July 27, 2024
KCNA Naenara (En)

What He Sought Through Competition

Date: 26/02/2024 | Source: Naenara (En) | Read original version at source

It happened on December 15, Juche 100 (2011) when Chairman Kim Jong Il visited the Kwangbok Area Supermarket.

After looking round the supermarket for a long time, he said to the accompanying officials that it was needed to make Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 and the Kwangbok Area Supermarket compete in attracting customers.

A cheerful mood filled the air.

After a while, he turned his eyes to a woman official of the Kwangbok Area Supermarket and encouraged her to work well so that the supermarket could not lose the competition.

She replied in a lively voice that true to his instructions she would run the supermarket so well as to live up to the expectations of the people.

The officials were so excited to think that it would be fun to see the two commercial giants compete with each other.

The competition will result in a boost in sales to the people, the Chairman said.

What he really sought talking about the competition with pleasure was not rivalry itself but the bright looks and laughter of the people who would be pleased to buy more goods.

Kim Wi Hyok

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