KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 51 http://www.naenara.com.kp Grand Cross Order of Merit Chairman Kim Jong Il received the Grand Cross Order of Merit of Central Africa from the President of the Central African Republic in July 1983. 52 KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 Sweeping Victory The national leader Kim Jong Un warmly welcomes the women footballers on their return home in August 2015. KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 1 Over 200 000 Pyongyangites turn out to offer hearty congratulations to the women footballers on their win at the EAFF Women’s East Asian Cup 2015. 2 KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 KOREA TODAY Monthly Journal (711) Printed in English, Russian and Chinese C O N T E N T S Sweeping Victory················································································································· 1 DPRK’s Healthcare System ··································································································· 5 Care for the People’s Health ·································································································· 7 Legal Guarantee of Socialist Healthcare················································································· 8 Benefits of Sanatoriums······································································································· 9 The Blessed Triplets···········································································································11 Foreign People Enjoying Good Fortune in Korea·····································································12 Telemedicine Energized ······································································································13 A Small Yet Big Factory······································································································14 The Sun Shines for Ever and Ever························································································16 KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 3 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Is a Juche-oriented Socialist State with Invincible Might ····················18 The Nature of Kim Jong Suk···················································· 22 On the occasion of the 70 th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Absolute Support and Trust of Masses ······································ 24 Front Cover: The emblem Hero Complex········································································ 26 and flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Young Scientists Win Special Prizes ········································· 28 Photo by Ra Phyong Ryol Korea Education Fund ···························································· 29 Talent Nurtured ···································································· 30 Erstwhile Wrestler ································································· 32 On the First Tour to Korea ······················································ 33 Mother of Heroes···································································· 34 A Musical Wonder Girl···························································· 35 The Road I Chose ··································································· 36 Traditional Dishes of Korea (3)················································· 38 Three Classics of Koryo Medicine ············································· 40 Myongrimdabbu, a Hundred-year-old Veteran Commander······························································· 41 Back Cover: The terminal of Seventy Years of Occupation of South Korea by the US················ 42 the Pyongyang International Airport Root out Cause of War ···························································· 46 Photo by courtesy of the KCNA The Event of 140 Years Ago Declares ········································ 47 UN Needs Reform—Urgently··················································· 48 13502 ㄱ-58223 © The Foreign Language Address: Sochon-dong, Sosong District, Magazines 2015 Pyongyang, DPRK E-mail: [email protected] 4 KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 DPRK’s Healthcare System HE DEMOCRATIC The popular character is also ing to their wish, can temporarily T People’s Republic of Korea to be found in the complete, uni- retire from office following child- has a popular healthcare system versal free medical care system. birth while being provided with whereby the state takes full re- The free medical service is equally food as usual. sponsibility for people’s lives and offered to all the Korean people A prematurely-born baby or health. irrespective of age, sex, place of those born of a birth are put in The popular character of the abode, occupation and quality and the incubator until they weigh DPRK’s healthcare system finds quantity of labour done, and it four kilograms. A woman from expression in the fact that all includes all aspects of care for Hanggu District, Nampho City, things including production and people’s lives and health, includ- diagnosed as carrying quadru- construction are put at the service ing diagnosis, test, examination, plets in August 1984, was admit- of the people for their lives and treatment, operation, sick call, ted to the Pyongyang Maternity health and nothing is spared for patient’s transport, usage of fa- Hospital and delivered more than them. In the country people’s cilities, recuperation, assistance 50 days later. She and her chil- health is considered the most at childbirth, health checkup and dren were discharged in February important problem in building consultation, and vaccination. next year only after they all got factories, enterprises and cities Thanks to the beneficial system, healthy. and making parks and recreation the Korean people, with no idea of In the DPRK excellent facili- grounds. Even when it is in a what doctor’s fee and bill are like, ties and conditions are laid fully difficult economic condition or in receive treatment and improve enough to afford people free a strained situation, the popular their health. medical care any time and any- policies for the people’s lives and One day a local worker was where. Medical care centres are health are invariably imple- badly wounded in an accident. in good arrangement from the mented. In particular, the gov- First-aid service was given in the central down to the lowest ernment makes whatever invest- local hospital before he was echelon, including large-scale, ment needed for their lives. transferred to a central hospital general hospitals such as the The health problem comes in Pyongyang, where he got well Kim Il Sung University Pyongy- ahead of economic calculation, after 15-day-long treatment—all ang Medical College Teaching and any economic profits can free of charge. He was looked Hospital and Kim Man Yu Hospi- hardly match the people’s after by more than ten medics tal, many special hospitals like health— this is the invariable including an academician, Profes- the Pyongyang Ophthalmic Hos- standpoint of the Workers’ Party sors and Doctors of Medicine, pital, the South Hamgyong Pro- of Korea and the DPRK govern- with over 70 kinds of expensive vincial Dental Hospital and the ment. For instance, in June 1986 medicines, and had a transfusion Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, in Haeju City, South Hwanghae of 5.7 litres of blood. and other hospitals and polyclin- Province, a smeltery which had Children, pregnant women ics. Hospitals or polyclinics are to emitted a tiny amount of harmful and mothers of children enjoy be found in all places whether gas was blown off and a modern special benefits. Women have a they are towns, rural villages, one with no harmful gas was set maternity leave of 240 days. industrial districts, fishing vil- up thanks to a state measure. Mothers of more than four chil- lages or forestry workers’ villages, Ruled by the public health policy dren are paid a special subsidy with ri or dong as unit. Every of the Party and the state, fumes, the amount of which is deter- district or county has a people’s sewage and waste water are thor- mined by the number of children. hospital. A reasonable number of oughly purified. Mothers of three children, accord- medical workers are assigned to ► KOREA TODAY No. 9, 2015 5 ► work according to the number of population. Factories and enter- prises have their own hospitals or polyclinics, and collieries and ore mines have hospitals or polyclin- ics outside pits while pits have clinics or first-aid posts inside. Even deep-sea fishing fleets have their clinics. In recent years modern medi- cal establishments were built in the country, including the Breast Tumour Research Institute of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, the Ryugyong Dental Hospital and the Okryu Children’s Hospi- tal. Similar establishments are The multi-purpose X-ray room at the Breast Tumour Research Institute of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. going up now, too. Modern facto- ries to produce medicines and medical appliances, pharmaceuti- cal plants and special medical herb farms are in operation the country over, and every province has medical workers training cen- tres including medical colleges. The WPK and the govern- ment’s policy of preventive medi- cine, too, is expressive of the popular character of the DPRK’s healthcare system. A primary attention is paid to the effort to keep people from contracting dis- eases. Great efforts are directed to the work of ensuring the preven- tion of diseases and keeping sani- The Ryugyong Dental Hospital. tary living and working condi- tions, and the section doctor sys- and living conditions, living cus- infected. This is entirely attrib- tem