A national meeting was held at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on March 8 on the occasion of the 115th March 8 International Women’s Day.

Present there were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, other senior Party and government officials, officials of the central committee of the women’s union, and exemplary women officials, labour innovators and women’s union members in Pyongyang.

On hand were women from foreign diplomatic missions in the DPRK.

Choe Ryong Hae made a report.

Upon authorization of the WPK Central Committee and the DPRK government, he extended congratulations to the women innovators and meritorious women who are performing brilliant feats at their revolutionary posts, fully conscious of being proud masters of the times, and to the mothers and all other women across the country who are devoting their all to the favourable growth of their children and the harmony and prosperity of the large socialist family.

He also extended congratulations and solidarity to the overseas Korean women who are devoting their unsparing patriotic sincerity to the prosperity of the socialist homeland with the pride and honour of being overseas citizens of the dignified DPRK, and to the world progressive women, international women’s movement organizations and women’s organizations and dear friends in different countries and regions who are pooling their will and efforts in the righteous struggle for independence, peace and international justice.

He said that the Korean women have grown to be a powerful force propelling the development of the state and society, thanks to the politics of attaching importance to women pursued by the peerlessly great men, who saved the women, who had been subjected to social restraint and inequality for thousands of years, from their miserable fate and brought them up to be revolutionaries and patriots and led them to glorify their life as flowers of families, life and the country.

In the new era of the Juche revolution, the Korean women’s movement is ushering in a new heyday of development and upsurge and the dignity and honour of our women are being demonstrated more strikingly, the reporter said, adding that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is making a new history of trust and love for women with his noble intention that the development of the state is accelerated and the harmony and unity of society are consolidated as much as the position and role of women are enhanced.

The DPRK government will steadily enhance the position and role of women in the course of building a powerful country and more widely and more dynamically conduct the work for providing them with a happier and civilized life, he said, affirming that our cause towards a new victory will dynamically advance thanks to the reliable and proud women who are displaying noble spirit and mettle with a deep sense of mission for the development of families and society and for the coming generations.