The working
class in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea enjoys the dignity and pride
as masters of the state and society.
Among them are
Labour Heroes, deputies to the Supreme People’s Assembly (MPs) and singer
couples of worker origin beloved of the people.
A Deputy to the
Supreme People’s Assembly
U Won Yong, a Merited
Coal Miner, works at the Pukchang Area Coal-mining Complex, located in the
central part of the DPRK.
He felt attached
to the occupation of coal miner when he heard from his mother that President
Kim Il Sung had once said that he would extract coal in a pit if he were ten
years younger. Afterwards, he became a coal miner and devoted his all for the
increased production of coal for more than 20 years as a workteam leader and as
a workshop leader.
His devotion and
practical examples encouraged his fellow workers to fulfil the annual
production plans earlier than others. Resolved to double the previous
production results of his workshop, he introduced into production six pieces of
technical innovation plans including double-cylindrical caving method and
horizontal slicing method. His team handed pits for which they had created
favourable working conditions with much efforts over to other teams several
times and then worked in the pits which were located in deeper places and where
the working conditions are bad.
Once when he
discovered that the wall of the pit face began to crack by overweight, he
supported the leaning prop with his body at the critical moment, thus rescuing his
fellow workers and the face. Thanks to his devotion and comradely love his
workshop has become a harmonious collective with the highest production efficiency.
He was honoured
with the title of Labour Hero in 2012.
In the elections
for Deputies to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly held in March
2014 he was elected to the Assembly (Parliament).
Hero Weaver
Mun Kang Sun, a
weaver at the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill, has overfulfilled the
national economic plan by 200 per cent in average every year for over a decade.
Having started
her social life at the mill, she decided to do her share in solving the problem
of clothing for the people by following the examples of 16 Labour Heroes produced
by the mill.
Everything was
unfamiliar and challenging for the novice; she prepared a tool box and devoted
her spare time to learning the principles of operation of the machines under
her charge. After being relieved of her shift she would earnestly learn the
methods of troubleshooting. In this course the weaving machines became a part
of her body and she grew up into an all-round weaver capable of finding out the
reason of their troubles only after listening to their sounds and removing the
troubles on her own. She fulfilled the national economic plan ahead of schedule
every year.
In 2009 she
decided to take 21 weaving machines under her charge, 5 times more than her
normal charge; she had to run over 40 km a day to operate the machines. By
introducing a new woof-supplying device to every machine, she produced cloth 22
times larger than her production quota every day. Thus, she hit her two-year
production quota in less than half a year.
She brought up
over 10 green hands into innovators, leading them to fulfil their yearly plans ahead
of schedule.
Chairman Kim
Jong Il, during his inspection of the mill on July 30 2009, met her and had a
photograph taken with her. She was awarded the title of Labour Hero in 2012 and
in March 2014 elected a Deputy to the Supreme People’s Assembly.
Kim Jong Un
visited her family who moved into a new house in Changjon Street in the central
part of Pyongyang, in September 2012 and blessed their future.
Singer Couple
Ri Jong Son and
Kim Pong Suk, singer couple, work at the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex located in
the eastern part of the DPRK.
In the latter
half of the 1990s, when the country was suffering difficulties, they went to
work every day though they often had to do without food, and inspired the
workers by singing more loudly and with a brighter smile. Their songs touched the
heartstrings of the workers and aroused them to fresh innovations and feats of
labour.
When he visited
the complex in 2007 Kim Jong Il listened to their singing, and highly praised
them.
They sang on
several occasions in the theatres in provinces and in Pyongyang; they also sang
at the concert held in the People’s Theatre on the occasion of May Day in 2012
in the presence of Kim Jong Un.
When an anchor
asked Ri whether he felt uneasy on the stage, he answered: “Why should I? Our
society is one for the workers.”
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