Members of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade, service personnel and other builders, who are writing a new history of sea changes and creating a new civilization in the flood-hit areas of the northwestern part of the country, received gifts associated with the warm love of the benevolent father.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the builders, who are making devoted efforts for the reconstruction of the flood-hit areas, are vanguard fighters in the honourable struggle for the great people our Party holds in high esteem as heaven. Always paying close attention to their health and life, he visited the reconstruction sites in these areas and took important measures for ensuring the builders’ living conditions. And this time he sent them seasonal necessities.

On November 4 and 5, there took place ceremonies for conveying the gifts sent by Kim Jong Un to the builders involved in the reconstruction of flood-hit areas in North Phyongan Province.

Present there were Jo Yong Won, Ri Il Hwan and Pak Thae Song, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, officials of the Party and power organs in North Phyongan Province, leading officials of the reconstruction headquarters and builders.

Speeches were made at the ceremonies.

Noting that Kim Jong Un sent gifts to the builders who are performing great feats with indomitable courage and fighting spirit, responding to the call of the Party with ardent patriotic enthusiasm, the speakers said that busy as he is dealing with a great many of important Party and state affairs, he is always thinking of those who are building places of happiness for the people in the flood-hit areas.

They said that the reconstruction sites in the flood-hit areas in the city of Sinuiju and Uiju County are a major thrust area of key importance in successfully winding up the reconstruction campaign, and that a very important issue–whether to successfully complete this year’s struggle for valiantly ushering in a new era of national rejuvenation or not–hinges on the efforts of the builders. They called for successfully building new houses and villages and durable embankments on the flood-stricken land, thus demonstrating once again to the whole world the vitality and advantages of socialism that is being further consolidated in adversity.

The gifts were handed over amid the enthusiastic applause by the participants.

Vowing speeches were made.

The speakers expressed their great excitement of having received gifts associated with the warm affection of the benevolent father, who takes care of all his people with his warm affection.

They said that the noble image of Kim Jong Un, who mapped out a gigantic reconstruction plan to relieve the people in the afflicted areas of their inconveniences as early as possible and personally attended the ceremony marking the departure of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade and bestowed deep trust in them, is plucking at the heartstrings of all the people.

They vowed to build all the structures into model entities representing the Party’s policy for regional development and socialist civilization in the new era, bearing deep in mind the paternal loving care and affection shown by him.

The meetings fully displayed the unshakable will of all the builders who are determined to defend the absolute prestige of the Party Central Committee and fully display the advantages of Korean-style socialism centred on the masses of the people by performing new miracles in construction that will overwhelm the destructive force of nature at any cost with their patriotic enthusiasm and through a courageous struggle.