Ladders newly installed at shower bath place

One day in June 2012, the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un visited the construction site of the Rungna Water Park despite the sweltering weather.

He went round different places of the construction site that day to learn in detail about the project. Then he stopped at the shower bath place.

The flood victims of North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces who have spent meaningful days with unforgettable, valuable memories in Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK, under the warm loving care of the great father greeted a time of emotion to go back to their native places that have wonderfully been turned into the socialist fairyland and paradise of the people after eradicating the aftermath of natural disaster.

The elderly, nursing mothers, honoured disabled soldiers and schoolchildren have come to go back to their new homes wonderfully built after staying in the capital city for dream-like 120-odd days, enjoying privileges to be envied by the world according to the unprecedented special measures in history of the DPRK taken by the Workers’ Party of Korea and the state for the people who suffered natural disasters.

They sincerely presented letters of thanks to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, shedding tears of great emotion.

A spectacular sight of Juche-orientation was witnessed at the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex, the grand metallurgical base of the DPRK, at a time of emotion when all the people of the country are proudly concluding this year for securing a clear practical guarantee for carrying out the five-year plan through their indomitable patriotic struggle, true to the idea of the great Workers' Party of Korea on self-respect and self-support.

A Korean-style energy-saving oxygen blast furnace has been successfully built at the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex taking an important share in the country's iron production, making another progress in putting the metal industry on a Juche basis and laying a firm foundation for dynamically opening up a broad avenue for the self-supporting economy.

The proud edifice, which was built in the new era of comprehensive national rejuvenation while demonstrating once again the might of the self-supporting metallurgical industry, is a clear proof of the dignity and greatness of our state and people who have grown strong with firm trust and confidence in their own strength. It is also a gift of the loyal labour presented to the 11th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Party Central Committee by the heroic Korean working class who are firmly supporting the eternal history of a powerful country with their own efforts.

An inauguration ceremony of the Chongjin Schoolchildren's Footwear Factory took place on December 19.

Present at the ceremony were Han Yong Song, secretary of the North Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, working people and builders in the city of Chongjin, and employees of the factory.

Pak Kyong Su, vice-chairman of the provincial people's committee, made an inauguration speech. Then, others spoke at the ceremony. 

An inauguration ceremony of the project for modernizing the calcination-sulfuric acid line of the Munphyong Smeltery took place on December 19.

Present there were Yang Sung Ho, vice-premier of the Cabinet, Ri Sang Do, minister of Mining Industry, Paek Song Guk, chief secretary of the Kangwon Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Ju Mun Jin, chairman of the provincial people's committee, officials concerned, officials and researchers of the units that contributed to the construction, and employees of the smeltery.

Yang Sung Ho made an inauguration address.

An inauguration ceremony of the Sepho Cattle Farm took place on the spot on December 19.

Present there were Ju Chol Gyu, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Paek Song Guk, chief secretary of the Kangwon Provincial Committee of the WPK, officials concerned, officials of the province and employees of the cattle farm.

Ju Chol Gyu made an inauguration address. 

DPRK players returned home after taking part in the 2024 IWF World Championships.

They were greeted at Pyongyang International Airport on December 19 by Vice-Premier Kim Myong Hun, Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Kim Il Guk, Director of the Guidance Bureau of Public Catering Service Ri Yong Min who is chairman of the Weightlifting Association, officials in the sports field and families.

Sportspersons presented garlands and bouquets to the players and coaches, congratulating them on their successful matches.

So Yun Ok, a woman living in Songgyungwan-dong, Kaesong, is an uncommon mother who began to adopt and bring up orphans in her girlhood more than 50 years ago.

At that time she was distinguishing herself as a girl innovator at a mine in South Hamgyong Province. One day during the morning rush hour, a strange boy looked at Yun Ok attentively. She asked him why, then he said he remembered seeing her photo pasted on the bulletin board of the mine. The boy who had lost his parents by accident came to the mine village to stay with his distant relatives, but as he failed to meet them, he was on his way back home. After hearing him, Yun Ok could hardly leave him.

Having been living with her two little brothers since their parents died when she was very young, she asked the boy if he would live with her.

Jon Kwang Nam is a DPRK Hero who died a heroic death after saving his comrades-in-arms in an unexpected situation during a military training. He is the first son of Kim Chun Nyo living in the county town of Kumya.

Her second son Jon Kwang Ryol also devoted himself without hesitation when he faced an unexpected danger during the period of his military service, to become an honoured disabled soldier.  

Hearing about the laudable deeds of them who grew up to be proud sons of the country, the people who know Kim Chun Nyo unanimously say that as like begets like, it is natural for her sons who received excellent family education to perform such heroic deeds.