General Secretary Kim Jong Un’s Revolutionary Activities

Saeppyol Street has made an imposing appearance in an excellent location in the Hwasong area of Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK. It is a monumental architectural group reflecting the strong will of all the people of the country to convey forever the shining star-like feats of the heroes who unhesitatingly sacrificed their lives for the immortal honour and eternal prosperity of the DPRK, their great motherland, during the overseas military operations.

Comrade Kim Jong Un personally initiated the construction of a new street for their bereaved families and named it to glorify the precious life of the fine sons of the country generation after generation. He also energetically guided the whole course of its construction so that every element of buildings could show the warm sincerity of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the state for the families that the brave fighters left behind.

The unique architectural groups are presenting a spectacular scene as high-, medium- and low-storeyed apartment buildings in which formative and artistic beauty, practicality and convenience are perfectly ensured and public buildings such as commercial and neighbourhood-serving amenities are in ideal harmony. It represents an immortal picture epitomizing the noble moral obligation and fervent love of the Party which is determined to glorify the bereaved families as well as the heroes respected and revered by all the people and enable them to enjoy to the full the beautiful life in the motherland the martyrs protected at the cost of their lives.

An inauguration ceremony of Saeppyol Street took place with splendour on February 15.

Its venue was overflowing with emotion and joy of the bereaved families who would move into new flats amid the blessing of military and civilian builders, who constructed the unique new street true to the intention and will of the Party Central Committee, and all other people across the country.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attended the ceremony.

He was greeted by the commanding officers of the overseas operations units of the Korean People's Army.

He met and exchanged warm greetings with them and extended militant greetings to all the officers and men of the overseas operations units.

All the participants broke into cheers of emotion, looking up to the great father who has put the war heroes and their bereaved families on the meridian of glory and made a great history of noble love and obligation with his ardent feelings of kinship.

The ceremony was attended by senior Party, government and military officials, members of the central leadership of the Party, bereaved families of the war heroes, combatants and officers and men of the engineering unit who were dispatched for the overseas military operations, commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence, servicepersons of KPA units at all levels, builders, teaching staffs and students of revolutionary schools and citizens in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong Un made a speech in commemoration of the inauguration.

Saying with deep emotion that the meaningful day has come when Saeppyol Street has been completed thanks to the ardent desire of our motherland to have its address in our capital city, he noted that the inauguration of the street named Saeppyol that has already been etched in everyone’s heart as a byword for the glorious life of the combatants is an emotive moment when we record in the history of Pyongyang the most heroic era that embodies the strength of Korea, symbolizes the greatness of its people and has defended its sacred dignity and fame.

Saeppyol Street is a source of honour for our generation and a pride of Pyongyang and our state, he said, praying for the immortality of the martyrs along with its inauguration which will etch the martyrs' names and images in history. He sincerely hoped that this street, a place where the ennobling souls rest and reverence from all over the country converges, will always brim over with joy and happiness.

Kim Jong Un cut the inauguration tape.

As enthusiastic cheers went up, fireworks were displayed and numerous balloons with five-pointed star marks were released to the sky.

Then the licences for the use of flats were handed over to the bereaved families of the martyrs.

Kim Jong Un, together with senior Party, government and military officials, gave the licences in the name of the WPK Central Committee to the bereaved families.

The bereaved families in tears of emotion extended their deep gratitude to the benevolent father who has repeatedly shown boundless love and affection for them, filled with pain and remorse for failing to bring to their families the proud sons of the motherland who created the world-startling miraculous and heroic legends.

An art performance was given, shaking Saeppyol Street where the huge national flag of the dignified DPRK is flying high in the sky.

Touching the participants were the songs arousing boundless respect and noble reverence for the martyrs, who demonstrated the combat efficiency of the KPA to the whole world and unhesitatingly dedicated their lives to faithfully implementing the orders of the motherland by displaying mass heroism and unparalleled self-sacrificing spirit, hard to be seen in any other armies of the world.

When the national anthem of the DPRK, the heroes sang from the bottom of their heart in every field of decisive battles, wishing for its eternal prosperity, was played solemnly, the participants were all afire with a will to fully display their patriotic enthusiasm for further glorifying the dignity and honour of the motherland the martyrs defended at the cost of their lives.

A touching scene of great love and moral obligation unfolded in Saeppyol Street, in which each flat is associated with the boundless benevolence of Kim Jong Un who has bestowed his warm affection and love for the war heroes on their bereaved families, ensuring that they enjoy the greatest happiness and glory.

Kim Jong Un met bereaved family members who would move into new houses.

Saying that the inauguration of the street for the families of the fallen fighters in the overseas military operations vividly conjures up the heroic images of combatants who laid down their lives, praying for the rejuvenation of their country and the prosperity of Pyongyang at their last moments, he noted in an excited tone that it is the highest respect to the noble lives of the martyrs to make the country, associated with their desires and souls, richer and more beautiful and safeguard and glorify it.

Saying that the fallen fighters are model patriots and greatest heroes who unhesitatingly dedicated their precious lives to carrying out the order of the motherland without claiming any reward, he stressed it is due obligation and noble mission of the Party and the government to take care of the destiny and life of their parents, who brought them up to be excellent persons, and their wives and children, who were a source of their strength and support, in the most responsible and sincerest manner.

He visited the house of Kim Jong Ok, widow of martyr O Thae Chol, looked round its rooms and kitchen and listened to his family members' impressions of the new house.

Saying she would miss her husband more than ever before in the new house, he hoped that she would overcome her sorrow as early as possible and lead a happy life. And he wished her son studying at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School a bright future, saying that he should become an excellent person like his father.

At the house of the couple Mun Ryong Mo and Ryu Sung Nam, whose twin sons dedicated their lives to the country, he said that thanks to such a patriotic family, the country is strong and sturdy and steadily advances toward prosperity.

Saying that the Party and the government will entirely take care of the bereaved families, he showed warm kindred affection, wishing them lasting happiness in their good houses.

He also visited the home of martyr Kim Tong Chun, twice Hero of the Republic, to wish his family members the best luck. The family members, greatly excited to have dream-like fortune, expressed their deep gratitude to him.

I think my anxieties have been removed a little, seeing the bereaved families who will lead a new beautiful life of the country earlier than others in their houses in the capital, he said, adding that the war heroes, who performed the great exploits, to be etched in history, for the eternal prosperity and mightiness of the country, and their families deserve the greatest glory and respect paid by the country and the people.

He repeatedly urged officials of the Party and power organs to thoroughly implement the measure taken to accord preferential treatment and privileges to the families of the martyrs, regarding it as an important policy task, and to always pay close attention to their life so that they would never feel any inconvenience.

The atmosphere of Saeppyol Street, brimming with parental affection of the great father, heated up with the passage of time.

The families of the war martyrs, owners of the new street, looked round their new houses.

Seeing their houses furnished with all necessary conditions for living at the highest level, they keenly realized the great benevolence and love of Kim Jong Un and the Party.

Saeppyol Street, the crystallization of the Party’s and the people’s eternal gratitude to and respect for the heroes in the overseas military operations, will shine brilliantly for all ages along with its noble name, conveying to posterity a new legendary tale of love and moral obligation that has been written in the great era of Kim Jong Un.