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Juche 109 (2020) I will devote myself for the sake of the socialist country and its people, as I was entrusted by General Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Un The Korean people regard themselves as the proudest and luckiest in the people are, travelling by air, by sea and by land, and he continues an endless world, for they hold up Kim Jong Un as their supreme leader. journey of devotion every day in the new century of the Juche era. People’s demands and interests are the starting and basic point of all the During those days he visited the families of an ordinary teacher and a thinking and practices of the Supreme Leader, who believes in his people worker who had moved to the new houses, and congratulated them. He spent as in heaven and takes good care of their destiny with a high sense of New Year’s Day with the children at a baby home and orphanage, bestowing responsibility. parental affection on them. He is the first to ride the amusement facilities and chairlift on their test runs Thanks to his ardent and sincere devotion to the country and people, a large to check their safety, because they would be used by the people. He visits number of monumental structures are built all across the country and the eye- greenhouses and farms regardless of sultry midsummer heat, and construction opening history of the whole country turning into gold mountains, fields and sites in rainy days to climb up the unfinished stairs without handrails. He seas is unfolded, making cheers for the Workers’ Party of Korea and socialism personally gets on board the fishing vessels and takes fish in his hands. reverberate throughout the country. Saying that he is most pleased whenever the wealth for the people is created, Witnessing the reality in which their dreams and ideals are being materialized, the Supreme Leader visits all places, even far-flung and secluded, where his the Korean people are convinced of their brighter future.

4 5 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development

We will step up the building of a powerful socialist country in our own way and by our own efforts! This is the unshakable faith and will of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and all the Korean people firmly rallied around him. The Supreme Leader continues an endless journey of field guidance, inspiring the people with vigour and courage to advance vigorously holding high the banner of self-reliance and self-development. Thanks to his seasoned and sophisticated leadership and dynamic efforts of the people who have turned out in hearty response of his patriotic call, a great heyday of creations and changes is being unfolded in the DPRK. Kim Jong Un looking round the Sci-Tech Complex in October 2015

8 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 9 10 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 11 Kim Jong Un looking round the construction site of the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station nearing completion in September 2015 Phalhyang Dam for the Orangchon Power Station

Kim Jong Un at the construction site of the Orangchon Power Station in July 2018

14 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 15 Kim Jong Un inspecting the Koam-Tapchon Railway in May 2018

16 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 17 Kim Jong Un seeing new-type tractors at the then Kumsong Tractor Factory in November 2017

18 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 19 Kim Jong Un at the Sungni Motor Complex to see new-type trucks in November 2017

20 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 21 Kim Jong Un viewing new-type trolley bus and tram car in August 2018

Kim Jong Un aboard a newly-manufactured underground train for a test run in November 2015

22 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 23 24 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 25 Kim Jong Un at the Terminal of International Airport in June 2015

Kim Jong Un seeing a model of the Pyongyang International Airport area in October 2014

26 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 27 Kim Jong Un looking round the exhibition of machinery and equipment in May 2016

28 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 29 Kim Jong Un seeing the acrylic paint newly produced at the Sunchon Chemical Complex in August 2016

Kim Jong Un looking round the production line newly set up at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex in June 2013

30 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 31 Kim Jong Un seeing a newly-bred, high-yielding crop variety in September 2016

32 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development Kim Jong Un at the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in August 2015

Kim Jong Un looking round the potato plots of the Junghung Farm in the then County in July 2018

34 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 35 Kim Jong Un at the Taedonggang Pig Farm in August 2016

Kim Jong Un at a livestock farm in August 2018

36 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 37 Kim Jong Un at a fishery station in the east coastal area in December 2018

38 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 39 Kim Jong Un visiting the Kumsanpho Fish Pickling Factory in August 2018

40 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 41 Kim Jong Un at an offshore salmon farm in May 2015

42 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 43 Kim Jong Un looking round the Kangwon Provincial Tree Nursery in July 2018

Kangwon Provincial Tree Nursery

44 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 45 Kim Jong Un visiting the then Pyongyang Municipal Mushroom Farm in January 2015 Kim Jong Un looking round the Songdowon General Foodstuff Factory in July 2018

46 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 47 Kim Jong Un at the Ryugyong Kimchi Factory in January 2017

48 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 49 Kim Jong Un at the Ryongaksan Spring Water Factory in September 2016

50 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 51 Kim Jong Un looking round the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill in December 2014

52 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 53 Kim Jong Un visiting the renovated Ryuwon Footwear Factory in October 2017 Kim Jong Un at the Cosmetics Factory in June 2018

54 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 55 Kim Jong Un at the newly-built Mindulle Notebook Factory in April 2016 Kim Jong Un at the Disabled Soldiers’ Bag Factory in July 2018

56 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 57 Kim Jong Un at the Daesong Department Store before its opening in April 2019 Kim Jong Un looking round the venue of daily necessities exhibition in September 2015

58 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 59 Kim Jong Un looking round the Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm in December 2019

60 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 61 Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and Tree Nursery

62 Together with the People on the Road of Self-reliance and Self-development 63 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality

Korean people are firmly convinced that they can realize their beautiful dreams and ideals for tomorrow and are optimistic about their bright future. Their hopes are being realized by Kim Jong Un, the fatherly leader who bestows infinite love on them and makes energetic efforts for them. Cherising the people’s dreams as his ideal, he devotes his all to making his people the happiest in the world and turning the country into a socialist paradise. That is why the Korean people are singing loudly the song We Are the Happiest in the World. Rungna People’s Pleasure Ground Kim Jong Un at the under construction in September 2013 Munsu Water Park Kim Jong Un looking round the Ryugyong Health Complex before its opening in November 2012

72 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 73 Kim Jong Un posing for a photo with children at the Roller Rink in November 2012

74 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 75 Kim Jong Un at the opening ceremony of the Songdowon International Children’s Camp in May 2014

Kim Jong Un with football players in the finals of the national children’s football tournament at the Songdowon International Children’s Camp in May 2014

76 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 77 Songdowon International Children’s Camp

78 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 79 Kim Jong Un at the then Pyongyang University of Architecture in November 2013 Kim Jong Un visiting the reconstructed Pyongyang Teachers Training College in January 2018

80 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 81 82 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 83 Kim Jong Un at the newly-built Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital in October 2016

84 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 85 Ryugyong Dental Hospital

Okryu Children’s Hospital Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital

86 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 87 Kim Jong Un with the football players of the Hwaeppul who beat the April 25 in July 2013

Kim Jong Un at the airport to greet the football players who won the 2015 EAFF Women’s East Asian Cup in August 2015

88 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 89 90 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 91 Kim Jong Un at the Samjiyon Orchestra Theatre after its renovation as a natural acoustic theatre in October 2018 Samjiyon Orchestra Theatre

92 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 93 Kim Jong Un at the Mirim Riding Club in August 2013

94 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 95 Kim Jong Un visiting the Masikryong Ski Resort that nears completion in December 2013

Kim Jong Un at the construction site of the Masikryong Ski Resort in November 2013

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Kim Jong Un at the Natural History Museum before its opening in May 2016

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Central Zoo Kim Jong Un looking round the newly-built Pyongyang Taedonggang Fish Restaurant in June 2018

106 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 107 Kim Jong Un giving field guidance at the construction site of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Resort in May 2018

108 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality Kim Jong Un at the apartment house on Changjon Street in May 2012

110 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 111 Kim Jong Un having a view of the construction site of Mirae Scientists Street in February 2015

112 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 113 Mirae Scientists Street Kim Jong Un looking round the apartment house on Ryomyong Street in January 2017

Kim Jong Un setting forth the important tasks for the construction of Ryomyong Street after proclaiming the project in March 2016

117 Ryomyong Street Kim Jong Un attending the inaugural ceremony of the apartment buildings for educationists at Kim Il Sung University in October 2013 Apartment buildings for educationists at Kim Il Sung University

120 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 121 Kim Jong Un looking round the apartment buildings for educationists at Kim Chaek University of Technology in October 2014 Apartment buildings for educationists at Kim Chaek University of Technology

122 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 123 Kim Jong Un at the construction site of the Yonphung Scientists Holiday Camp in May 2014

124 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 125 Kim Jong Un visiting the then Samjiyon County which was turning into a model of mountainous city in October 2019

Kim Jong Un acquainting himself with the construction progress in the then Samjiyon County in October 2018

126 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 127 City of Samjiyon 130 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality 131 Kim Jong Un visiting the hot spring resort under construction in South Phyongan Province in October 2018

Kim Jong Un at the hot spring area in Yangdok County, South Phyongan Province, in August 2018

132 Translating People’s Dreams and Ideals into Reality Kim Jong Un looking round the construction site of hot spring resort in Yangdok County nearing its completion in October 2019

135 Yangdok Hot Spring Resort

Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un bestows all his affection on the people across the country like their own father. It is his unbreakable will to loyally support the people whom President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, eternal leaders of socialist Korea, believed in as in heaven, and grow flowers even on a rock, if it is the wish of the people. The blood-sealed ties formed between the leader and the people underlie the solid single-hearted unity of the DPRK. Kim Jong Un at the Pyongyang Baby Home and Orphanage in October 2014

Kim Jong Un among the children on New Year’s Day in 2015

145 Kim Jong Un with children at the Kyongsang Kindergarten in July 2012

Kim Jong Un at a nursery of the Pyongyang Condiments Factory in June 2013

147 Kim Jong Un with the participants in the Eighth Congress of the Korean Children’s Union in June 2017 Kim Jong Un at the Schoolchildren’s Palace in May 2014

148 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 149 Kim Jong Un visiting the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School on the occasion of 68th anniversary of the Korean Children’s Union in June 2014

Kim Jong Un with the students at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in March 2017

151 Kim Jong Un with the participants in the Second National Conference of Model Youth of Virtue in May 2015

152 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 153 Kim Jong Un visiting the people who moved to the new houses on Changjon Street in September 2012

154 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 155 Kim Jong Un at the Ryugyong Dental Hospital and Okryu Children’s Hospital in March 2014

156 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 157 Kim Jong Un meeting the participants in the Fifth National Conference of War Veterans in July 2018

158 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 159 Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledging the cheering soldier-builders and people participating in the rehabilitation project of the Sonbong area in in October 2015

160 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 161 Kim Jong Un posing for a photograph with workers at the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory in December 2018

162 Inseparable Ties of Kinship with People 163

People’s Leader

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