries' friendship will advance briskly, the North's state media said Tuesday.
Kim sent the message the previous day in response to Lukashenko's letter congratulating his reelection as president of the state affairs commission at the first session of the newly formed 15th Supreme People's Assembly, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
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N. Korea's largest labor group calls for 'full march' to fulfill party's 5-yr economic plan
SEOUL -- North Korea's largest labor group has urged workers to carry out a "full march" to achieve the five-year national economic development plan adopted at a party congress in February, state media said Wednesday.
The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, affiliated with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), made the appeal to its members and other workers nationwide at a plenary meeting Monday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
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N. Korea begins new school year on 1st day of April
SEOUL -- North Korea began a new school year nationwide Wednesday, with North Korean media reporting that leader Kim Jong-un gifted school supplies to students.
North Korea typically starts the new school year on April 1, nearly a month later than schools in South Korea.
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N. Korea condemns U.N. human rights resolution on Pyongyang: KCNA
SEOUL -- North Korea on Thursday condemned a recent United Nations resolution on human rights violations in the country, calling it a "grave political provocation."
The reaction came after the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council adopted its annual resolution on Pyongyang's human rights by consensus Monday at its 61st regular session, co-sponsored by 50 countries, including South Korea.
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N. Korea discusses implementation of parliamentary decisions at Cabinet committee meeting
SEOUL -- North Korea has held an enlarged meeting of the ruling party committee of the Cabinet and discussed the implementation of decisions adopted at last month's first session of the newly formed parliament, state media reported Thursday.
Presided over by Premier Pak Thae-song, the meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea committee of the Cabinet held Wednesday discussed ways to carry out major tasks outlined by leader Kim Jong-un in his parliamentary speech, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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N. Korea's Kim visits museum of Combat Feats at Overseas Military Operations
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has given a "field guidance" at the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations under construction, honoring the North's fallen soldiers who were killed in support of Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said Friday.
Kim said the museum would open in mid-April as he inspected the memorial, whose construction is 97 percent complete, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
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N. Korea's Kim inspects service facilities set to open at new housing area in Pyongyang
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected various service facilities set to open at a new housing district in Pyongyang, including car repair, pet and hair shops, touting them as a valuable foundation for a "socialist civilization," state media said Friday.
Kim visited service facilities being prepared for opening at the fourth-stage area of the Hwasong district in the capital, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
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### Merits
- Korea's Kim inspects service facilities set to open at new housing area in Pyongyang SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected various service facilities set to open at a new housing district in Pyongyang, including car repair, pet and hair shops, touting them as a valuable foundation for a "socialist civilization," state media said Friday.

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