KOREA TODAY No. 5, 2016 51 The Party Founding Museum dedicated to the immortal achievements of President Kim Il Sung who founded the Workers’ Party of Korea on October 10, 1945 and gave victorious guidance to the effort to build a new nation. 52 KOREA TODAY No. 5, 2016 KOREA TODAY Monthly Journal (719) Printed in English, Russian and Chinese C O N T E N T S The Workers’ Party of Korea Is Always There in the Minds of the People ···································· 3 Great Love and Care ··········································································································· 7 Great Guide of the Cause of Independence, Songun and Socialism ············································· 8 May Day Comes Round Every Year ······················································································10 Samil Wolgan ····················································································································12 In the Run-up to the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea With Concerted Efforts ·······································································································14 People’s Favourite Trademark ·····························································································16 KOREA TODAY No. 5, 2016 1 The Sci-Tech Complex ·····························································18 Pioneers of Cutting-edge Technology ·········································24 Developing Distance Learning ·················································25 New Improvement in Schooling ················································26 New Treatment Device of Blood Vessel ······································28 Front Cover: The invincible What They Want ····································································29 Workers’ Party of Korea Special Service Establishment for Scientists ······························30 Photo by Ra Phyong Ryol This Is Where I Live in ···························································32 The Small House Fostering a Great Future ································33 The Way to School ··································································34 Immortal Youth ·····································································36 Seventy Years of Humanitarianism ··········································38 Mt. Chilbo (4) ········································································40 Musical Instruments of Korea ··················································42 Ingenious Strategem ······························································44 Matter of Paramount Importance in International Relationship ·······················································45 Back Cover: The Sci-Tech Complex Impending Doom of the She-devil ··············································46 Photo by courtesy Surely Wrong Policy ·······························································47 of the KCNA Wriggling Militarism ······························································48 13502 ㄱ-68205 © The Foreign Language Address: Sochon-dong, Sosong District, Magazines 2016 Pyongyang, DPRK ISSN 0454–4072 E-mail: [email protected] 2 KOREA TODAY No. 5, 2016 The Workers’ Party of Korea Is Always There in the Minds of the People N MAY 1993 PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG love for the people of Kim Jong Un, First I met a delegation of the Guinean United Progress Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea who is Party. In a talk with him, one of the delegates asked identical to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman the President what was the best way to build a rul- Kim Jong Il—founder and leaders of the WPK. ing party. The President picked up a peach from the Still today the Korean people recall the meas- fruit plate on the table and said: The party should ures taken by Kim Jong Un in the days of state be built like this peach. Success can be achieved in funeral after the unexpected passing of the great the revolution and construction only when the Chairman. The demise of the Chairman gave the single-hearted unity of the leader, the party and the masses is achieved. To speak figuratively Korean people a bitter grief of loss. An comparing the case to this peach, the masses are endless stream of people mounted Mansu Hill to the flesh, the party is the stone, and the leader express their condolences with untold yearning for is the core of the stone. him in the face of biting cold of winter. At that time The words of the President were a plain simile Kim Jong Un said that the Party organizations that the single-hearted unity of the leader, the Party and officials at all levels should go out to the mourn- and the masses was the life of Korea. A long time ing sites in turn by day and by hour instead of sit- has passed since then. However, the single-hearted ting at their desks worrying about the people in the unity of the leader, the Party and the masses simi- cold winter nights, and console and share the sorrow lar to the core, stone and flesh of the peach is now with them to pass through the hard time. consistently carried forward, consolidated and Instructing them to remember that the late developed as the eternal life of socialism in Korea. Chairman would feel sorry if he knew the people And today that unity is founded on the boundless were shivering in the cold and to give top priority ► The Korean people absolutely trust and follow the Workers’ Party of Korea as their mother. (A scene from the military parade and Pyongyang citizens’ mass demonstration in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the WPK.) KOREA TODAY No. 5, 2016 3 The schoolchildren and working people enjoy themselves at the Masikryong Ski Resort. ► to their convenience, Kim Jong Un took relevant measures to that end. Everyone was keenly re- minded of his noble view of and love for the people. The people he cherished so much were by no means some specified persons or distinguished dignitaries. They were ordinary soldiers, industrial and agricul- tural workers and intellectuals whom the great off, nearly all of the soldiers wading through the leaders had brought up with loving care and prized waves after the boat till the water was too deep, giv- dearly, regarding them as their teacher and God in ing him cheers and wishing him earnestly never to all their revolutionary lives. They were precisely the visit such dangerous places again. best comrades-in-arms of Kim Jong Un. In his first In his continuous inspection trips to the frontline speech to the people who had remained faithful to posts with warm affection for the servicemen, there the Party in the face of all manner of difficulties, he are many heart-touching anecdotes. High-ranking declared his firm determination to ensure them a army officers stood guard at the posts while the sol- good life so that they would not tighten their belts diers were sent to the capital city of Pyongyang for again, but enjoy all benefits of socialism. recreation, and the Supreme Commander had sou- In August a few years ago Supreme Commander venir photos taken with soldiers one by one. Kim Jong Un inspected Jangjae and Mu islets situ- Kim Jong Un has never expressed his mode of ated in the hottest spot on the southwest front. The politics, but the Korean people are keenly aware way to those islets was dangerous, but he said there that his politics is marked by warm affection and were his beloved soldiers on the islets and that he burning love for them. In the past several years a lot was the very person who should go there and see of structures have sprung up across the country, them as Supreme Commander. He sailed to the islets showing his love for the people. Among them are in a small wooden boat. On the islets he encouraged Changjon Street, Munsu Water Park, Mirim Riding the soldiers and their families by telling them not to Club, Songdowon International Children’s Camp feel lonely at all since the places were under the deep and Masikryong Ski Resort. Sometimes, he would care of the Party. When he was leaving the islets, the go up and down the dusty steps of buildings under soldiers and their families gave him a hearty send- construction for inspection, dripping with sweat, ► 4 KOREA TODAY No. 5, 2016 ► and at other times, he studied in the dusty winds so that a historic event of turning a misfortune into the plans of buildings to be erected. For just one a blessing took place. construction project, he examined so many plans, Last year the Korean people celebrated the 70th and cared about where to place furniture in apart- founding anniversary of the WPK in a grand style. ment houses, and even the number of sockets. In his last year’s New Year address Kim Jong Un In August last year, Rason City in the northern called on the entire people to display the revolution- tip of Korea suffered flood damage, so large numbers ary spirit and mettle of Paektu to resolutely thwart of people were left homeless. While guiding the cam- the challenge and schemes of the hostile forces and paign to restore the flood-swept city on the site, he win great victories in the struggle to defend social- received a report that the local population had re- ism and on all fronts of building a thriving nation. turned to a stable life thanks to the Party’s proper That way, he said, they should celebrate the 70th measures taken consecutively for the restoration of anniversaries of national liberation and founding of the city and the supply of huge amounts of food- the Party as auspicious revolutionary events. stuffs and daily necessities,