Benevolence
One day in September 1961, President Kim Il Sung paid a visit to Pyongyang Hotel (then) to meet the delegates to the historical 4th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea and had a talk with a woman delegate.
He asked her how many people there were in her family.
As she hesitated to make an immediate reply, an official beside her answered for her that there were two–her and her husband.
The President’s next question was how old she was.
When he learnt about her age, he changed the subject. Inquiring about her husband’s job and his salary, he looked at her face attentively.
Saying that she looked unwell, he asked with paternal love whether she had any trouble with her health.
Although she replied that she was fine, he showed a worry about her face carrying a sickly appearance. Saying that he could see the sign of illness from her face and it was a pity that she was childless at the age of 29, he showed his concern once again. His next warm question was whether her husband had any complaint about her infertility.
She could not help bursting into tears. In fact, even though her husband had said nothing about it, she had felt guilty and uneasy before him.
The President soothed her, encouraging her to be medically treated for it so that she could have a child and keep working well in good health.
Later she recovered from illness thanks to the medicine sent by the President and had a cute baby.
They named their baby Un Dok, which means benevolence.