Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) — Flood victims from North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces of the DPRK came to Pyongyang under the loving care of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who spares nothing for relieving the people of pain, and spent their dreamy sojourn in Pyongyang. In those days, their emotional voices were admired by all people across the country.
130 day-long sojourn the flood victims spent in Pyongyang under the warm care of the Party and the state were the days and months of love that started and continued by the ardent devotion of Kim Jong Un, who regards it as the most important affair that can not be delayed even for a moment to relieve the people of pain and misfortune at an early date, and a significant period that instilled into all the people the faith that our leader, our Party and our socialist system are the best.
Kim Jong Un, who is standing against any challenges for the sake of the beloved people and future, miraculously saved the flood victims who were at the crossroads of life and death due to the severe natural disaster and made sure that the Party and the government bear the full responsibility for them and take care of them with utmost sincerity.
He convened the 22nd emergency enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on train and set forth important tasks and ways for recovering from damage as soon as possible. Then, he went round the makeshift tents, in which the flood victims were living temporarily, in the sweltering hot weather and took a special measure so that the children, students, the elderly and others from the flood-hit areas were under the state protection in the capital city Pyongyang without any worries in the rehabilitation period.
Under his boundless loving care, more than 13 000 inhabitants and students from the flood-hit areas enjoyed the highest glory, happiness and civilization in the capital city while receiving a special favor and privilege.
The first day of the flood victims’ sojourn in Pyongyang started under the loving care and solicitude of the benevolent father.
He warmly greeted the flood victims at lodging quarters in Pyongyang on August 15. He in a significant welcome speech full of kindred feelings affirmed that the highest sincerity would be offered to them with the meticulous attention to their health and comfort as absolute criteria, hoping that all of them would have an unforgettable and significant time while staying in the capital city of their beloved motherland.
The inhabitants from the flood-hit areas enjoyed their cultural and emotional life to their heart’s content under the loving care of Kim Jong Un who personally worked out the itinerary and took benevolent measures so that they spend pleasant and memorable days during their stay in Pyongyang.
Pupils and students from the flood-hit areas brought into full bloom their dreams of learning in Pyongyang.
From the very day of the disaster, he made sure that an emergency system was put in place to make the students and all other children from flood-hit areas stay in Pyongyang and be provided with a safe and comfortable environment for care and education, entirely at state expense. He saw to it that they received education without cease after vacation.
He visited the April 25 Hostel on August 16 to watch a demonstration lesson for a class of primary school pupils, which was organized as part of the preparations for new-term teaching of the pupils, and acquainted himself in detail with the provision of educational equipment and school fixtures.
The measures for provisional education of children and students from the flood-hit areas in the environment of rehabilitation campaign were another important step of loving care to be taken by only Kim Jong Un who regards the issue of caring and educating the children and students as the primary state affair which could never be given up even if the sky may fall in.
Students with disabilities were also treated at central hospitals in Pyongyang and went to school in a bright and cheerful manner.
The primary schoolchildren from the flood-hit areas competed with those in the capital city, and several students of senior middle school class took part in the examination for entrance to Kim Il Sung University and Kim Chaek University of Technology and over 70 percent of students grew to be A ones.
Boundless was the warm love of the father with the dreamy days and months passing.
Kim Jong Un sent the 70th and 80th birthday spreads to the elderly and first birthday spreads to babies though they enjoyed special favour to be envied by the world. Deeply moved by his warm affection, the inhabitants and schoolchildren from the flood-hit areas expressed gratitude to him, saying that their father is Marshal Kim Jong Un and their home is the embrace of the Party.
During their significant stay, the flood victims were deeply moved by the sincerity and devotion of the members of mobile educational, medical and service teams, service personnel in the field of military medicine of the Korean People’s Army and officials and employees of the hostel, and by the cordial hospitality of Pyongyangites who greeted them as honoured guests at the Okryu Restaurant, Chongryu Restaurant, Pyongyang Noodle House, Chongryu and Changgwang health complexes, etc. They keenly felt that they could not live even a moment without the great socialist family which is harmonious with virtue and affection, holding Kim Jong Un as their father.
The people in the afflicted areas are filled with the ardent desire to turn their radically changed native villages into places good to live in by reaping rich harvest and thus repay the great benevolence generation after generation, always keeping in mind the honour and happiness provided by the devotion of the great father and devoting all their loyalty and patriotic enthusiasm. (End)
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Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) — The north-western part of the DPRK, which has been splendidly turned into the fairyland where the true nature of the Korean style socialism and its rosy future are epitomized, is enlivened with auspicious events of moving into new house. The inhabitants and schoolchildren from the flood-hit areas who stayed in Pyongyang left for their hometowns, picturing to themselves their native places that have undergone a radical change.
The days when they had spent in the capital city under the highest hospitality and service were the ones in which they keenly felt the true image of the mother Party sharing joy and sorrow with the people who suffered pain. The days were also the ones of precious experience in which they deeply cherished how the blessed life, happiness and beautiful future of the people are defended and brought into bloom.
They were tearfully shown the loving care of the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, who provided the children with school uniforms and things and new clothes according to seasons with thoughtful mind, not satisfied with the work for children, and spent happy and pleasant days of rest at the lodgings where all conditions are fully provided, places for visit and bases for leisure activities in the capital city and scenic spots across the country. In those days, they more keenly realized that our socialist house holding Kim Jong Un in high esteem as a benevolent father is the bosom of the destiny and the cradle of life.
The flood victims left the capital city of Pyongyang, carrying with unforgettable precious memory and desire of repayment.
The inhabitants and schoolchildren from the flood-hit areas extended warmest thanks to Kim Jong Un who put forward them as masters of a new life and new civilization to be envied by the whole world and blessed all families who would settle in the new houses, personally attending the inauguration ceremony of dwelling houses in the flood-hit areas.
Officials, providers and teachers warmly saw off the flood victims and schoolchildren with whom they have gotten familiar at lodgings where they could not sleep with laughter of joy and optimism and at campuses where they were engrossed in learning.
The flood victims extended thanks to the sincere efforts of the people who have made selfless efforts for their life and upbringing and studying of their children for several months, true to the noble intention of the Workers’ Party of Korea for the people, and expressed their regret for parting.
Citizens of the capital city saw off in streets the inhabitants and schoolchildren from the flood-hit areas who left for their hometowns which have been turned into ideal socialist villages under the loving care of the Party.
Officials of the WPK Central Committee warmly saw them off at Pyongyang Railway Station.
The inhabitants and schoolchildren from the flood-hit areas were filled with their steadfast determination to firmly believe in and follow only the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, the benevolent father of the great family of the country, devote their patriotic mind to the prosperity of the motherland and thus repay with loyalty the love and benevolence they received generation after generation. (End)
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Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) — The Korean Central News Agency Sunday released a report on the fact that the flood-hit areas of North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces have turned into ideal socialist villages.
According to the report, more than 15 000 modern multi- and single-storeyed dwelling houses, nurseries, kindergartens, schools, hospitals, clinics, etc. were newly built, more than 6 000 dwelling houses repaired and the Amnok River embankment project, river improvement and railway, road and bridge rehabilitation were pushed forward in a little more than four months to spruce up the appearance of north-western part of the country and, thereby, miracles were wrought in the history of construction.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un energetically led the whole course of the rehabilitation project, with his extraordinary readiness and steadfast will that it is the Party that the people who suffered disaster will trust and rely on most, and he can never forsake their expectation and trust like his life at any cost.
As soon as the flood damage occurred, Kim Jong Un came to a flying base despite the heavy rainstorm by covering the inundated roads and personally guided the operation for rescuing the inhabitants on the spot, regardless of his own danger.
As the severe damages caused by floods and heavy rain occurred one after another, he immediately convened the 22nd emergency enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea to take urgent measures for the rehabilitation and made important decisions for the people’s security and well-being.
The decision “On rapidly repairing the flood damage in North Phyongan and Jagang provinces” was adopted at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee held on the inundated paddy field in the flood-hit area, flying the red Party flag bearing the destiny of the people.
Every item of the decision which was consistent with ardent love for the people, including the issue of urgently supplying the reserve materials for emergency disaster relief to quickly stabilize the living of the inhabitants in the flood-hit areas, the issue of making a scientific calculation of the scale of rehabilitation projects, manpower and budget and the issue of dispatching construction workforce as soon as possible and fully supplying and transporting materials, showed again the sacred mission and popular character of the WPK.
Kim Jong Un came to the flood-hit areas of Uiju County, North Phyongan Province on August 8 and 9 by train with the aid materials provided by the Party Central Committee, though he was busy with his revolutionary leadership, and took important measures for stabilizing the living of the flood victims and restoring from disaster.
During the reconstruction, activated was an emergency system of taking all the children and students of the families of flood victims in North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces to Pyongyang to give them health and education service at the state expense and of providing aged persons, invalids, disabled soldiers and nursing mothers with state benefits.
Kim Jong Un provided a powerful command force for the reconstruction and led it in the van, making ceaseless journeys of devoted service to the people.
In August last, he attended the departure ceremony of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade to be dispatched to the flood-hit areas of North Phyongan Province and highly praised the heroic deed of the young people and warmly encouraged them in his historic speech.
While giving field guidance to the flood-hit areas in Uiju County, North Phyongan Province several times, he clarified important guidelines for prospectively expanding and accelerating the recovery project in favour of further advance, including the issue of preferentially and timely supplying materials and equipment needed for the project by meticulously organizing transport, the issue of speeding up frame construction to the maximum and raising the quality level of final process of construction and the issue of improving surrounding environment and carrying out afforestation properly in ornamental and practical aspects, given that civilized and modern residential quarters would be built.
The number of designs that he personally examined and perfected while reflecting the minds of the people suffering from the loss of their houses in every line and dot is more than 540 pieces.
Under his energetic guidance, new standards were created from the formation of town to every structure, road facility, visual motivation aid including slogans and watchwords and light decoration, and the afforestation was carried out on a high level in good harmony with the mountainous areas.
The irresistible strength of all the people who turned out in response to the call of the great Party Central Committee with patriotism and loyalty was fully demonstrated on all fronts of recovery projects.
The whole country turned out in the drive for recovering from flood damage, keeping pace with the ardent call of the Party Central Committee and its patriotic breath consistent with the spirit of devoted service to the people.
Powerful construction forces including the regiments of Party members from the capital city and other areas across the country, the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade and units of the People’s Army were rapidly dispatched to the reconstruction sites after holding significant kick-off meetings and a lot of mechanized means and building materials were sent to the areas.
The huge front of recovery campaign was formed amid the immensely growing militant enthusiasm of the heroic people and service personnel of the People’s Army who turned out in the drive to overcome the crisis.
The construction of dwelling houses was pushed ahead with to provide the inhabitants in the afflicted areas with a cradle of happiness as early as possible.
The builders of the regiments of Party members across the country, the branch of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the core force of the revolution, took the lead in the construction in the spirit of stubborn offensive, regarding it as the inherent duty in life and struggle to devote themselves to defending the people’s security and realizing their ideals.
Young people who came to the construction site of dwelling houses in the flood-hit areas of North Phyongan Province, bearing deep trust that they are the vanguard in socialist construction and detachments specially dispatched by the Party, covered the areas of rehabilitation with their utmost exertion and courage and youthful efforts.
Officials and builders of cities and counties in the flood-hit areas of North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces finished the housing construction in a short span of time by tapping internal reserves and potentials with the enthusiasm to turn their native villages into a socialist land of bliss without fail.
The reconstruction headquarters intensified guidance on the spot while organizing the substantial work of showing the processes for generalizing the experience of advanced units and reviewing and taking strict measures to overcome the deviations revealed in quality control every day.
Thanks to the indomitable practice of all the Party members and young people, who shook the new theatre of creation, ideal “cultured rural cities” and mountain villages vividly showed their peculiar appearances that would lead to a new urban landscape in the near future.
The People’s Army, faithful to its honourable duty as pioneer of changes for the country and people and defender of happiness, made eye-opening successes in the embankment project of the islet area and the restoration of railways, roads and bridges.
The heroic deed of building a model edifice symbolic of the new era in the northern border area of the country further convinced the pride of the inexhaustible spirit and strength of the millions of Party members who cherished the noble intention of the WPK’s devotion to the people as the inherent duty in their life and struggle, service personnel of the People’s Army who have always been perfect in their sacred mission as the army of the Party and the army of the people and the Korean youth who have always been faithful to the honourable prestige of the reliable reserves and advancing group of the Party.
The patriotic enthusiasm and devotion of the people across the country, who unanimously supported the decision of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee with one mind, accelerated the advance speed in the rehabilitation theatre.
The warm minds of all the people who are devoting their pure and sincere patriotic devotion to the sacred struggle for the peace and prosperity of the motherland and the well-being of the people have run to the sites for recovering from flood damage and the beautiful traits of aiding the army and aiding the people have been fully displayed.
The dynamic advance in which the whole country has accelerated the vigorous struggle for the great victory in the reconstruction under the leadership of the Party is a great event that proudly demonstrated before the world where the driving power and development capability peculiar to the DPRK are based.
The wonderful and dramatic changes in the north-western part of the country, demonstrating the will of the Party Central Committee to defend the people and the might of the great army-people unity, are the most precious gift presented by the people of the country to the December Plenary Meeting of the Party Central Committee and a crystal that proved the truth and vitality of our Party’s policies in the significant watershed, which proudly reviews the struggle of the proud year 2024, the stirring year of confirming the victory in attaining the goal set by the Eighth Party Congress and greets immensely rosy journey of the new year.
Through the reconstruction in the flood-hit areas of North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces, all the people keenly experienced once again the tremendous self-reliance which is growing stronger under the wise guidance of the great Party and convinced again that the single-minded unity of our society which helps and leads each other forward is being further consolidated in the spirit of self-supporting and the sacred patriotic struggle, the report said. (End)
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SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 