Blossom Festival concludes

Coloured paper bearing hopeful notes in the Yongkwa River.

This past Thursday, 27 March, Yurtyzstan ended its celebration of the Blossom Festival and entered the new year.

Yurtyzstan celebrating Blossom Festival

Snow outside New Pyongyang, with the technical
university in the background. The Blossom Festival
is celebrated this week despite continued snowfall.

Yurtyzstan kicked off the Blossom Festival, arguably the most important national holiday, this past Thursday.

Hakimoto forces universities to open for spring semester

Chairman of the Presidium J.J. Hakimoto has set 17 March as a hard deadline for the beginning of the spring semester, after most of the nation's universities failed to open on 1 March.

Yurtyzstan celebrates Yurtpyitaw Day

Ice on the Chunjiain River, with
Chairman Hakimoto Bridge in the
background.

Yesterday, Yurtyzstanis marked the third anniversary of the establishment of the nation's capital.

New government formed at Yurtpyitaw Day talks

Supreme People's Assembly leaders successfully formed a new ruling coalition yesterday, avoiding snap elections and allowing Chairman of the Presidium J.J. Hakimoto to serve the rest of his term.

Prosperity for Yurtyzstan dissolves, talks to begin this weekend

Prosperity for Yurtyzstan officially dissolved Thursday evening, leaving the current Assembly without a majority party and prompting a fresh round of negotiations.

Mixed feelings after plenary session

After the plenary session of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly ended this morning, legislators and political analysts have expressed both optimism and scepticism.

Hakimoto: No snap elections

Chairman of the Presidium J.J. Hakimoto has released a statement rebuking Vice-Chairman Po Er Kwa Deul for the open letter he published Saturday:

Po Er Kwa Deul posts criticism of economic policy

Po Er Kwa Deul's open letter, posted
near the Supreme People's Assembly.

Halfway into their second term as ruling party, Prosperity for Yurtyzstan is facing a major internal crisis following Vice-Chairman Po Er Kwa Deul's publication of a withering criticism of the party's economic policy.