Trivial, Yet Significant
It was one day decades ago.
That day Chairman Kim Jong Il was giving an official precious instructions on the development of the country’s postal service when suddenly he asked what prevented the production of envelopes for people.
At that time, the officials thought it would cause no problems as people could make things like envelopes by themselves.
Learning about this, the Chairman told him in a solicitous tone that the failure to maintain the supply of envelopes would cause considerable inconvenience to our people as they each would bother to make them whenever necessary.
He explained to the conscience-stricken official that the envelopes would not certainly need much paper and, even if they would, we should spare nothing as it was for the good of our people.
Then, he emphasized that the addition of stamps and illustrations on the envelopes and the supply of postcards in various formats along with them would provide the people with more convenience as well as beautiful aesthetic sentiments.
