Recycling is active in the sector of light industry.
The Pyongyang Rayon Yarn Factory has established a process for producing rayon yarn recycled with waste yarn. It is producing a great amount of recycled rayon yarn with waste yarn from textile mills across the country and sending it to knitwear factories. Textile mills across the country including the Pyongyang
Kim Jong Suk
Textile Mill and the Sinuiju Textile Mill have established production processes for recycling waste cotton in a short span of time to produce cotton wool and thread.
A number of factories in the sector of footwear industry including the Sinuiju Footwear Factory and the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory are actively producing shoes with waste plastic and rubber. The Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory has produced a lot of cosmetic cases through recycling of waste vinyl.
The Hamhung Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic Goods Factory and other similar units under the Daily Necessities Industrial Bureau are also directing efforts to recycling to fully provide raw materials and produce more goods such as raincoat.
Projects for irrigating over 160,000 hectares of paddy fields completed as planned this year
Another success was made in the irrigation of agriculture. More than 1,300 pumping stations have been built or repaired, over
July 02, 2025
Another success was made in the irrigation of agriculture. More than 1,300 pumping stations have been built or repaired, over
