The paper said that the DPRK has made social progress by attaching importance to science and technology and dynamically stepping up the building of a knowledge-based economic power.

The country has registered great successes by introducing latest science and technology to the industrial field and making a rational use of natural resources, the paper noted.

It also recalled that the production processes and equipment were put on a CNC basis at the Huichon Ryonha General Machine Plant and successes were made in researches into making an effective use of mineral resources including the raise of the grade of concentrated ore at the Musan Mining Complex.

The DPRK has positively developed the core basic technology in the agricultural field and generalized it, giving spurs to putting agriculture on a scientific basis, the paper noted, adding:

Agrobiologists established a system of producing virus-free seed potatoes and widely introduced the success to cultivating fruit trees, vegetables and industrial crops.

Researches into nanotechnology are being intensified.

The public health field of the DPRK is making successes in the efforts to study and develop natural medicines and new type medical appliances in order to improve public healthcare.

Korean researchers succeeded in extracting Fucoidan element from seaweed and applied it to treating circulatory diseases such as hardening of arteries.

The portable magnetic acupuncture invented by scientists of the country is attracting great attention for its wonderful efficacy.

The country is attaching importance to training scientific and technological talents and accelerating the work to put education on a scientific and IT basis.