Brilliant Leadership

Our Beautiful Motherland

In the early months of Juche 17 (1928), Comrade Kim Il Sung was working heart and soul to implant the soul of Korea in the hearts of youth and children in Fusong. During those days, he personally wrote a poem and set it to music. He gave it a title “Song of Korea”. An immortal classic work “Song of Korea”, which was subsequently carried in a newspaper “Saenal”, spread far and wide instilling the feeling of love for the country and revolutionary optimism into the minds of youth and children and people. Every line and tune of “Song of Korea” expresses the beauty of our motherland, which has been called Joson from olden times since it was known as the land of the morning calm, and the pride in our nation with rich natural resources and a time-honoured history and culture. As described in the song, our motherland was, for him, by far the most beautiful country comparable to nothing else in the world and the most valuable entity that we should glorify forever by ourselves. Comrade Kim Il Sung was indeed a peerless patriot who had noble intention as early as in his teens to restore and glorify to the world our beautiful country good to live in by the efforts of our people only.

Ideal Place for Learning

It was one day in August, Juche 51 (1962) when Comrade Kim Jong Il was conducting revolutionary activities at Kim Il Sung University. Sitting together with some students, he gave precious instructions that Mt Paektu is the sacred mountain of revolution associated with the revolutionary history of President Kim Il Sung. That day Comrade Kim Jong Il spoke highly of the students who had reached Mt. Paektu walking along Kapsan-Musan Guard Road from Pochonbo. He told them that any revolutionary of our times should be aware of Mt. Paektu and learn from the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, and that in the past Mt. Paektu was a beacon of hopes for our people and at present it is an ideal place for grasping the firm foundations of our revolution, stressing that the visit they had made was not a mere visit but a meaningful study tour for acquiring the revolutionary spirit of Paektu.

Komdok Relates

In August several years ago, the area of Komdok was devastated by a severe typhoon that had swept across the east coast area and by successive floods. The damage was so severe that the officials had no idea what to do. Mere restoration to the status quo alone had to take several years. The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un learnt about the situation of the Komdok area and took a decisive measure of issuing an order for reconstruction to the People’s Army. He was always solicitous even after indicating detailed orientation and ways for rehabilitation. Saying that the very thought of the people in the disaster area kept him awake, he acquainted himself with knotty problems and gave solutions to them almost every day. Repeated measures of love reaching the rehabilitation site made the soldiers cherish more deeply in their minds the consciousness that they are members of the people’s army and enlist their mental strength to the maximum for the good of the people. His warm affection brought about a miracle of transforming the appearance of the disaster area in a little more than two months that was said to take years to restore itself to the original state.

Difficult Yet Worthwhile

One day some years ago, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made an inspection tour of the newly-built Pyongyang Bag Factory as his first field-guidance of the new year and he went round different parts of the production site. Watching the bags in different shapes and colours suited to the tastes, interests and aesthetic senses of children and schoolchildren, he felt delighted as if he was picturing our happy children laughing boisterously from and to school with our own stylish bags on their backs. He told the officials: It is not easy to produce school bags as well as school uniforms, notebooks and textbooks on our own strength. But now that I have done another difficult but worthwhile job, I am full of pride. I regard it as pleasure and happiness.

President’s Car over a Railway Bridge

It was one day in July, Juche 39 (1950). When the car with President Kim Il Sung in reached the River Rimjin, the bridge had been heavily bombed into halves by enemy planes. Having learnt about it, the President proposed crossing a nearby railway bridge as a last resort. His proposal was a complete surprise to the accompanying officials. (It is absolutely impossible since the railway bridge is uneven with a series of sleepers and, what is more, it is in danger of being attacked by enemy planes at any time.) They stood in his way. At this time, too, our combatants are shedding blood in battles against enemies and they are waiting for us, so we shouldn’t hesitate to go ahead, said the President, persuading them to make way for him. Eventually, the car, directed by the white flag one of the officials waved ahead of it, struggled over the railway bridge little by little on the pitch-dark night. It was indeed an immortal sight unprecedented in the world war history.

Honor Bestowed on Scientist Couple

One winter day some years ago, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gave a grand banquet for scientists and technicians who had made a great contribution to the country’s development of science and technology. The participants, who were bestowed a greater affection than they deserve, were in the state of great excitement. The time of happiness and joy was passing second by second amidst the affection of kinship. The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who was very delighted to hear that there was a hero scientist couple at the place, called them beside him. Warmly shaking hands with the scientist couple who were greatly excited by his unexpected call, he affectionately listened to their research work one by one. After listening to their stories to the last, he suggested having a souvenir photo taken with them arm in arm. The couple were bubbling with excitement. The stormy cheers of “Hurrah!” and loud applauses full of excitement from the audience towards him burst out inside the hall. On the day, the scientist couple hardened their pledge of faith looking up at the sacred Party flag – We’ll carry on with our scientific research forever under the red Party flag only!