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Jo Jul 6, 2025

Tobacco has been grown in our country since the end of the sixteenth century. At the beginning, it was used for medicines, and it gradually turned into crops for luxury items, which led to further spread in its cultivation.

Around the end of the seventeenth century, tobacco culture was spread to every part of the country, and as a result, some places famous for tobacco culture came into being.

The most famous place of them all was Songchon area of South Phyongan Province.

From long ago, Songchon Tobacco was called “gold thread” as it resembles gold thread when it is cut into thin strips and “Songchon fragrant tobacco” for its fragrance. After that, it finally got its name “Songchon Tobacco” as it is from Songchon.

President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, who were always solicitous about the improvement of the people’s living standard, gave precious instructions several times on the conservation and propagation of the progenitor of our country’s famous Songchon Tobacco.

Thanks to the wise guidance of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Songchon Tobacco is still gaining worldwide fame as one of the famous specialties of Korea.