KIM JONG UN GIVES FIELD GUIDANCE TO AEGUK STONE FACTORY

    Pyongyang, September 2 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, gave field guidance to the Aeguk Stone Factory. He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, Ri Yong Gil, Jang Jong Nam, Pak Jong Chon, Pak Thae Song, Hwang Pyong So and Ma Won Chun.
    

Going round different places of the factory, he leaned in detail about the production of building stone in the factory and its management. At the room dedicated to its history he recollected with deep emotion the day when he visited the factory, accompanying leader Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Un highly appreciated the patriotic devotion and labor feats of the officials and employees of the factory, noting that it mass-produced and supplied varieties of quality building stone in the past, making a great contribution to successfully building grand edifices in the era of Songun.

He looked round different processing shops to acquaint himself with stone processing and operation and technical specifications of equipment.
I am pleased to see all the equipment running in full-capacity, he said, adding that quality of various kinds of building stone produced by the factory is very high. I feel confident when watching the factory going at a high rate, he noted, adding that the sound of its full-capacity operation hardens his resolution to more energetically bring about a great heyday of the construction for the prosperity of the country and its people's happiness.
He looked with keen attention at various samples of building stone and processed stone on display in the exhibition of Aeguk stone in the compound of the factory. Seeing pegmatite syenite called tiger-skin stone, he said its color looks heavy and its pattern peculiar. Touching green and white and bright ophiolite, he noted it looks nice.

Looking at varieties of stonework and stone fixtures, etc. he said the factory is producing everything with natural stone just as wood is processed. The exhibition looks like a stone palace rather than an exhibition of building stone, he said, noting that a mere look at the factory makes one feel satisfied and it is a valuable one. The factory has an important role to play in developing the building materials industry and increasing the proportion of building materials produced locally, he stressed.

He set forth the tasks to be carried out by the factory, calling on the officials and employees of the factory to contribute to the building of a thriving nation and uphold the party with increased production of stone.
The most important duty of the factory is to boost the production of building stone necessary for constructing magnificent and fashionable structures of eternal value, he said. He underlined the need to take thorough measures for protecting the health of its workers from noise and pollution.

KIM JONG UN INSPECTS ISLET DETACHMENTS OF KPA

    Pyongyang, September 2 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, inspected islet detachments which have been successfully face-lifted as required by the Songun era. He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, Ri Yong Gil, Jang Jong Nam, Pak Jong Chon, Pak Thae Song, Hwang Pyong So and Ma Won Chun.
    The first leg of his inspection was the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet. Going round newly built barracks, dwelling houses and positions of the detachment, he learned in detail about their construction and the islet's fortification. Looking round the soldiers' bedrooms, wash-cum-bath room, mess hall, etc., he was greatly satisfied to hear that the soldiers of the detachment are pleased and soldiers on the land envy them as their barracks on the islet have been built better than their homes and all their living conditions are provided at the best level.

He highly praised the detachment for having successfully arranged the education room, a centre for politico-ideological education, to suit the sentiments and feelings of the soldiers and provided good fixtures to it. He also looked round the dwelling houses of the service personnel's families. Watching a new district of cozy houses, he said it looks like a rest home. He had photos taken with all the families, with each against the background of its new house.

He said the Jangjae Islet has undergone a cataclysmic change as the old barracks and dwelling houses completely disappeared and there appeared on the islet new posts and a village of bliss in the era of Songun. Noting that the builders constructed the barracks and the houses in the spirit of building their own houses and the detachment on the Jangjae Islet became a model in fortification as desired by the party, he said it is the intention of the party to successfully rebuild all the barracks of the KPA units and houses of servicepersons like those on the islet.

He gave an instruction to turn the islet into woodland by planting trees and plants suited to the climatic and soil conditions on the islet. He mounted an observation post where he received a detailed report on the targets of Yonphyong Island defence unit and enemy forces' current situation.

He indicated tasks to be fulfilled by the detachment to step up its combat preparations and bolster up its fighting capability and ways to do so, satisfied to learn that the observation post and the fire positions have turned into impregnable ones. He had a photo session with the soldiers and families of the islet detachment. The next leg of his inspection was the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet.

Making the rounds of the barracks, dwelling houses and positions newly built like the ones on Jangjae Islet, he learned in detail about their construction and the islet's fortification. Acquainting himself with the use of wind power generators, he underlined the need for the detachment to manage and operate them well. He gave an instruction to turn the islet into woodland by planting many trees that stand sea wind around the barracks and the dwelling houses. He looked round the kindergarten for six children and a branch school of the Sunwi Higher Middle School for four students on the islet.

Noting that he was pleased to see Mu Islet wonderfully face-lifted like Jangjae Islet, he extended thanks to the units which actively contributed to sprucing up the islet. Going round the observation post and fire positions, he indicated tasks to be fulfilled by the detachment for making combat preparations and bolstering up the fighting capability.

He enjoyed an art performance given by service personnel of the detachment and congratulated them on their successful performance. He had a photo session with the service personnel of the detachment and their families.