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Monthly Journal (763) C O N T E N T S 3 From Mt Paektu Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is a Paektusan-type general possessed of the personality and qualities of a brilliant commander. 6 Driving Force of Socialist Economic Construction 7 Emulation Drive for Increased Production Gets Fervent 10 New Grand March 11 We Are Mallima Riders 12 Seventy-fi ve Years of WPK (1) DIU, Historic Root of WPK Monthly journal Korea Today is printed and posted on the Internet site www.korean-books.com.kp in English, Russian and Chinese. 1 13 Relying on Science and Technology 15 Treasure from Waste 16 Leading the Workers 18 Secret of Growth in Production 20 By Its Own Strength 22 Profi table Greenhouse 24 For Improvement of Cognitive Faculty Front Cover: General Manager Jo Song Gu (left) 25 Teacher’s Desire of the Wonsan Power Station Construction Com- 26 Future Heroes Grow pany, a paragon in the era 28 At Sori Primary School of Mallima Photo by Ri Song Ik 30 Note of Visit to Ryonghung Pharmaceutical Factory 32 Pioneer of New Subject 33 Victory after Victory 34 Dream of Women Footballers 36 True story I’ll Remain a Winner (4) 38 Conscience of Survey Team Members 39 Remains of Altar Unearthed 40 Mineral Water Bathhouse 42 Army-People Cooperation in Construction Projects 44 Forty-nine Years with National Flower Back Cover: Inhabitants 45 National Intangible Cultural Heritage (38) of the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort move to new houses Basics of Korean National Dance Photo by An Kang Rim 46 Victory in Store for Cuban People 47 Dangerous Policy of Territorial Occupation 13502 ㄱ – 1980321 48 Mt Kumgang (11) Edited by An Su Yong Address: Sochon-dong, Sosong District, Pyongyang, DPRK E-mail: fl [email protected] © The Foreign Language Magazines 2020 2 From Mt Paektu TERNAL GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE to be handed down through generations, and the EWorkers’ Party of Korea Kim Jong Il said, source of ideological and spiritual strength that “Comrade Kim Jong Un is a Paektusan- guarantees the victory of the Korean revolution. type general possessed of the personality and Out of this consideration, Kim Jong Il, as a qualities of a brilliant commander.” student, pioneered the path for a study tour of revo- Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has an unusual lutionary battle sites in the Mt Paektu area. love for Mt Paektu. This is not merely because it is On May 31, Juche 61 (1972), when he climbed the the ancestral mountain from which all other moun- mountain, he said: I am here on Mt Paektu today in tains of Korea stretch. He regards the mountain as the face of a snowstorm because I want to grasp more witness of history to the immortal revolutionary deeply, though in my mind, what trying ordeals had ideology, leadership exploits, indomitable spirit to be overcome to establish the revolutionary spir- and noble qualities of President Kim Il Sung and it of Paektu that prevailed in the thick forests of Chairman Kim Jong Il. Mt Paektu. Only when we look back upon the course It can be said that the history of the Korean of arduous march while facing the harsh snowstorm revolution started just in Mt Paektu. of Paektu and walking through a rough snowy path Mt Paektu (2 750 metres above sea level) locat- like this can we fully understand how diffi cult it ed in northern Korea came into being when torrents was for the Korean revolution to cut its way by of lava poured forth about a million years ago, and bloody battle. Only then can we overcome with ease it is the highest mountain in the country. any obstacles in the way of our revolution. We have It earned its name as it looks like the white a long journey of revolution to make. To make the head of a giant supporting the sky and observing long journey of revolution without vacillation, we the universe below his eyes. It is soaring and mag- should not forget the past even for a moment. Let nifi cent, and its weather changes several times a us live and fi ght in the revolutionary spirit of Paek- day. In the ancient times they said the weather of tu for ever—this is my fi rmer determination today the mountain did wonders. on Mt Paektu, and what I want to tell you. Kim Il Sung, eternal President of the Demo- Whenever he made a great plan and decided it cratic People’s Republic of Korea, organized and and whenever he was exhausted from work and had waged an anti-Japanese armed struggle with to make a diffi cult decision, the Chairman climbed Mt Paektu as its base in order to take back the Mt Paektu to think of the President and make up country from the Japanese imperialists. Thus the his mind to carry on the revolution well. mountain became a sacred place where the Korean To Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Mt Paektu revolution started. is the strategic stronghold for the Korean revolu- During the anti-Japanese armed struggle, tion and the source of the inexhaustible strength Kim Il Sung, based in Mt Paektu, often crossed of socialist Korea that stiffened his revolution- the Amnok and Tuman rivers to conduct a brave ary resolution to carry on the intentions of the struggle in the wide area of Korea and Manchu- President and the Chairman without fail. ria. In the course of this he won fame as general of It was over 20 years ago that the Supreme Mt Paektu and tiger of Mt Paektu, and thus the Leader climbed Mt Paektu for the fi rst time. He mountain began to attract the attention of Koreans. did so motivated by the Chairman’s instructions The glorious revolutionary traditions of the that revolutionaries of Korea should know about WPK were established through the anti-Japanese Mt Paektu and that they should bear in mind the war waged with Mt Paektu as its base. During the revolutionary spirit of Paektu in order to accom- unprecedentedly arduous struggle, the fi ghters pro- plish the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered in tected their leader at the cost of their lives, and car- the mountain through generations. ried out without fail the revolutionary tasks given On October 27, Juche 103 (2014) the Supreme by the leader, through thick and thin. Leader climbed Mt Paektu. The anti-Japanese revolutionary fi ghters’ That day he said: The Great Paektu Mountains boundless loyalty to the leader, ardent love for the start in Mt Paektu, and if the mountain leading country and the people, burning hatred for the class thousands of mountains makes a big movement, enemy and indomitable fi ghting spirit constitute the whole country will follow suit. Standing on the the revolutionary spirit of Paektu. This spirit is re- top of Mt Paektu, I feel more fi rmly determined and garded as the most precious revolutionary wealth willing to carry through the revolutionary cause of ► No. 1, 2020 3 ► Juche pioneered in Mt Paektu. calm, breaks on Mt Paektu. Only when you climb ► The song encouraged the people to visit the old Korean revolution at each stage of its development Saying that the Korean army and people should Mt Paektu against a snowstorm and face the anti-Japanese battle area, and intensifi ed the fl ame in the course of working legendary miracles and always live and fi ght in the revolutionary spirit of blizzards of Paektu can you really know about of education in the revolutionary traditions across heroic wonders and where a new great plan is Paektu, the spirit of the blizzards of Paektu, which Mt Paektu and get more fi rmly determined to carry the country. decided. he pointed as the noble spirit the Korean army and through the Korean revolution. The path of climbing Thus the zeal to visit Mt Paektu prevailed in Seeing the Supreme Leader on the white horse people should bear in mind for ever, and the most Mt Paektu is the one of getting a precious spiritual the whole country.