The State Stamp Bureau of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has issued a new postage stamp to mark the DPRK's National Pavilion Day at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, state media reported on Saturday.

The stamp bears the emblem of the Expo and its theme "Better City, Better Life" written in Korean, Chinese and English, the Korean Central News Agency said.

In the center of the stamps is the DPRK Pavilion's emblem with a picture of Chollima, a symbolic bronze statue of the DPRK.

The Shanghai Expo is the first world expo the DPRK has ever participated in. A total of 43 artists from the Pyongyang Art Group have arrived in China and they will give a performance on Sept. 6, the DPRK Pavilion Day.