Pang Sun Nyo, an office head of the Hydro-meteorological Service, told KCNA:

The Service is developing varieties of apparatuses conducive to the accurate and prompt weather forecast.

Among them is an advanced geostationary meteorological satellite data receiver. This helps put the weather observation on a more scientific basis.

The apparatuses also include updated automatic weather survey devices and aerological weather radar.

The Service has upgraded the data-receiving and numerical weather forecast system aimed to comprehensively use weather data from GTS run by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The study of devastating weather phenomena such as torrential rain and drought has also been made.

In particular, Kwangmyongsong-3, a working satellite to be launched in April, will be greatly helpful to the study of weather forecast needed for agriculture and other economic fields.

Meanwhile the Service has stepped up the exchange of weather data and the study into registration of climate changes for coming 100 years in cooperation with the WMO to prevent local climate disasters.

The DPRK joined the WMO in Juche 64 (1975).