Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, met with labor innovators and meritorious persons invited to the celebrations of the 77th founding anniversary of the DPRK and had a significant photo session with them, following the commemorations held in the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Sept. 9

The participants, who were greeting the moment of honor they ardently yearned for after meeting the dear father of our socialist state on the joyful national day, were filled with boundless emotion and excitement.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the venue of the photo session, all the participants broke into stormy cheers of "Hurrah!"

Highly appreciating the services of the labor innovators and meritorious persons who are making devoted efforts to lead the rapid development of their sectors and units in the historic struggle for this year of rounding off the implementation of the five-year plan decided at the Eighth Congress of the WPK, he extended warm encouragement to them.

The prosperity and mightiness of our Republic is the fruition and result of the ardent sincerity and extraordinary practice of the patriotic people who firmly consolidated the foundations of the state and added vigor to the vibrant country with inexhaustible passion and painstaking efforts, he said, adding that the labor innovators and meritorious persons who are making redoubled efforts while prioritizing the state affairs and keeping the national interests above all else are the qualified masters of our era and zealous patriots.

Expressing expectation and belief that all the participants would fully discharge their vanguard role as standard-bearers as ever in the worthwhile struggle of bringing earlier the future of the dignified DPRK while setting the aspiration and goal of their life for the sake of the socialist motherland, he had a photo session with the state assembly hall, where the sacred national flag flutters, as the background to remain long in history.

When the photo session was over, cheers of emotion burst out by all the participants reverberated again in the sky of auspicious September holiday.

Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledged a long while the participants who were raising enthusiastic cheers out of surging excitement.

All the participants who won the great trust of Kim Jong Un vowed to keep today's honor and happiness as the most valuable asset in their life and greet the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK and the Ninth Congress of the Party with proud results of hastening the comprehensive national development by ceaselessly making new miracles and innovations with more vigorous labor efforts.