Scientific research institutions in the DPRK are conducting positive researches to protect and multiply the animal and plant resources.
The Zoology Institute under the State Academy of Sciences is making an overall survey of the wild animal sanctuaries across the country according to indices in cooperation with organs concerned while promoting the work to establish new sanctuaries in the regions with well-preserved bio-ecological system.
Especially, it is speeding up the material and technical preparations to increase the number of goshawk, the national bird of the DPRK.
The Animal Breeding Institute of the Central Zoo is, in contact with scientific the research institutions, keeping the pure breed of the national dog Phungsan and propagating it a lot while retaining excellent characters.
The Institute of the Central Botanical Garden is intensifying the research to grow pine as befitting the national tree. It is also making successes in establishing the cultivating technology of the useful economic plants and garden plants and growing choice varieties. Besides, it is writing and compiling books which are helpful for widening the knowledge of plants and the common sense of afforestation.
Third-day sitting of Ninth Congress of WPK heldComrade Kim Jong Un makes report reviewing work of eighth-term Central Committee of WPK
The third-day sitting of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea took place on February 21. Comrade Kim Jong Un
February 22, 2026
The third-day sitting of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea took place on February 21. Comrade Kim Jong Un
