Brilliant Leadership

President’s Splendid Idea

It happened when President Kim Il Sung was on his field guidance tours in North Hamgyong Province. Acquainting himself with the actual conditions of a county, he came to learn that the officials there had trouble with stones in the fields. Having heard about the details from an official, the President asked him if he had ever thought of utilizing them. The official made no reply as he had never thought about it. Stressing the need to wage a vigorous campaign for building terraced fields in this county of many sloping lands, the President said that they could directly pile up stones in the fields into terraces without bothering to bring them from riversides or quarries as they did in other areas. He added that building terraced fields offers all the advantages; no labor to sift out stones, readjusting and improving land, protecting land from washing by rain. Subsequently, they readjusted the fields in their county methodically in a short span of time, which resulted in a high crop yield every year.

Thanks to Embrace of Sun

Beautiful flowers and memorial greeting cards our mothers are given on Mother’s Day are associated with a touching story. One day in September, Juche 101 (2012), the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited Pyongyang Floriculture Institute. Appreciating the beautiful flowers in full bloom, he said affectionately that as the Mother’s Day was nationally enacted, it would be wonderful to congratulate mothers with those beautiful flowers. After that, one day in November when the Mother’s Day was drawing near, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said to an official that congratulatory cards for sale for the Mother’s Day that year should be well designed and well printed like New Year Cards. That is how our mothers were given various kinds of beautiful flowers and cards from their sons and daughters on the first Mother’s Day in Juche 101 (2012).

To Realize Plan for Capital Construction of Preside...

The order of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army on building Chongryu Bridge (stage 2) and Kumrung Tunnel 2 was issued on November 9, Juche 83(1994). According to the order, those projects were supposed to be completed by October 10 the next year that would mark the 50th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. On receipt of the news that Chairman Kim Jong Il issued the order, people across the country were in great excitement and joy. That was because it was an important and responsible undertaking to translate into reality the noble intention of President Kim Il Sung, who took huge pains throughout his life to provide our people with richer and more cultured living conditions. Having been reported that the project of Chongryu Bridge (stage 1) was completed, Chairman Kim Jong Il came out to the site to look round the suspension bridge, another monumental structure of the era of the Workers’ Party. He expressed great satisfaction at the peculiar and modern bridge. Saying that the suspension bridge was built in perfect harmony with Moran Hill, May Day Stadium and Taedong River, he stressed that when the stage 2 project stretching to West Pyongyang was completed, Chongryu Bridge would play an important role in solving traffic problems of Pyongyangites in a more efficient way. Modern Chongryu Bridge (stage 2) and Kumrung Tunnel 2 that connect the east Pyongyang and west Pyongyang areas were completed as grand monumental edifices of lasting significance on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of the WPK on October 10, Juche 84(1995), which made another stride in solving the traffic problems of the citizens and added more beauty to the scenery of the bank of the Taedong River.

Construction should Never be Ceased

One day the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited Mirim Riding Club with its completion just ahead. Wherever he went, he repeatedly expressed great satisfaction, feeling delighted beyond measure at the wonderful scene of the club. Mentioning that a great number of structures were built in our country, he said with pride that many modern monumental edifices conducive to the cultural and emotional life of people and promotion of their well-being sprang up. That day, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un earnestly asked the officials to carry on with construction for the people, saying that he was always thinking about what else he could do for our simple, diligent, revolutionary people.

Precious Name

It happened when the 8th Enlarged Executive Session to the Central Committee of the North Korea Communist Party was on. In the midst of meeting that day, a man stood up abruptly and put a question to President Kim Il Sung about why the Party to be founded to represent the interests of all working masses would be called workers’ Party meaning the Party of workers. Hushed silence from such a sudden question reigned over the hall. All the eyes of the participants were turned upon the President. With a broad smile on his face, the President instructed, correcting his misunderstanding that labour reminded him of only factory workers or miners: Farmers as well as workers do labour and even officers do mental labour. The Party to be founded by merging the two parties is the organization of the progressive elements of workers, farmers and intellectuals all of whom are engaged in labour. That’s why its name will be the Workers’ Party. Then, the participants who came to have a clear understanding at last about the name of the Party unanimously supported his idea and expressed their approval. Like this, the precious name of the motherly Workers’ Party of Korea reflects the lofty idea of the President to build a revolutionary Party embracing broad masses of working people.

Even without Breakfast

It was one day several decades ago. President Kim Il Sung visited Ryongchon ri, Hwangju County early in the morning. No sooner had he arrived than he headed out to a maize field, where he enjoyed the view of maize in good conditions for a long time, forecasting a rich crop of maize. Then, he said with great satisfaction that Ryongchon ri was entirely successful in maize farming. Looking up at the President smiling broadly with his accumulated fatigue behind, the farm officials hardly repressed their excitement at the thought of pleasing him even for a little while. However, they never knew that the President had missed his breakfast until quite a while later when the accompanying officials persuaded him to leave as his breakfast was waiting for him. The President told the farm officials feeling awkward: Now that we are expecting a good crop of maize, our people are going to enjoy better dietary life. So, missing a few meals doesn’t make any difference to my life. Just a look at the fields of healthy maize makes me feel satisfied. Stressing repeatedly the need to take good care of rich crops, the President set out on another journey of field guidance.