October 10, 2026 marks the 81st founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
The WPK, during its longest rule in the history of socialism, has applied the people
first principle, valuing the people and devoting everything for their wellbeing.
President Kim Il Sung, founder of the Party, regarding “The people are my God” as
his motto, built the Party into a mass-based party and ensured that all its activities were
oriented to meeting the demands and interests of the masses of the people.
Carrying forward his intentions, Chairman Kim Jong Il led the Party to be
strengthened and developed into a party that assumed full responsibility for the destiny of
the masses and took care of them, thus forming inseparable ties of kinship with them.
Today, led by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, its General Secretary, the Party is
further developing into the one making selfless, devoted efforts for the good of the
people.
He continues his journey of devoted service for the people with an ennobling view on
life that he has nothing more to wish for, even though his body may be scattered like
grains of sand on the road for the good of the people.
Visiting various parts of the country, he ensures that new streets, villages and factories,
modern hospitals and bases for cultural and leisure activities are built there.
When an unexpected public health crisis hit the country, he proposed emergency anti
epidemic measures and methods and defended the people’s lives and safety by devoting
his heart and soul day and night.
As he finds his pleasure and happiness on the road of devoted service for the people,
the revolutionary spirit of making selfless, devoted service for the people prevails
throughout the Party.
Therefore, the Korean people call the Party a motherly party and place absolute trust
in it.
Comrade Kim Il Sung transplants rice seedlings with peasants in June 1947.
Comrade Kim Il Sung visits a farmhouse in Phalchong-ri in Kangso County in March
1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung guides a consultative meeting of the leading officials and
model workers of the Kangson Steel Works in December 1956
Comrade Kim Il Sung discusses farm work with farmers in October 1958.
Comrade Kim Il Sung meets women workers of the Chongjin Steel Plant in March
1959.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at an iron works in September 1959.
Comrade Kim Il Sung among students of Hamhung School of Bereaved Children in
May 1961
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at the Sinuiju Rubber Factory in August
1966.
Comrade Kim Il Sung learns about a farmer’s living conditions in July 1969.
Comrade Kim Il Sung talks with fishermen in April 1971
. Comrade Kim Il Sung sees school things for schoolchildren in September 1972.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital in
March 1980.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at the Pyongyang Underground Shop
in April 1987.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at the Kumdang Cooperative Farm in
Onchon County in June 1994.
Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il give on-site guidance at the construction
site of the West Sea Barrage in September 1985.
Comrade Kim Jong Il sees in April 1992 the clothes to be provided as presents for
kindergarteners and schoolchildren.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Pakchon Silk Mill in June 2000.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory in
December 2001.
Comrade Kim Jong Il sees harvested potatoes in October 2002.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at a chicken farm in February 2006.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Kanggye Koryo Medicine
processing Factory in February 2006.
. Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory
in February 2009.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Ryongyang Mine in May 2009.
Comrade Kim Jong Il looks round a newly-built apartment house in October 2010.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Pyongyang Textile Mill in May
2011.
Comrade Kim Jong Il looks round the hall of the Second Commodity Exhibition at
Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 in July 2011
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at a fish farm in November 2011.
Comrade Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance at the Hamhung Knitwear Factory in
December 2011
Comrades Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un give on-site guidance at the February 8
Vinalon Complex in October 2011
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance at the Mangyongdae Amusement
Park in October 2012.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the Songdowon International Children’s Camp
in April 2014 before its inauguration.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits Pyongyang Orphanage and congratulates the orphans
on greeting the New Year in January 2015.
. Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the completed Mirae Scientists Street in October
2015.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits the newly-built Pyongyang Middle School for Orphans
in July 2016.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits the newly-built Ryugyong General Ophthalmic
Hospital in October 2016.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in January
2017.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits the Kumsong Tractor Factory in November 2017
Comrade Kim Jong Un guides a trial run of a new type of trolley bus in August 2018
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance at the hot spring area in Yangdok
County in August 2018.
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance at the construction sites in Samjiyon
County in October 2019.
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance at the flood-hit areas in Taechong-ri,
Unpha County, North Hwanghae Province, in August 2020
Comrade Kim Jong Un attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of
10 000 flats in Pyongyang in March 2021
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance at a pharmacy in Pyongyang in May
2022.
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance at the newly-built Kwangchon
Chicken Farm in January 2024.
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance over the preparations for the
construction of the Sinpho City Offshore Farm in July 2024.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the flooded areas in the city of Sinuiju, North
Phyongan Province, in July 2024.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits a dining hall for children from the flooded areas in
August 2024.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the inaugurated Songchon County Foodstuff
Factory in December 2024.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the completed Pyongyang General Hospital in
February 2025.
Comrade Kim Jong Un meets in April 2025 the working people and the elderly who
will move into new flats in the Hwasong area.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the inaugurated Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist
Area in June 2025.
Comrade Kim Jong Un visits in August 2025 the family of an employee of the
Ragwon County Offshore Farm that moved into a new house.
Comrade Kim Jong Un gives on-site guidance over the construction of the Sinuiju
Combined Greenhouse Farm in October 2025.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the inaugurated Sinpho City Foodstuff Factory
in December 2025.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the newly-built Ikal Hotel in the Samjiyon
resort in December 2025.
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the inaugurated Onpho Working People’s
Holiday Camp in January 2026
Comrade Kim Jong Un looks round the inaugurated Samgwang Livestock Farm in
February 2026.
Comrade Kim Jong Un in July 2026 gives on-site guidance over the construction
projects in Ragwon County being undertaken according to the regional development
policy.
Comrade Kim Jong Un meets the war veterans and persons of wartime merits in July
2026.
Comrade Kim Jong Un meets the creative workers and artistes of the National
Symphony Orchestra on its 80th founding anniversary in August 2026.
Comrade Kim Jong Un waves back at the cheering participants in the 15th National
Conference of Teachers in September 2026.
Part of transformed Pyongyang
Pothong Riverside Terraced Houses District
Some of the newly-built apartment houses in the Hwasong area
A new street in the Hwasong area in the evening
Jonwi Street
Saeppyol Street
Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace
Sci-Tech Complex
Hwasong Taedonggang Beer House
Pyongyang Taedonggang Fish Restaurant
Pyongyang General Hospital
Transformed Kangdong area
Samjiyon, a cultured mountain city
A mountain gorge city in the Komdok area
New factories in Songchon County
New factories in Hamju County
Jongphyong County Leisure Complex
Ragwon County Offshore Farm and the fishermen’s village
Scallop harvesting at the Sinpho City Offshore Farm
Kangdong Combined Greenhouse Farm
Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm
Yangdok Hot Spring Resort
Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area
Bathing beach in the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area
Ski tour in the area of Samjiyon
Spa bathing at the Milyong Hotel
Onpho Working People’s Holiday Camp
