#North Korea
North Korea to issue Repatriation stamps
North Korea issue a new stamp on 16th December to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Repatriation of Korean Nationals returning from Japan. The first of over 90,000 Korean nationals living in Japan returned on 16th December 1959 on a ship named Mangyongbong, which is featured on the stamp. A special miniature sheet will also be released depicting President Kim II Sung welcoming the first of the
North Korea Joins South in Dokdo Postage Stamp Campaign
North Korea will issue Dokdo Islet postage stamps and join the campaign to reinforce the historic claim that Dokdo Islet is part of the Korean Peninsula. Rhee Geum-cheol, branch manager of the North Korea Stamp Corporation in China, said that the actual production of the stamp would take place next month. Featured on the stamp is an 18th century map of the Korean Peninsula that clearly marks Dokdo
