Pyongyang, December 29 (KCNA) -- At the time when the cheers of inaugurations celebrating the steady achievements of the regional development policy are stirring up the whole country with the exciting echoes in 2025, a modern paper mill was built in South Phyongan Province to greet the auspicious event of inauguration pioneering another new sphere for putting the regional industry on an advanced basis.

The paper mill, which has been built in Unsan County of South Phyongan Province as a model one according to the Workers' Party of Korea's decision to build a paper production base in all provinces capable of satisfying their demand, will mass-produce paper for writing, packing and toilet and other paper products.

The paper mill, built in Unsan County of South Phyongan Province, was inaugurated with due ceremony on Dec. 28.

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, attended the inauguration ceremony.

All the participants paid the highest tribute to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who came with warm blessings regarding the creations to contribute to improving the people's wellbeing as the most precious wealth.

Present at the ceremony were leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs and other members of the central leadership body of the Party, officials of ministries and national agencies, officials of South Phyongan Province and Unsan County, working people, employees of the mill and scientists and technicians of the State Academy of Sciences.

Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, delivered an inaugural address.

He warmly congratulated the scientists and technicians, builders of the province and workers of various enterprises on having successfully built the mill of weighty significance in developing the paper industry of Korean style and satisfying the country's long-term demand for paper.

He said that under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Un , who gave detailed guidance to the design and layouts of the structure and sent sci-tech force so that the professional and functional character as a paper production mill was ensured, the construction of the Unsan Paper Mill had been pushed forward with confidence from the beginning and it took on full appearance as a comprehensive production base.

The speaker noted that Kim Jong Un visited the mill ahead of its inauguration to encourage and highly appreciate the scientists and technicians for contributing to the development of paper industry of the country and stressed the need to steadily develop the papermaking method and technology of Korean style, adding that his instructions served as an important guideline for putting the paper industry on a definite development stage.

He said that the officials and working people in the province, entrusted with a task for building a paper mill by the Party, dynamically launched the collective innovation movement to finish the construction work in a qualitative way and manufacture and install a lot of equipment, thus creating a model for the whole country in implementing the Party's policy on developing the regions and improving the people's living standards under the uplifted banner of self-reliance. He also noted that our scientists and technicians have achieved proud successes in establishing a new paper production technology, which the Party attaches importance to, with the extraordinary pioneering spirit and enthusiasm for creation.

The speaker called for continuously making strenuous efforts to successfully carry out the regional revolution most urgent in improving the people's standard of living and realizing the comprehensive state development, saying that the regional development is a sacred undertaking to steadily transform our life and environment into a high stage of modernity and progressive nature.

Kim Jong Un cut the inauguration tape.

He met officials, scientists and technicians of the State Academy of Sciences who took part in the inauguration ceremony, and encouraged them who made a great contribution to the development of the country's paper industry by keeping the WPK's spirit of self-respect and self-sustenance as their faith.

He went round the Unsan Paper Mill.

He appreciated that the paper-manufacturing technology, capable of turning out various products with several species of wood and locally available raw materials, was introduced and a new mill of great economic efficiency and profitability was completed to provide a model experience for other provinces to build paper mills by themselves.

He said that the decision of the Party Central Committee to establish the paper industry in each province is a correct one as it embodied the principle of obtaining optimum results in construction and accurately reflected the present situation and economic potential of the regional areas.

Saying that we should maintain the clear goal and orientation of our-style papermaking method based on locally available raw materials and the development of papermaking technology in meeting the demand for paper essential in all fields such as science and technology, education and cultural life, he stressed the need for the mill to ensure the efficiency and sustained growth of production and thoroughly guarantee the quality of products by managing equipment and manpower and improving technical control in a responsible manner.

He clarified the principled issues to be adhered to in the construction of paper mills to be expanded and promoted on a nationwide scale on the basis of the experience gained in the construction and operation of the Unsan Paper Mill.

He highly praised the scientists and technicians of the Paper Engineering Institute of the State Academy of Sciences for greeting the Ninth Congress of the WPK with proud successes.

Going round the mill, the participants in the inauguration ceremony keenly felt the indefatigable efforts of the great father, who is devoting himself to implementing the regional development policy to realize the desire of the people, and were convinced of the hopeful future of the country to be further thriving under his benevolent care. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2025.12.29.)