Brilliant Leadership

Glory of Revolutionaries

It happened when the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was inspecting newly-built Unha Scientists Street. Looking around some dwelling houses in the new street, he was delighted that all the flats were fully furnished with all the things needed for living, which made it possible for scientists to move into new houses without carrying anything with them and to lead happy lives without any worries about their living conditions. He said in excited tones that we came to realize another wish of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, who had been solicitous about providing our scientists with the best living conditions, and that it is none other than the glory of revolutionaries. Listening to him, the officials were overcome with strong emotion.

Earnest Instruction

It was in December, 2013. North Hwanghae Provincial Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea reported in a document enclosed with some photographs of happy children to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un that his presents of love were conveyed to the baby home, orphanage, orphans’ school and rest home. On receiving it, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un wrote in his autograph to the leading official of the provincial party committee that it would set his mind at rest and that the committee should always be concerned about the problems arising in the baby home, orphanage, orphans’ school and rest home and responsible for solving them. He continued that as it was winter when everyone was feeling cold, they should take good care of the health of the children and the elderly and, in particular, they should bring up the orphans to be cheerful ones not feeling the sorrow of the bereaved. He concluded with an earnest instruction that it was a task he gave personally to the chief secretary of the provincial party committee and the chief secretaries of the city and county party committees in the province.

In the Rain

In one July after liberation, the opening ceremony of a park for the people, Moranbong Pleasure Park, was to be held in Pyongyang, the capital of revolution. That day it was raining from the early morning. The official who was supposed to deliver a congratulatory address at the ceremony was hesitating over the bad weather before finally he made haste to prepare himself to go to the park as it was time to leave. It was some minutes after noon. When the official was about to leave his office, President Kim Il Sung summoned him to say that he would accompany him to the ceremony. Looking at the window streaming with rainwater, he hesitated for a few moments and told the President that they would go there by themselves because of the rain. The President folded the documents on the table, rose from the seat, and declined his proposal. Insisting on going there to see the people happy, he headed for the ceremony in the van. Following the President, the official was feeling himself charged with a strong emotion. That day the President took pleasure in sharing joy with the people even in the constant rain. Looking up at him respectfully, the people were moved to tears with deep gratitude for him.

Story of Underground Pyongyang

All the Pyongyang citizens enjoy traveling on the Pyongyang Metro all day all year round. The Pyongyang Metro is associated with the world of love of President Kim Il Sung, who devoted his whole life to the people. The President personally planned the construction of the subway and clearly indicated the orientation and ways for carrying it into practice. In addition, he led the whole course of the project step by step. In order to provide our people with a more civilized and cultured life as early as possible, the President made a ceaseless journey to the dangerous muddy construction site and even went down deep into the working face to solve every problem arising in the project. Feeling so sorry for the people waiting in bus queues in the cold weather, he kept himself at the construction site skipping his meals and spent nights setting right the subway lines for the convenience of the people. Thanks to the wise guidance of the President, the construction of the Pyongyang Metro, which was said to be impossible without the technical and material help of foreign countries, was finally completed by our own efforts.

Happiest News

One early morning in April, 2001, Chairman Kim Jong Il visited a fish farm. Every fish pond of the large fish farm in tiers in a cosy valley was teeming with rainbow trout. Seeing the neatly-built fish ponds and the spectacular scenery of the cosy fish farm like a park, the Chairman had a smile of pleasure in his eyes. Then, he expressed great pleasure over the fact that the sure prospect for gratifying the wish of President Kim Il Sung, who had been so solicitous about providing our people with plenty of more kinds of fish, was opened up. When one of the officials told him that they had supplied some rainbow trout to the people on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, the Chairman was so glad that he highly appreciated their good job. Then, the Chairman smiled a broad smile, saying that it was the happiest news he had ever heard.

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.