Politics

Young people in Pyongyang volunteered to work at major theatres of socialist construction.

More than 800 young men and women volunteered as shock brigade members in the grand socialist construction projects.

A woman graduate from Kim Hyong Jik University of Education decided to work in the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu and a youth league member of the Pyongyang Distillery, at the Sunchon Cement Complex.

Young people in Mangyongdae, Pothonggang, Tongdaewon, Rangnang, Hyongjesan, Ryokpho and Sunan districts volunteered as builders at district construction brigades.

Among them are university graduates who volunteered to work at schools in island villages and a member of the youth league who applied for a job at the water supply and sewerage station.

A meeting to congratulate the volunteers took place at the Pyongyang Municipal Youth Park Open-Air Theatre on January 20. Present at the meeting were Hong Chol Jin, secretary of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the youth league and youth and students.

Certificates were awarded to the volunteers and a congratulatory address and speeches were made there.