MONTHLY INFORMATION REPORT ON NORTH KOREA (2)

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MONTHLY INFORMATION REPORT ON NORTH K0( 2)
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This report gives political, economic, and sociological information on
North Korea from current newspapers and periodicals, and includes information
published up to 15 September 1956. Unless otherwise indicated. each item
presented is a full exploitation. Topics covered include development of the
metal industry, changes in administrative districts, Soviet Bloc aid to North
Korea, restoration of a concentration plant at an iron mine, and biographic in-
formation.
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The following is a summary of an article titled "Realities and Prospects
of the Metal Industry in Our Country," written by Ch'oe Tok-nun (not further
identified) and published in the June 1956 issue of the Pyongyang Kyo e
Konsol. ng3
According to the table given below, the production of lead and other
special ores declined in 1951. Despite war conditions, permanent structures
were built at the mines during the conflict. When peace came. the structures,
such as ore-treatment plants in large mines. were expanded. During the war,
the metallurgical plants set up electric furnaces and small rolling mills un-
derground and produced war supplies as well as farm implements. Continued ex-
ploration of underground resources during the war resulted in the development
of Kapsan, Kyongsu, and many other large mines.
Also during the war, large motors, generators, rolling mills, transformers,
and other mechanical and electrical equipment in metallurgical plants were re-
moved to safe areas in the rear, thereby making possible a rapid rehabilitation
of the metallurgical industry when war ended. During the war, the metallurgi-
cal industry, especially the ferrous metallurgical Industry, sent a number of
technical and skilled workers to the Soviet Union and China for further train-
ing. These workers are today engaged In rehabilitation and construction of
plants and investigation of var damages to plants.
The metal industry fulfilled its 1954 production plan 118.1 percent, and
its 1955 production plan 110.2 percent. The 1955 production was 6.7 percent
higher than that of 1949? The plants exceeded their 1949 production in 1955:
the Songjin Steelworks by 11.4 percent, the Kim Ch'aek Ironworks by 415.8 per-
cent, and the Munp'yong Smeltery by 92.1 percent. It is expected that the
Three-Year Plan assigned to the metal industry will be fulfilled in value by
June 1956.
In addition to rehabilitation of plants, efforts have been made in post-
war years to make technical improvements in the equipment. For instance, the
first large open-hearth furnaces in North Korea have replaced smaller models
in the Hwanghae Ironworks.
Under the Five-Year Plan. the ferrous metallurgical industry must attain
a maximum output of rolled steel materials, rehabilitate or reconstruct facil-
ities of steelworks and ironworks which were not fully rehabilitated during
the Three-Year Plan, and thereby increase the output of steel by 1961 to 3-3.5
times and rolled steel materials to 3.5-4 times that of 1956. To raise the
production capacity of rolled steel materials, the rehabilitation and recon-
struction of facilities at the Hwanghae Ironworks will be basically completed.
To increase the blast-furnace melting capacity and raise the utilization capac-
ity of the blast furnaces, the Hwanghae Ironworks must drastically renovate the
various auxiliary equipment attached to the blast furnaces and improve trans-
portation and operation. By enlarging the size of open-hearth furnaces, the
ironworks must more than triple its prewar steel melting capacity or Increase
the capacity to five times that of 1956.
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The rolling equipment at the Hwanghae Ironworks was assembled from Japa-
nese parts The ironworks must supplement this with new equipment. such as
blooming mills. The Hwanghae Ironworks has the capacity to produce three
times more pig iron than steel. This abnormal condition should be reversed
in the future. In so doing, the ironworks will be capable of producing heavy
rolled steel materials and thick steel plates.
Under the Five-Year Plan, the Songjin Steelworks will expand its steel-
producing and rolling capacity with Soviet aid. The steelworks which refines
steel in electric furnaces should be organized to meet the domestic demand
for various special steel materials and to produce a large quantity of goods
for export.
To increase its steel-producing capacity. the Kangson Steelworks will
expand the capacity of existing electric furnaces and install new ones under
the Five-Year Plan. The steelworks can consider the possibility of doubling
its present capacity but even this is not enough to satisfy the growing de-
mand of the national economy. It must take measures to increase its rolling
sized rolled steelvork
up production
but specializes must in
medium-
set the
shops t to nproducevarious
series of
new products.
The ferrous metallurgical industry must boldly introduce and popularize
advanced techniques. First of all, it must introduce the high-speed melting
process (using oxygen) for electric and open-hearth furnaces. In view of the
various technical. conditions and problems in the supply of raw materials, the
industry must study the Bessemer process and ways of producing pig iron elec-
trically. It must drastically reduce the amount of fuel imported and consumed
by it in the past To do this, it must produce coke from domestic fuel and
use a large quantity of it to operate the blast furnaces. Up to now the met-
allurgical and other industries have depended heavily on imported gas coal.
They must learn to produce gas from anthracite and industrialize its produc-
tion.
The supply of domestic scrap is gradually shrinking. To solve the short-
age of scrap domestically, the industry must increase to the maximum the pro-
duction of "lpch'ol" Lliterally, granulated iron; possibly artifical acrap7 .
processed with anthracite as fuel. It must more than triple the 1956 produc-
tion of "lpch'ol" in 1961. To increase the output of "ipch'ol" rapidly, the
primary task is to settle the question of extending the operating time of the
revolving furnaces. The steelworks must complete arrangements to produce high-
grade steel without interruption. using "ipch'ol" as a principal raw material.
Under the First Five-Year Plan, the ferrous metallurgical industry must
turn out new products which are in great and preferential demand, such as cast-
iron pipes, gag tubes, steel wire, wire screen, "pobedit," galvanized iron
plates, and various types of rollers. The nonferrous industry must tr,-to
minimize foreign spending by organizing the production of various types of
copper wire, copper plates, lead plates, lead tubes, and lead and brass arti-
cles.
The ferrous industry must increase the number of rolled products of dif-
ferent specifications to meet building requirements and to conserve steel. It
must also increase the types of steel and organize the production of a variety
of special alloy steel by using domestically available nickel, chrome, manga-
nese, molybdenum, cobalt, etc. It must also ensure a qualitative and quantita-
tive production of chamotte bricks, silica bricks, magnesite bricks, chrome
bricks, Corhart bricks, and magnesite clinker bricks. It must build large new
refractory plants near the source of refractory raw materials and take techni-
cal measures to improve the quality of fire bricks. The drying and baking
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on the r ""?s snould be c designed furnace for continuous
dncn gas-heating process. This industry must operation based
g high-grade bricks by. the electri expand the facilities for pro-
means to standardize the shapes and dimensions of bricks.
and study ways and
The solution to the problem of the supply of rolled steel products in
North Korea lies in the expansion of the Kim Ch'aek Ironworks as a large met-
allurgical combine However, the ironworks is not ready to undertake the
expansion project at the start of the Five-Year Plan. The construction must
await the completion of over-all reconstruction work at the I va
works by the end of the first hai.f of the Five-Year Plan, when the construc-
tion efforts can be diverted to the Kim Ch'aek Ironworks. To begin etheoex-
pansion work at Kim Ch ask Ironworks during the Ss,;ond Five-Year Plan. It is
very Year Plan period.
important to do pre aratory and designing work during the 1'i.rst Five-
The nonferrous metallurgical industry should be able to produce finished
products frcm nonferrous ai,d rare metals mined in North Korea. By 1961 the
production of gold must be Increased to 1.8 times, electrolytic co Pc r to
times. lead to cilities withlappropriatencapacity tbeimeestablis the Zinc-o andc2.6
pro fa
ing
Munp'yong smelter-lea. Work to produce sulfuric acid from sulfur contained in
zinc concentrates must be organized. This will enable the
yong smelteries to extract as by-products an amount of sulfuric acid which can
be used to manufacture 50,(00_60,000 tons of chemical fertilizer annually At
present, blister copper produced by the
nam Smeltery. where it is converted into electrolicrcopperhbypsn to the Hung-
N
lytic facilities and shipped back to the vest Korean area. Y snarl electro-
industry must build copper-electrolytic facilities and speedilyrconstructea
nonferrous roiling factory at the
einto a nonferrous metallurgicalmcombinelwhere'
essed into finished products.
concentrates can beeproc-
The most important task of the nonferrous metallurgical Industry is to
refine rare metals such as cobalt and titanium and alloy constituents such as
tungsten, nickel, molybdenum, manganese, etc , the refining of which was never
attempted before in Korea.
In the geological field, the industry must soon complete the compilation
of a comprehensive geological map covering all Korea and then gradually geological maps This work should begin at the Ks.psan, Hoch'on,
Tanch'on, Songeh'on, and Koksan districts. Y prepare
more than double the test-boring capacity. Durin the war itanst esse first
d discovery of lead and special metals, but its future work should cover all-
types of metals, such as copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, magnesite.
limestone, silica, and ores for making fertilizer. It should not disperse its
test-boring facilities but concentrate this effort on promising locations first.
During the Five-Year Plan period, the prospecting work should -discover 1.94
times the amount of lead-bearing ores and 1.76 time: the amount of tungsten
ore as at present.
During the First Five-Year Plan period, the metal industry must expand
the mining and.ore-dressing capacity of exiating mines, concentrate its efforts
on important and promising mines, and thereby,at the end of the period, triple
the production of various ores
The following examples show how important it is to concentrate production
efforts on promising mines. At the Songhung Mine the cost of producing a gram
of gold was 130 percent of the cost at the Taeyudong Mine. At the Hwap'yong
Mine the cost was 2.( times, at the Suan Mine 3 times, and at the Unsan Mine
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1.8 times the cost at the Taeyudong Mine. The cost of producing a ton of cop-
per at the Hwap'yong Mine was 2.1 times and at the Stan Mine 2.4 times the
cost at the Songhung Mine. Production of a ton of lead at the Hwap ung Mine
cost 4.1 times what it cost at the Komsok Mine.
of We were slow in opening new shafts. This reduced the over-ail, efficiency
the mining operation. The technical work in the ore-dressin
unsatisfactory The actual yield from ore dressing for certain vitalcores lis
only 60 percent of what should have been extracted.
A great majority of the mining facilities are decrepit and have l
nical nical
standards.
e Thes f
ow tech-
spec
ifications.
acilities of Japanese vintage cane in various shapes ute it to the mines. Korea must produce Standardlz,4 equipment and distrib-
.
The iron mnes Should be demvaeloped near their consumers. The supply
should be organized so hat the gnetite mined at the Mussn Mine will be en-
tirelynghaeconsIroumedrks by withellKiremlychon 'aeklIronworks and Ch'ongjin Steelworks, and the
nwoimonite mined in west Korean areas To supply
raw material to the Hwanghae Ironworks, principal efforts should be made in the
development of the Ch'ondong, Hasong, and UnyLil mines.
In the development of copper production, the equipment capacity at the
Songhung, Holdong, and Suan mines should be increased, and efforts should be
made to develop the Kapsan and Mendok mines. All facilities at the Kapsan mine
will begin operation in 195o. Plans should be made to wash large quantities
of copper ores when the Sangnung Mine is fully developed. Under the Five-Year
Plan, the Mandok Mine will construct ore-washing facilities which will handle
large quantities of copper-bearing pyrite, and thereby in 1961 will double the
production of ores for use in making fertilizer and triple copper output.
To increase lead and zinc production rub_tentlally during the Five-Year
Plan period, the mining and ore-dressing facilities at the Komdok. Songch'on,
and other large mines will be further expanded. Dmphasis will be given to the
development of promising mines such as the Sungch ang and Majors mines. By 1961,
production of lead must be increased to 1.5 times and zinc to 1.3 times the
1956 level.
The metal industry has made remarkable progress since the liberation. The
following table shows the growth of this industry during the period 1946-1956.
4Comment: The figures are apparently index figures. A note to the table reads:
The 1956 figures are based on plan. The 1950 figures were prepared from a ac-
tual achievements.]
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According to the Pyongyang Nodong Sinmun of 5 September 1956, the North
Korean government on 1 September made the following changes in administrative
districts.
Pyongyang
East Ward -- Part of Nangnang-ni separated to form T'osong-ni and part of
Ch'ilbul-ii separated to form Sosin-ni.
P'yongan-namdo
1. Namp'o -- Masan-dong renamed Masan-ni.
2. Kangso-gun -- Kiyang Workers District and T'amp'o-ri merged to form
Kangso-up; the former Kangso-up renamed Tokhung-ni.
3. Hoech'ang-gun -- Sinhung Workers District and Kwiin-ni merged to form
Hoech'ang-up; the former Hoech'ang-up renewed Tongnyon-n1.
4. Kangdong-gun -- Sunch'ang-ni removed from Hoech'ang-gun and incorpo-
rated into Kangdong-gun.
5. Anju-gun -- Yongjong-ni removed from Pakch'on-gun, P'yongan-pukto, and
incorporated into Anju-gun, P'yongan-namdo.
P'yongan-pukto
Unsan-gun -- Pukchin-ni abolished and incorporated into the Kumsan Workers
District and Samsan-ni. Kumsan Workers District renamed Pukchin Workers Dis-
trict.
1. T'aet'an-gun -- Part of Ogam-ni separated to form Sudong-ni; part of
Undong-ni incorporated into Sudong-ni.
2. Ongjin-gun -- Undong-ni removed from T'aet'an-gun and incorporated into
Ongjin-gun.
3. Yonan-gun -- Part of Chongch'on-ni separated to form Ohyon-ni; part of
Ch'ongjong-ni removed to form Simp'yong-ni; parts of Hoso-ri and Honam-ni merged
to form Songho-ri.
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h. Sohung-gun -- Taesong-ni abolished; part of it incorporated into Sin-
mak-ni and the remainder into Komun-ni.
5. Kaep'ung-gun -- Hongnyong-ni separated from Changp'ung-gun and incor-
porated into Haeson-ni, Kaep'ung-gun.
Hamgyong-namdo
1. Hungnam -- Yongsong-dong, Yongyon-dong, and Sinhung-dong merged to form
Yongsin-ni; Yongdae-dong, Kut'an-dong, and Hosang-dong merged to form Ycngho-ri;
Chunghung-dong, P'ungso-dong, and Hunggyong-dong merged to form Phunghung-ni.
2. Oro-gun -- Wcnp'yong-ni incorporated into Ch'onbulsan-ni; Chung-ni in-
corporated into Chungsang-ni; and Nung-ni incorporated into P'ungsang-ni.
3. Sinhung-run -- Sinp'ung-ni renamed Hawonch'on-ni.
h. Taehung-gun -- Ch'angjang-ni abolished; part of it incorporated into
Ch'anghyon-ni and the remainder into Unhung-ni.
5. Sudong-tin -- Konch'on-ni incorporated into Changdong Workers District.
6. Toksong m -- Part of Nahadae-ri incorporated into Tcksong-up.
7. Pukch'ong-gun -- Nahadae-ri separated from Tcksong-gun and incorporated
into Pukch'ong-gun.
8. Kwangch'on-gun -- Taesin-ni, Yongch'on-ni, Chich'n-ri, and Taehung-ni
separated from Paegam-gun, Yanggang-do, and incorporated into Kwangch'on-gun,
Hamgyong-namdo.
Hamgyong-pukto
1. Kim Ch'aek -- Yonrso-ri incorporated into Manch'nn-ni.
2. Kim Ch'aek-gun -- Susa-ri incorporated into Okch'on-ni; part of Tong-
man-ni separated to form Ch'onghang-ni.
Yanggang-do
1. Kapsan-gun -- Siyang-ni incorporated into Sambong-ni.
2. Pujon-gun -- Pujon-up renamed Hundae-ri; Tongsang-ni renamed Pujon-up.
3. Sinp'a-gun -- Wondong-ni renamed Sinhung,-ni, part of Yonsong-ni, sepa-
rated from Huch'ang-gun to form Songjong-ni, Sinp'a-gun.
':. Huch'ang-gun -- Huch'ang-up renamed P'osam-ni; Wolt'an-ni renamed Huch'-
ang-up.
Kangwon-do
Ch'orwon-gun -- Yoch'ong-ni incorporated into Sangnyong-ni.
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Kim Sun-hwa -- Relieved as Minister of Construction in connection with his
reassignment to scientific research work, effective 24 August 1
mun, 27 Aug 56) 956 (Nodong Sin-
Pak I1-lyong -- Appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria, effective 24 August 1956
(Nodong Sinmun, 27 Aug 56)
Pak Song_ch'ol -- Recalled as Ambassador to Bulgaria, effective 24 August
1956 (Nodung Sinmun, 27 Aug 56)
Yun Kong-kum -- Released as Minister of Commerce, effective 1 September
1956 (MinJu Choson, 5 Sep 56,
C. Personnel Identified
The following personnel have been identified in P'yongyang Publications as
indicated:
1. Government
Chloe Hae-ryong -- Chairman, Changyon-gun (Hwanghae-namdo) People's
Committee (Minju Choson, 2 Aug 56)
Chloe Song-se -- Chairman, State Technical. Committee (Nodong Sinmun,
23 Aug 56)
Y1 Ki-rin -- Chairman. . ' _
rs (No-Ong Sinmun, 11 Aug 56)
Chu Yong -son -- Vice-chairman, Kaesong-si People's Committee (Nodong
Sinnun, 9 Sep 56)
Han Chang-,r7:n (Ch'eng-kun) -- Chief engineer, P'yongan-namdo Trans-
mission and Distribution Department (Minju Choson, 15 Sep 56)
Kim Ch'ol-sun -- Chairman, City Planning Committee, Kim Ch'aek-si
People's Committee (Nodong Sinmun, 19 Aug 56)
Kim Kwi-nam -- Charge d'nffaires, North Korean Embassy in China (Minju
Choson, 15 Sep 56)
Kim Kyong-nyong -- Director, Electric Power Transmission and Transfor-
mation Management Bureau, Ministry of Electricity (Nodong Sinmun, 14 Sep 56)
Na In-gun (In-kun) -- Chief, Labor Affairs and Motive Power Office,
Ministry of Chemical Industry (Nodong Sinmun, 14 Sep 5e)
Pak Tu-6un (Tu-kun) -- Director, Electricity Bureau, Ministry of Trans-
portation (Nodong ;',inmun, 14 Sep 56)
Pang Chung-(;ol (Ch'ung-kol) -- Vice-chairman, Hemgyong-pukto People's
Committee (fodong Sinmun, 12 Aug 56)
Yi Ch'an Director. Maw, Culture Bureau, Ministry of Culture and
Propaganda, (Minju ET Director 3 Airg 51
Yi Chong-hwi -- Chief, Lecal Department, Presidium, Supreme People's
Assembly (Min.iu Chncnn ),) c.,., c, N
Chu Chin-gu (Chin-ku) -- Deputy director, Publications and Information
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affai
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Yi Yong-sok -- Vice-Minister of Agriculture (Nodong Sinmun, 5 Sep 56)
2. Political and Social
Chang Ha-il -- Chairman, All-Korea Committee, Korean Journalist League
(Nodong Sinmun, 2 Aug 56)
Cho Yong -- Chairman, Yanggang-do Committee, Korean. Labor Party (No-
dong Sinmun, 31 Aug 56)
Chu Kwan-ok -- Vice-chairman, P'yongan-pukto Committee, Korean Labor
Party (Minju Choson, 15 Aug 56)
Hwang Su-t'aek -- Chairman, Hamgyong-ramdo Council, Korean Federation
of Trade Unions (Minju Choson, 25 Aug 56
Front CUnifh'angc-jun
the c Fatherland -- Member, rd of Chairmen5, Democratic
Kim Pyong-hon -- Chairman, Sakchu-gun (P'yongan-pukto) Committee,
Korean Labor Party (Nodong Sinmun, 29 Aug 56)
Kim Yong-sik -- Vice-chairman, P'yongan-namdo Committee, Korean La
Party (Nodong Sinmun, 10 Sep 56) bor
Pak Yong-son -- Vice-chairman, Central Committee, Korean-Soviet Cul-
tural Society (Nodong Sinmun, 1 Sep 56)
Yi Ch'ol-su -- Chief, Technical Department, Technical Guidance Office,
Central Council, Korean Producer Cooperatives (Nodong Sinmun, 2 Sep 56)
Y1 Pyong-nam -- Chairman, Central Committee, Red Cross Society of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Minju Choson, 15 Sep 56)
3. Education
Ch'oe To-won -- Chief of chair and senior instructor in forensic
chemistry and sanitary chemistry, P'yongyang Medical College; wrote a master's
thesis titled "Hygienic Evaluation of Water Supply, Sewerage, Water Supply for
Industrial Use, and Well Water in Pyongyang" (Minju Choson, 13 Sep 56)
Kim Pyong-il -- Chief of Chair of Generation and Transmission of Elec-
tricity, Kim Ch'aek Institute of Technology (Nodong Sinmun, 14 Sep 56)
Yi Hwa-gyong (Hwa-kyong) -- Associate professor of Hygienics, P yong-
yang Medical College; Master of Science (Minju Choson, 13 Sep 56)
Yi Kwang-yop -- Vice-president, P'yongyang College of Music (Minju Cho-
son, 3 Aug 56)
Industrial
An Hung-sop -- Manager, Chonch'on Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15 Sep 56)
Ch'oe Yun-gil (Yun-kil) -- Manager, Kcwon Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15
Chon Han-son -- Chief engineer, Ch'olsan Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 14 Sep 56)
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Han Chung-sok -- Manager, Saengjang Sawmill (Minju Choson, 2 Sep 56)
Han In-hi -- Manager, Chuul Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15 Sep 56)
Kim Chong-nyo -- Chief engineer, Sadong Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15
Sinmun,
12 Kim Mu5-som -- Manager, Pyongyang Grain-Processing Factory (Nodong
Aug 6)
Aug 56)
Kim Se-un -- Manager, Pyongyang Tobacco Factory
(Minju Choson,
15
Sep 56)
Pae Chong-son -- Chief engineer, Kowon Coal Mine
(Nodong Sinmun,
15
Pak Chin-gun (Chin-kun) -- Manager, Wiyon Wood-Processing Factory,
Hyesan-si (Minju Choson, 21 Aug 56)
Pak Son-hoe -- Manager, Tokch'on Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15 Sep 56)
5. Others
56) Yun T'ae-hae -- Chief engineer, Samsin Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 14 Sep
Yi Hye-yong -- Manager) Hungnyong Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15 Sep 56)
Y1 Chang-gil (Chang-kit) -- Manager, Sariwon Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun,
15 Sep 56)
Sep 56) Yang Pok-won -- Chief engine?r, Hungnyong Coal Mine (Nodong Sinmun, 15
Chon Yong-gon (Yong-kon) -- Associate editor, Min Choson (Nodong Sin-
mun, 11 Aug 56)
Han Pyong-gak (Pyong-kak) -- Manager, State Mass Art Theater (Nodong
Sinmun, 1 Sep 56)
Hwang Kyu-jin (Kyu-chin) -- Associate editor, Nodon
mun, 11 Aug 56) g Sinmun (Nodong Sin-
Sin Ko-song -- Manager, State Theater (Choson, Jun 56)
D. Recipients of Degrees and Titles
According to the sources indicated, the State Degree Conferment Committee
conferred titles or degrees on the following educators on 11 August 1?56.
An Ham-gwang (Ham-kwang) -- Dean, Languages and Literature Department;-';;?m_
Il-song University; title conferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug
56)
An Ki-yong -- Head of Chair of Composition, College of Music; title con-
ferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Chop Sok-tam -- Title conferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug
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Chong Tu-hyon -- Head of Chair of Biology, Pyongyang Medical College; title
conferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Chong Yol-mo -- Senior instructor and lecturer in the Korean language, Kim
IL-song University; title conferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug
56)
Han Yong-ok -- Assistant dean, Department of Languages and Literature, Kim
I1-song University; degree conferred, Master of Languages and Literature (Nodong
Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Han Yong-sun -- Instructor, Kim I1-song University; degree conferred, Mas-
ter of Languages and Literature (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Ho Ik -- Director, Korean Labor Party's Central Party School; title con-
ferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Its T'ae-hui -- Chief of Chair of Internal and Clinical Medicine, Hamhung
Medical College; title conferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Kim Chong-hun -- Dean, Agricultural Science Department, Wonsan Agricultural
College; degree conferred, Master of Agricultural Science (Nodong Sinmun, 13
Aug 56)
Kim Ha-myong -- Instructor, Kim I1-song University; degree conferred, Mas-
ter of Languages and Literature (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Kim Hyon-se -- Lecturer and instructor in contagious diseases and dynamics,
P'yongyang Medical College; degree conferred, Master of Medicine (Nodong Sinmun,
13 Aug 56)
Kim Sang-hak -- Degree conferred, Master of Economics (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug
Mun Chong-t'aek -- Head of Chair of Commerce and Economics, Kim I1-song Uni-
versity; degree granted, Master of Economics (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Nam Chun-hva -- Head of Chair of Business and Economics and Dean of Busi-
ness and Economic Department, People's Economic College; degree conferred, Mas-
ter of Economics (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Pak Hyong-sik -- President, P'yongyang Normal College; title conferred,
associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Pang Tok-kun -- Associate professor and dean, Architecture Department, Con-
struction College; degree conferred, Master of Architecture (Nodong Sinmun, 13
Aug 56)
Sim Hak-chin -- Dean, Pharmacology Department, P'yongyang Medical College;
title conferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Sim Yun-sop -- Head of Chair of Hydraulic Construction Engineering, Con-
struction College; degree conferred, Master of Engineering (Nodong Sinmun, 13
Aug 56)
Sin Kyu-hyon -- Chief of chair and associate professor, Central Party School,
Korean Labor Party; degree conferred, Master of Languages and Literature (Nodong
Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
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Y1 Chong-bok (Chong-pok) -- Head of Chair of Special Internal Medicine, Ham-
hung Medical College; title conferred, professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Yi Kun-hwan -- Instructor, Kim II-song University; degree conferred, Master
of Economics (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
56) Yi Sok-sim -- Degree conferred, Master of Economics (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug
Yi Sun-gun (Sun-kun) -- President, Wonsan Agricultural College; title con-
ferred, associate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Yu Song-hun -- President, People's Economic College; title conferred, associ-
ate professor (Nodong Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
Yun Haeng-jung (Haeng-chung) -- Title conferred, associate professor (Nodong
Sinmun, 13 Aug 56)
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