The Communist Mother Honour Prize was awarded to women who have made a contribution to faithfully passing on the baton of revolution and succession, invariably following the road of devotion for their families and posterity and for the prosperity of the country.

Present at the ceremony for conferring the prize held at the Hall of Women in Pyongyang on November 14 were Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Jong Sun, department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Jon Hyang Sun, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea, officials of the women's union and exemplary members of the women’s union.

Ri Il Hwan delivered an address.

A real-life story telling meeting of heroines and meritorious women of socialist patriotism “We will follow you all our lives” took place at the Central Hall of Workers in Pyongyang on November 14.

Present there were Pak In Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, GFTUK officials and workers and trade union members in Pyongyang.

The performers referred to the warm affection of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who regards all mothers of the country as the most precious beings and warmly leads them to glorify their worthwhile life in the struggle for the prosperity and development of the country.

November 16 is Mother's Day in the DPRK.

Marking the day, everyone makes every sincere effort to please their mothers and the whole country is in an atmosphere of respect and affection for mothers.

At the first national conference of mothers held in the country in November 1961, President Kim Il Sung referred to the importance of the duty and role of mothers in the education of children.

Whenever Mother’s Day comes round, not only my children but also factory colleagues and many strangers send me letters of sincere congratulation, though I am not an official of a power organ or a large factory but a staffer of a regional-industry factory. 

Our factory producing various kinds of vinyl products with recycled materials is well known to the country as an enterprise which thrives on the strength of self-reliance and as a small, yet important factory.

It took only ten years.

“I didn’t imagine even when I went to the airport to receive Kum Yong that my daughter’s victory in the championships would give such a great pleasure to our people across the country,” said Ri Song Hui, mother of Kim Kum Yong, as she recollected her childhood. 

Kim Yong Chol, Kum Yong’s father, who was engaged in education at the University of Sciences, was very fond of table tennis, so he told his wife to teach their daughter the sport. 

“I still remember young Kum Yong, who came to see me with shining eyes holding his father’s hand in her kindergarten days,” said Kim Won Sil, an instructor of the then Unjong District Juvenile Sports School.

Rim Chun Ran, aged 65, lives in Chilgol-dong No. 3, Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang. She has three sons.

As they had good brains, they received excellent education under the genius education system of the country from the middle school days. All of them have fulfilled their wishes today. Referring to the key to success in their careers, they say in unison that the image of their mother always encouraged them to redouble efforts.

What then is the image of their mother engraved on their mind?

November 16 is the anniversary of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

When it was founded, UNESCO set it as its goal to contribute to global peace and security by promoting cooperation among different countries over the world in the fields of education, science, culture and information.

Comprising more than 190 countries of the world as its members, the organization has developed international exchanges of information, cultural dissemination, adult education and child education based on TV, films and newspapers and fostered collaboration in the fields of world cultural heritage protection and intellectual activities.

On November 16 1970, there was a corrective movement in Syria.

Although Syria achieved independence after having been trampled under the domination and control of the colonialists for a long period, its situation was very complicated and unstable due to interference by the imperialists. Under such situation, the progressive forces centring on the Arab Baath Socialist Party carried out the corrective movement on November 16 1970.

The movement marked an epochal turn in the struggle of the Syrian people for building an independent and prosperous new society.

New greeting cards have been brought out on the occasion of Mother’s Day.