Attaching Importance to KCU Congresses

 From Voice of Korea.

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Attaching Importance to KCU Congresses

  The respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un is making great painstaking efforts to bring up the members of the Korean Children's Union as strong pillars of the future.

Illuminating the Way Ahead of the Korean Children's Union and Its Members

  On June 6, 2012 Marshal Kim Jong Un came out to the venue of the National Meeting of the Korean Children's Union held in celebration of the 66th anniversary of its founding.

  That day, he made a congratulatory speech under the title "Become Pillars Supporting a Prosperous Future Korea".

  Teacher Kim Ra Gyong at the Ryomyong Primary School said she participated in the meeting as a 12-year-old member of the Children's Union and heard his speech with great excitement, and continued:

  "At that time, the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un said, in his congratulatory speech, that the members of the Korean Children's Union are treasures more valuable than billions of tons of gold, and represent the hope and future.

  What is important for the members of the Korean Children's Union is to prepare themselves as able revolutionaries who are knowledgeable, morally sound and physically strong, and pillars of a thriving Korea, and the future of a thriving Korea will be represented first in their academic records, he added.

  He also said the Workers' Party of Korea places great trust in the KCU school instructors and the class teachers--the KCU sub-branch instructors."

  Afterwards, Marshal Kim Jong Un made public famous works on several occasions such as the Eighth and Ninth Congresses of the Korean Children's Union to give instructions on bringing up the members of the Korean Children's Union as true sons and daughters, and young revolutionaries, of the socialist country.

  Student Sin Sin Hyok at Kim Il Sung University, who had participated in the Eighth Congress of the Korean Children's Union as a delegate, said:

  "At the Eighth Congress of the Korean Children's Union the fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un heard our speeches, gave a big hand to us and made a significant speech under the title 'Let the Members of the Korean Children's Union Become True Sons and Daughters, Young Revolutionaries, of the Socialist Country'. In the speech, he said the members of the Korean Children's Union, bearing deep in mind the earnest request of their motherland, teachers and parents, should study hard and possess beautiful socialist moral traits. He also said the pledge they took in front of the flag of the Korean Children's Union is the first vow they made to their motherland, and their life in the organizations of the Korean Children's Union is the process of political activities through which they keep this pledge.

  In particular, the work of the Korean Children's Union should be regarded as an important undertaking that has bearing on the destiny of the country and nation and future of the revolution, and given Party-oriented guidance, he stressed."

  In the letter titled "March Towards the Future of a Powerful Country under the Unfurled Flag of the Korean Children's Union" he sent to those attending the Ninth Congress of the Korean Children's Union, Marshal Kim Jong Un said the days in the Korean Children's Union are the most priceless days in their lives and added that the organizations of the Korean Children's Union should be strong if they are to train their members as stout people, as fertile soil produces good fruits. And he put forward specific tasks to strengthen the organizations of the Korean Children's Union including the increase of level of the KCU school instructors, the enhancement of their responsibility and the decisive improvement of the role of the youth league.

Measures to Hold Congress of the Korean Children's Union with Splendour

  The press in different countries of the world reported the news that the National Meeting of the Korean Children's Union was grandly held in June 2012 in celebration of the 66th anniversary of its founding.

  "Invited to Pyongyang were more than 20,000 excellent primary and middle school children specially selected across the country including remote mountain villages and isolated islands of the DPRK."

  "State measures were taken to mobilize special airplane for young delegates to the celebrations."

  "All the delegates were awarded the certificates with a portrait of leader Kim Jong Un, which will be handed down as an heirloom."

  "Leader Kim Jong Un participated in the National Meeting of the Korean Children's Union for celebrating the 66th anniversary of its founding and wished the new generations a rosy future."

  "It is possible only in socialist Korea to grandly celebrate the founding anniversary of the Korean Children's Union despite the unprecedentedly vicious anti-DPRK moves of the US imperialists."

  Marshal Kim Jong Un proposed celebrating the founding anniversary of the Korean Children's Union as a grand festival in 2012.

  He told officials that he intends to ensure that the founding anniversary of the Korean Children's Union is grandly celebrated along with the Youth Day that year as the youth movement is important.

  Later, he said to officials that the celebrations of the 66th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union will be held in Pyongyang with splendour and that it is a great, noteworthy event unprecedented in the history of the country that the members of the Korean Children's Union across the country gather to celebrate the 66th anniversary of its founding.

  Marshal Kim Jong Un energetically led the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Congresses of the Korean Children's Union to be grand meetings which are of great significance in strengthening the Korean Children Union and bringing up its members as young revolutionaries and patriots.

  Busy as he was with the state affairs, he learned in detail about the composition of delegates of the Children's Union, the scale and duration of event, itinerary, resting conditions, transportation and attire, illuminated the orientation and ways for holding the congress with success and took all necessary measures.

Great Love for Delegates

  Instructor Jang Chol Min at the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, said young delegates of the Korean Children's Union received the warm affection of Marshal Kim Jong Un at every meeting, and continued:

  "The fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un said school uniforms, bags and shoes, socks and stockings for the delegates to the Ninth Congress of the Korean Children's Union should be made especially well and they should be dressed well as there is a saying that clothes make the man. He saw that the bodies of 5,000 delegates across the country were measured to make their clothes on the highest level at famous garment factories.

  He considered the cold season during the congress in advance and guided designs of padded clothes one by one, saying the young delegates would look pretty when they put on nice winter clothes."

  Marshal Kim Jong Un also took measures for delegates to be treated during the congress and let a girl receive medical treatment in a hospital until she was completely restored to health.

  On the last day of 2022, during the congress, he appreciated a grand performance given in celebration of the New Year together with the participants in the congress and had a photo taken with the delegates on the New Year's Day of 2023.

  He had photo session with the delegates of the Children's Union at every congress as well as on the day, making the people across the country envy them.

  The children are before and above the people whom the Workers' Party of Korea regards as the God.

  Marshal Kim Jong Un attaches great importance to the congresses of the Korean Children's Union and glorifies them in history forever as he thinks that Korea is strong because such successors and reserves as the members of the Korean Children's Union are growing uprightly and faithfully, always adding freshness and vibrant power to the ranks of revolutionaries.

  Under his care, the Korean Children's Union is vigorously advancing to the rosy future, flying its flag high.

From Voice of Korea-Considering the Mind of Children

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  One day in April 2014, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Songdowon International Children's Camp before its inauguration.

  After giving valuable instructions in the indoor swimming pool, he approached the door and stopped walking all of a sudden.

  And he looked at the glass door for a while.

  The door of uncut glass looked refreshing.

  At that time, officials looked at the door carefully but couldn't find any mistake, researcher Toko Chol Nam at the Academy of Social Sciences said and continued:

  "After a while, pointing at the door, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said there was not any mark though the swimming pool and the hall were partitioned with glass and if the children beat their heads on it by chance, they might have bumps on their heads.

  Nobody didn't consider the mind of children who would boisterously come in and out through the door.

  Drawing a picture on the door, Comrade Kim Jong Un kindly said to the officials that it is necessary to make a decoration on the glass lest the children should dash against it."

  Comrade Kim Jong Un provided the children with the wonderful camp and not content with it, paid deep concern to every element with the paternal feeling lest they should feel any inconvenience.

  Under his loving care, the Korean children are growing up happily.

Artistic Performance Given in Welcome of Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of C.C., CPC and President of PRC

Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) -- An artistic performance was given with splendor at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on the night of June 8 to welcome Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, who is on a state visit to the DPRK, opening up a good prospect in the course of the DPRK-China friendship in the new era.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, enjoyed the performance together with Comrade Xi Jinping.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju greeted Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the plaza of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju appeared in the auditorium together with Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan amid the playing of welcome music, all the participants paid the highest tribute to the top leaders of the DPRK and China who are opening a new great history and a new brilliant turning point in the DPRK-China relations.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping extended warm greetings to the enthusiastically cheering masses.

Present there on invitation were Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and member of the Secretariat and director of the General Office of the C.C., CPC, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the C.C, CPC and minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., CPC, Tang Fangyu, director of the Policy Research Office of the C.C, CPC, Dong Jun, minister of National Defence of the PRC, Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Committee of the PRC, Wang Wentao, minister of Commerce of the PRC, and other suite members of the Chinese side, Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy members.

Among the audience were Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, and other senior Party, government and military officials, officials of the Party Central Committee, ministries and national agencies, and officials, creators and artistes in the field of culture and arts, Pyongyang citizens, and youth and students.

The national anthems of the PRC and the DPRK were played.

The performance began with Chinese song "We Sing of Motherland" and Korean song "The Glorious Motherland". Put on the stage were famous songs full of patriotism, revolutionary spirit and national sentiments of the DPRK and Chinese peoples in colorful and special artistic forms.

The famous songs of the two countries dealt with the ardent patriotism, the firm will for defending peace and the indomitable pioneering spirit the fraternal peoples have displayed in the long journey for building powerful socialist countries under the uplifted red flag, overcoming all challenges of history in the East of the earth. They added to the precious and intimate feelings of friendship between the peoples of the two countries who have demonstrated the tradition of comradely friendship and unity while devoting their precious blood and sweat to socialist construction century after century with one noble idea.

The Chinese serial songs "New World" and "Let's Sing of the New Age" successfully represented the genuine encouragement of the DPRK people to the Chinese people who are making steady development and changes in the course of comprehensively building a modern socialist country under the leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping.

The performance ended with the finale "DPRK-China Friendship Is Everlasting".

The performance won great admiration of the audience as it showed a world of solemn and fascinating art in harmony with beautiful and graceful songs and dances, Korean-style high-profile and seasoned acrobatic items highly appreciated at international circus festivals and special skills with amazing lighting and changing background.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping conveyed flower baskets to the performers who gave the successful performance.

The performance, which showed the deep trust and genuine friendship of the DPRK people with Comrade Xi Jinping and the fraternal Chinese people through cheerful artistic depiction, beautifully decorated another page of the history of friendship and solidarity between the DPRK and China. -0-

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Hosts Banquet in Welcome of Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of C.C., CPC and President of PRC, on Visit to DPRK

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Hosts Banquet in Welcome of Comrade Xi Jinping, General 

Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, hosted a banquet at the Mokran House on the evening of June 8 in welcome of Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China.

Invited to the banquet were entourage members of the Chinese side including Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee and minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, Tang Fangyu, director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, Dong Jun, minister of National Defence of the PRC, Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Committee of the PRC, and Wang Wentao, minister of Commerce of the PRC, and staff members of the Chinese embassy here.

Present there were Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, and other senior Party and government and military officials.

Comrade Kim Jong Un together with his wife Ri Sol Ju gladly met with Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the Mokran House and had a photo session against the background of the national flags of the two countries.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the banquet hall together with Comrade Xi Jinping, all the participants welcomed the top leaders of the two parties and two countries with enthusiastic applause.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech in welcome of Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the C.C., CPC and president of the PRC.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that he warmly welcomed Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping, who paid a state visit to the DPRK with the warm feelings of fraternity and friendship with the DPRK people once again, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the government of the DPRK and on his own behalf, adding that the great enthusiasm for welcome witnessed on the streets of Pyongyang and along the route clearly shows the comradely friendship and fraternal feelings of the WPK and DPRK people toward Comrade Xi Jinping and the Chinese party and people and power of the invincible DPRK-China friendly relations.

Comrade Kim Jong Un noted that the will of the peoples of the two countries to jointly build a beautiful future on the road of struggle for socialism was reaffirmed through the Pyongyang meeting and talks.

Saying that the two parties and two countries could consolidate the bonds of unity and cooperation, sharing their destiny for a long time as they are not merely neighbors naturally and topographically but they are united on the basis of the commonness of ideology and militant friendship, he expressed the will to develop the DPRK-China friendship with good history and tradition as the foundation into a model of the most powerful and strategic relations between socialist countries by leading it to a new height.

Sincerely hoping that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, the Chinese people will make greater changes in the sacred cause for comprehensively building a modern and powerful socialist country, attaining the second century goal and realizing the great prosperity of the Chinese nation, he expressed belief that the DPRK-China friendship growing stronger day by day with the common will and efforts on the basis of long fraternal friendship and trust would greet a brighter future.

Then Comrade Xi Jinping made a reply speech.

He expressed his sincere thanks to Comrade Kim Jong Un and the Korean party and government and people for sincere, splendid and warm hospitality to the Chinese delegation, saying that he was pleased to visit the DPRK again in the beautiful season full of vigor and vitality and share friendship with Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un to the full and discuss the future together with him.

He said that China and the DPRK have always shared their destiny and the traditional China-DPRK friendship is the invincible one with a long history, referring to the great friendship between the peoples of the two countries who shared life and death, sweets and bitters in the annals of the revolution.

Saying that the China-DPRK relations are at a new historic starting point this year marking the 65th anniversary of the conclusion of the China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and he had an important common understanding with Comrade Kim Jong Un during his current visit, he expressed the will to develop the China-DPRK relations on a high level, open up a more beautiful prospect for the socialist cause of the two countries and promote the steady progress of human society in cooperation with each other.

He said that the Ninth Congress of the WPK convened this year drew up a strategic plan for long-term development of the Party and state affairs and made a crucial assignment, thus opening up a new era of overall development of socialism in the DPRK, sincerely hoping that under the firm leadership of the WPK headed by Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un, the DPRK people will steadily open up a new phase of the socialist cause of the DPRK by smoothly achieving the goals and tasks set forth at the Party Congress.

The participants in the banquet toasted to the steady development of the DPRK-China friendship.

The banquet proceeded in a warm atmosphere full of friendship and fraternity. -0-

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Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of WPK and President of State Affairs of DPRK, Has Talks with Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of C.C., CPC and President of PRC

Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, had talks with Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, on June 8.

Comrade Kim Jong Un came to the Kumsusan State Guesthouse to exchange warm greetings with Comrade Xi Jinping and had a photo taken against the background of the national flags of the two countries.

Present at the talks from the DPRK side were Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the WPK Central Committee and director of the International Department of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, and Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet.

Present from the Chinese side were Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the C.C., CPC and minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., CPC, Tang Fangyu, director of the Policy Research Office of the C.C., CPC, Dong Jun, minister of National Defence of the PRC, Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Committee of the PRC, Wang Wentao, minister of Commerce of the PRC, and other entourage members and Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly welcomed Comrade Xi Jinping, who has visited Pyongyang in seven years, as the greatest state guest, saying that your visit to Pyongyang as the first foreign trip for this year is an expression of your top priority to the DPRK-China friendship as well as the most encouraging support to the Korean people. Pyongyang deems it as its honor, he said, adding your current visit will mark an important occasion of showing once again that the DPRK and China have always stood together on the right side of history for independence and justice and their relations are definitely solid as they have stood the trials of history under any international upheavals.

Mentioning the constancy and invincibility of the DPRK-China relationship which is special in terms of the tradition of friendship, the common cause of socialism and the invariable inheritance, he gave a high appreciation of the fact that exchange and cooperation between the two countries have vigorously developed in various aspects after the Beijing meeting in September of 2025.

He affirmed that the WPK and the DPRK government will as ever maintain the DPRK-China friendship as the most important top-priority strategic work and do their utmost to strengthen the bilateral relations into a model of the relationship between socialist states and into an invariably special, genuine and solid strategic relationship and that this is our immutable choice and will.

Our party, government and people are rejoiced over the fact that the Chinese party, government and people have achieved great world-startling successes in building a modern socialist country and raised their international position to the absolute height under the wise guidance of Comrade Xi Jinping, he said, stating that, no matter how the situation may change, our party and government will fully support the policy and stand of the Chinese party and government to defend the core interests on the "one-China" principle.

Expressing his impressions of his revisit to beautiful Pyongyang, Comrade Xi Jinping said he was pleased that in recent years Comrade Kim Jong Un has made important achievements, guiding the Korean-style socialism.

He said that the Chinese party and government will remain unchanged in their firm stand to place great importance on the traditional China-DPRK friendship, their firm support to the socialist cause of the DPRK led by Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un and their firm determination to defend the common interests of the both sides and good strategic environment no matter how the international situation may change.

He expressed his willingness to promote greater advance of the China-DPRK relations along with the times by providing a blueprint for the development of the China-DPRK relations in the new era together with Comrade Kim Jong Un, with his visit as an opportunity, and steadily boosting exchange and cooperation and thus to make a positive contribution to accomplishing the socialist cause of the two countries and promoting the wellbeing of the two peoples and promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region and rest of the world.

The top leaders of the DPRK and China sincerely exchanged the experience gained in party- and state-building in the course of advancing the socialist cause and discussed important issues for putting the traditional DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations on a more solid basis.

They also agreed to hold celebrations, further strengthen the strategic communication through high-level visits between the two parties and two countries and expand and develop exchanges and cooperation in political, economic, cultural and other fields on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, in order to open a new chapter of the development of the DPRK-China relations.

The talks exchanged views on international and regional issues, discussed the issues for boosting the strategic coordination and cooperation between the two parties and two countries, firmly defending the sovereignty, security, development and interests of the two countries and jointly defending peace and development in the region and rest of the world in the complicated world political situation and reached a satisfactory consensus of views on them.

The talks took place in a comradely and friendly atmosphere.

The Pyongyang talks between Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, marked a historic occasion of clearly demonstrating the invincibility of the DPRK-China friendship which has steadily developed in the common struggle for accomplishing the socialist cause and making a new milestone for the development of the strategic cooperative relations between the two parties and two countries. -0-

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