Brilliant Leadership

Autograph Order Delivered to “Young Bridegroom”

In the liberated fatherland, there was a young man who had the honor of serving the army near President Kim Il Sung. One day in November, Juche 38(1949), when he rushed to the President, called by him, he found some fellow soldiers around the President. To everyone’s surprise, the President told them with a friendly glance that he was going to grant leave of absence to them, newly-wed ones. With a great surprise, the young man glanced at the fellows next to him. As it happened, it turned out that they were all newly-weds. The man wondered how the President knew that he had got married. He blushed to the roots of his hair. Actually he had kept it as a top secret for over a year after joining the army lest his fellows should make fun of him as “a young bridegroom”. He could never figure out how it was known. He could not know that the President had happened to notice a letter to his wife between the leaves of one of his books at the time of checking them. That day the President, distributing thick envelopes to every one of them, emphasized that they should be opened only after the train left. Then, the President warmly asked the young soldier to tell his wife to bring up their child to become the pillar of the country. He felt choked so much that he could not say a word of thanks to the President. When he opened the envelope kept in his bosom with great care as soon as the train left, he found an autograph order of the President enclosed with some money. The autograph order was to buy liquor, tobacco and a pouch and a pipe with some of the money before entering the house, to spend the rest on some clothes for grandfather, grandmother and mother, and to report on its execution to him when coming back. At last he could not help shedding tears onto his hands with the envelope.

Braving the Rough Seas

One day in March, Juche 101(2012), the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a visit through the wild waves to Cho Island. Being greeted by the commanding officers, he shook hands with them before he said warmly that he wanted to meet the sentries on the island reliably defending the westernmost post. Wondering if the barracks were heated properly, he felt of the floor and told the commanding officers that they should take deep care of the heating supply so that the soldiers could eat and sleep in warm rooms in winter. Following the route Chairman Kim Jong Il had trodden, he affectionately saw over the lives of the soldiers with the same love as the Chairman’s, and with the strategies and tactics of the Chairman he clarified all the issues arising in the consolidation of combat preparedness. He had a photo session embracing in his broad bosom all the soldiers and military personnel on the island who had been intensely longing for him. Even when he mounted the ship, he looked back time and time again at the soldiers and the military personnel with tear-stained faces reluctant to part from him and said he could still see some groups of soldiers, island personnel and children shouting long live on the quay and on the mountain peaks. He suggested everybody wave back until they got out of sight and he himself waved back to them for a long while.

Greatest Pleasure

In January, Juche 104 (2015), the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the newly built Pyongyang Mushroom Farm (then). Enjoying the panoramic view of the farm, he said with affection that a glance at its exterior alone could stir a sudden impulse to drop in. Having looked all around the farm, he was very pleased to see a wonderful structure for people at the beginning of the new year. Then, he wore a broad smile on his face, saying that he wanted every day in the year to be a happy day like that. Our people’s growing happiness, this is just the greatest pleasure of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

What is Pleasing

It happened when the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was inspecting a building-materials production base. One of the leading officials of the factory courteously expressed his determination to not only produce more building materials with lower costs but also surpass the leading countries in tile industry by always relying on science and technology. Saying that the officials’ determination full of confidence sounded like a song of socialist march, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un repeatedly praised them for not coveting others, which was just what appealed to him. The officials realized once again that it is a patriotic trait to love ours, not others, and to create ours of better quality in larger amounts.

In a Big Way

One day in January, Juche 95 (2006), Chairman Kim Jong Il made a visit to the newly built e-library at Kim Chaek University of Technology. Making a round of the e-library, he gave valuable instructions before saying that it needed to be perfected in every aspect and that his inspection led him to the idea of further perfecting it in a far-sighted way as required by the era of information industry. Soon after that, the officials at the university received the shocking news that the Chairman saw to it that a plan was made to further enhance the service capacity of the e-library. They held a consultation with the corresponding officials to make a plan and presented it to the Chairman. Considering the plan, the Chairman blamed them for having made such a conservative plan. Then, he set forth a staggeringly daring plan saying that no matter how tense the financial situation of the country may be, the e-library should be equipped with up-to-date facilities looking far ahead in the future.

In the Fighting Spirit of Those Days

One day of the vigorous struggle to celebrate the Sixth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea with political enthusiasm and glorious labour achievements, Chairman Kim Jong Il met with the officials who had been dispatched to all provinces for guidance to emphasize that the first month review of the 100-day campaign should be conducted not in the way of addressing the successes only, but in the way of practical significance. Then, he told them in a meaningful tone of the fighting spirit and will of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) transportation corps men in the days of the Fatherland Liberation War. He continued: During the war those corps men never yielded to the steep Chol Pass nor panicked in the midst of showers of bombs and machine-gun bullets from the enemy planes. Always thinking about their obligation to carry out their combat tasks without fail, they managed to guarantee the victory in battles by supplying shells to the fronts through a hail of bullets and steep passes. Noting that however difficult it might be to attain the goal of the 100-day campaign, it was incomparable to crossing Chol Pass in lorries through the shower of bullets, the Chairman convinced them that achieving the gigantic goal was just feasible only when they worked in the fighting spirit shown by the brave soldiers in the Fatherland Liberation War.