Democratic People’s Republic of Korea No. 34 (3 174) weekly http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp e-mail:[email protected] Sat, August 21, Juche 110 (2021) General Secretary Kim Jong Un gives field guidance over riverside terraced houses building project Kim Jong Un, most convenient general secretary and hygienic of the Workers’ environment can Party of Korea be provided for and president of the people. He the State Affairs also pointed to the of the DPRK, need to make the gave on-the-spot configurations of guidance over the cities and towns construction of the diverse, attractive Pothong Riverside and unique so as Terraced Houses to create features District. peculiar to each of He was greeted them. on the spot by Jong Saying that it Sang Hak, Jo Yong would be good to Won, Ri Hi Yong give the district and other senior the administrative officials of the division name Central Committee “Kyongru-dong” of the Party and meaning a beau- c o m m a n d i n g tiful gem terrace, officers and leading he gave an officials of the instruction for the units involved in relevant sector to the construction. deliberate on it. He learned about He expressed the construction great satisfaction project as he over the fact that looked round several places of the viewpoint of architectural beauty. Calling for carefully making a radical change has been brought construction site. He said that the project should and implementing a plan for urban about in the riverside area to leave He said that the residential district, be pushed as scheduled by taking construction for raising the level no traces of some 140 days ago, built with the land undulations timely measures for the supply of of modernization and civilization despite lack of everything and left intact, looks nice, and that an equipment and materials in keeping of the capital city and local cities difficulties, thanks to the builders’ example has been set for a terraced with the rapid progress of the and towns, he underscored the patriotism and loyalty, and highly houses district that is built on sloping project. need to plan and arrange buildings, appreciated the labour feats of all ground perfectly in architectural Saying that it is necessary to pay facilities, roads, green spaces and all the builders. aesthetics. He noted that such close attention to further sprucing up other elements from the viewpoint experience is of great significance parks on the Pothong River banks, of interconnection so that the KCNA in developing architecture under the he stressed the specific conditions of the country need to take where lots of dwelling houses have thoroughgoing to be built nationwide and the most sci-tech mea- parts of which are mountainous sures in order areas, and in implementing the to improve the Party’s policy of construction. quality of the The residential district should river water. serve the main purpose of ensuring Emphasizing the convenience of residents of each that the dwelling house, not just meeting c o n s t r u c t i o n the aesthetic requirements, he said, project is of adding that paths should be arranged i m p o r t a n c e and transport means should be in making allocated rationally so that the Pyongyang residents can walk straight down to M u n i c i p a l i t y use them without going round the more modern residential district. and civilized, He emphasized that it is important he called for to ensure a high level of afforestation speeding up the and greening in and around the c o n s t r u c t i o n residential district while giving final qualitatively to artistic touches to the retaining walls make it a model for the terraced houses district after of urban housing carefully considering them from the construction. Page 2 Sat, August 21, Juche 110 (2021) ANNIVERSARY DISASTER RELIEF Long journey remembered for WPK CC officials help flood promoting ties with neighbours sufferers in South Hamgyong Officials of the Central and soul into the relief effort Chairman Kim Jong Il equality and equally beneficial member of the State Council to Committee of the Workers’ and called on the local officials devoted tireless efforts to cooperation on the basis of Heilongjiang Province to kindly Party of Korea provided a to share joy and sorrow with the consolidating and further the spirit of the DPRK-Russia greet the Chairman. large amount of food and funds residents of the stricken areas promoting the DPRK-Russia Joint Declaration in 2000, The foreign media commented needed for stabilizing the living and relieve them of difficulties and DPRK-China friendship in the DPRK-Russia Moscow on it, saying that it was the first of flood victims in the afflicted in life in time. Acquainting 2011, the last year of his life. Declaration in 2001 and time in the history of Chinese areas of South Hamgyong themselves with the living He visited Russia’s Siberian the Treaty on Friendship, diplomacy to send a member of Province as soon as possible. conditions and health of flood and Far Eastern regions from Good-neighbourliness and the State Council and the head The relief supplies were victims who are now living August 20 to 25 2011 at the Cooperation between the DPRK of the International Liaison delivered to residents of Sinhung in the office building of the invitation of Russian President and the Russian Federation. Department of the CPC to the County who had greatly suffered county Party committee, they Medvedev. The Chairman’s visit to relevant area to greet a foreign from floods on August 15. called on the locals to build new The Russian president and Russia’s Siberian and Far leader who passed through China Party Central Committee houses by pushing ahead with government and the people in Eastern regions was an after visiting other country and it officials told the residents that the rehabilitation campaign and Siberian and Far Eastern regions epochal event which marked a showed well the high prestige of the respected General Secretary significantly greet the founding welcomed him, who visited watershed in the development National Defence Commission Kim Jong Un fails to go to anniversary of the WPK. Russia again after nearly 10 of relationship between the two Chairman Kim Jong Il and sleep at the thought of the flood years to further consolidate and countries and a historic long the closest attention Chinese sufferers and is putting his heart KCNA develop traditional friendship journey which contributed to party and government direct to between the two countries, as defending peace and security strengthening and developing RECONSTRUCTION the most honoured state guest. in Northeast Asia and the rest the traditional DPRK-China Chairman Kim Jong Il held of the world and advancing the friendship. talks with President Medvedev cause of independence against The distance of the course of Disaster recovery pushed on August 24 in Ulan-Ude, the imperialism. his visits to Russia’s Siberian capital of the Buryat Republic After visiting Russia’s and Far Eastern regions and of Russia. Siberian and Far Eastern several cities in Northeast China in South Hamgyong At the talks the leaders of regions, he chose the route totals over 8 000 kilometres. the two countries informed home along Northeast China The immortal exploits of the Transport routes have In farmland in inundated each other of the situations of and paid a historic visit to it Chairman who made a great been reopened in some ten areas, drainage and digging their countries, satisfactorily between August 25 and 27. contribution to the development days, housing construction of of drainage canals have appraised the DPRK-Russia Hu Jintao, the then general of friendship with Russia and hundreds of families pushed been carried on and various relationship which was secretary of the Communist Party China by conducting energetic and damage to crops in scores germicides and liquid nutrients developing well, exchanged of China, specially dispatched external activities are still of hectares repaired in Sinhung sprayed to promote the growth opinions related to the the head of the International remembered by the peoples County, South Hamgyong of crops and minimize damage development of bilateral Liaison Department of the of the three countries and will Province, which was worst hit to them. relations and reached a CPC Central Committee to shine forever along with the by heavy rain and flood. The Pyongyang Railway consensus of opinion on all Manchuria, border city between inheritance and development of Units of the Korean People’s Bureau scrupulously organizes discussed issues. China and Russia, to receive the DPRK-Russia and DPRK- Army restored dozens-of- the transport of cement, They also emphasized the the Chairman courteously China friendship. metres-long banks with structural steel and other need to expand and strengthen and accompany him all the thousands of cubic metres of materials needed for the relief the bilateral ties of friendship, way. And he personally sent a By Om Ryong PT earth and stones and opened effort in South Hamgyong transport routes. Builders of Province. the province and other working It ensures that engines pull power industry sector Complex have carried out the people in Sinhung County are more cargo than the standards The Central Committee plans for each process ahead pressing on with the rebuilding every day and schedules Nationwide of the General Federation of of schedule by waging a 24-7 of embankments extending for processes in a well-knit way Science and Technology of campaign at the construction hundreds of metres along the so as to send trains carrying Railroads reconditioned in Korea hosted a national sci- site of an energy-saving oxygen Songchon River after repairing cement and steel materials in Jagang tech presentation in the field of blast furnace.