I have been working for more than 30 years as a weaver at the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill. Every year, I’ve fulfilled the assignments for many years, and when the distance I walked to run my machines in the decades is put together, it will measure hundreds of thousands of ri(a ri is about 400 metres).

Though I did what I have to do, the country put me forward as a deputy to the Supreme People’s Assembly and a Meritorious Person of Socialist Patriotism.

Like this, our country puts forward many women, who propel the progress of the motherland with equal rights with men, as heroines, PhDs, People’s Athletes and scientists.

I will repay the favour by weaving a larger quantity of better quality cloth for the benevolent country.

Han Myong Hui, weaver of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill who is deputy to the Supreme People’s Assembly

My alma mater where I work as principal is a school whose site and name were chosen by President Kim Il Sung.

All the teachers of the school visited by President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il pooled their wisdom, efforts and passion to make it a pacesetter in the country and as a result it has become a school full of pride as it leads others in scholarly performance, sports, art and all.

It has been over 40 years since I stood on the platform in my girlhood and 10 years since I became principal. In the period, I had the honour of having photos taken with the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as I took part in the 14th National Conference of Teachers and the celebrations held to mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army and was honoured with the title of Merited Teacher.

The country assigned teachers the future of the country placing great trust on us.

The Workers’ Party put us educators forward as career revolutionaries and I will perform my mission and duty on the road of training schoolchildren into the pillars of the country who will shoulder the future of our socialist Korea.

Choe Yong Sun, Merited Teacher and principal of June 9 Ryongbuk Senior Middle School in Taesong District, Pyongyang

I don’t regard road keepers’ job as a simple task.

Roads are the asset and image of the country. So the management of them is directly connected with adding brilliance to the dignity of the country, I think.

If there is any slight defect in the road and consequently it causes residents any inconvenience even for a moment or it stops lorries bound for socialist construction sites, it will turn out to be a failure for me to fulfil my duty as a road keeper.

That is why I find the worth of my life in my job and devote my sincere effort to it.

Jong Kyong Sun, winner of Model Worker Honour Prize and workteam leader of the Sakju County Road Facilities Management Station