March 16, 2026Mar 16, 2026
KCNA KCNA.kp (En)

Great Man's Patriotic Devotion to Building New Korea

Date: 15/10/2021 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- The DPRK people are still remembering the fact that just after his triumphal return to the homeland liberated from Japan's colonial rule on August 15, Juche 34 (1945), President Kim Il Sung came to the Kangson Steel Plant (now Chollima Steel Complex) to meet its workers for the building of a new country above all, without visiting his birthplace Mangyongdae on the way.

In October 1945, the President, who had spent busy days with nation-building affairs, arrived at the fork to Mangyongdae on his way to the plant.

He got off a car and turned his eyes on the direction of his native home he had never forgotten even for a moment during the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle. At that time, he was deeply aware of his mission that he should translate the desire of revolutionary comrades-in-arms who fell in the struggle for national liberation into reality and keenly felt that much steel was needed to build a new country. That's why he headed for the steel plant without dropping in at the native home that he had longed so earnestly for twenty years.

At the steel plant, he shook the hands of its workers, who groaned under the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule, and aroused them to restoring the plant, saying that they are pillars and footstones of new Korea.

Inspired by the trust and love of the President who put forward the working class as vanguard in building a democratic country, those workers restored the electric furnace No.1 only in tens of days to turn out the first molten iron. And they restored the electric furnace No.2 in February next year and reconstructed all other production processes to greatly contribute to the cause of nation building.

The workers of the Chollima Steel Complex are now working hard to perfect the Juche-based iron production system in hearty response to the historic policy speech of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un . -0-

More From KCNA.kp (En)

Pang Chol Mi - One of DPRK's Ten Best Sportspersons for 2025

Pang Chol Mi - One of DPRK's Ten Best Sportspersons for 2025

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- People's Athlete Pang Chol Mi, a boxer of the Kumgangsan Sports Club, is one of the ten best players

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- People's Athlete Pang Chol Mi, a boxer of the Kumgangsan Sports Club, is one of the ten best players

All Voters Take Part in Election of Deputies to 15th SPA

All Voters Take Part in Election of Deputies to 15th SPA

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly took place in the DPRK. All the

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly took place in the DPRK. All the

Immutable Ideas of Workers' Party of Korea (1)

Immutable Ideas of Workers' Party of Korea (1)

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un stressed in his important concluding speech at the Ninth Congress

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un stressed in his important concluding speech at the Ninth Congress

Overseas Citizens' Impressions of Election of Deputies to 15th SPA

Overseas Citizens' Impressions of Election of Deputies to 15th SPA

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Overseas citizens staying in the socialist homeland took part in the election of deputies to the

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Overseas citizens staying in the socialist homeland took part in the election of deputies to the

Electricity Production Goes up in DPRK

Electricity Production Goes up in DPRK

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The electric power industry of the DPRK brings about a great upsurge in production while taking

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The electric power industry of the DPRK brings about a great upsurge in production while taking

Press Review

Press Review

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Monday: - The

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Monday: - The

Exemplary Agitators and Announcers Tour Area of Mt Paektu

Exemplary Agitators and Announcers Tour Area of Mt Paektu

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Exemplary agitators and announcers of loudspeaker vans made a study tour of the revolutionary battle

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Exemplary agitators and announcers of loudspeaker vans made a study tour of the revolutionary battle

Report of Central Election Committee

Report of Central Election Committee

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The central election committee for the election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of

March 16, 2026

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The central election committee for the election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of

Voting for Representatives of People

Voting for Representatives of People

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- The respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un visited the polling station of Sub-constituency No. 102

March 15, 2026

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- The respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un visited the polling station of Sub-constituency No. 102

Tree Planting Day Observed in DPRK

Tree Planting Day Observed in DPRK

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- Tree planting was conducted across the country on the occasion of the Tree-planting Day. Officials

March 15, 2026

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- Tree planting was conducted across the country on the occasion of the Tree-planting Day. Officials

Tree Planting Conducted by Working People's Organizations in DPRK

Tree Planting Conducted by Working People's Organizations in DPRK

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- Working people's organizations of the DPRK planted trees on the occasion of the Tree-planting Day.

March 15, 2026

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- Working people's organizations of the DPRK planted trees on the occasion of the Tree-planting Day.

DPRK Papers on Day of Election of Deputies to 15th SPA

DPRK Papers on Day of Election of Deputies to 15th SPA

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- Leading newspapers of the DPRK on Sunday dedicate editorials to the day of the election of deputies

March 15, 2026

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- Leading newspapers of the DPRK on Sunday dedicate editorials to the day of the election of deputies

Work to Cope with Disastrous Abnormal Weather Brisk in DPRK

Work to Cope with Disastrous Abnormal Weather Brisk in DPRK

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- The work for coping with the disastrous abnormal weather has been accelerated in the DPRK, true to

March 15, 2026

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- The work for coping with the disastrous abnormal weather has been accelerated in the DPRK, true to

National Seminar Held in Mexico

National Seminar Held in Mexico

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- A national seminar took place in Mexico as regards the successful holding of the Ninth Congress of

March 15, 2026

Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) -- A national seminar took place in Mexico as regards the successful holding of the Ninth Congress of

More Articles