Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA) — Saeppyol Street has made an imposing appearance in an excellent location in Hwasong area of Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK. It is a monumental architectural group reflecting the strong will of all the people to convey forever the shining star-like feats of the heroes who unhesitatingly sacrificed their lives for the immortal honour and eternal prosperity of their great motherland during the overseas military operations.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un personally initiated the construction of a new street for their bereaved families and named it to glorify the precious life of fine sons of the country generation after generation. He also energetically guided the whole course of its construction so that every element of buildings shows the warm sincerity of our Party and state for the families that the brave fighters left behind.

The unique architectural groups are presenting a spectacular scene as high-, medium- and low-storied apartment buildings with formative artistic, practical and convenient value and public buildings such as commercial and neighbourhood-serving amenities are in ideal harmony. It represents an immortal picture showing the noble moral obligation and fervent love of our Party determined to glorify the bereaved families as well as the heroes respected and revered by all the people and enable them to enjoy to the full the beautiful life in the motherland the martyrs protected at the cost of their lives.

An inauguration ceremony of Saeppyol Street took place with splendor on Feb. 15.

Its venue was overflowing with emotion and joy of the bereaved families who would move into new flats amid the blessing of military and civilian builders, who constructed a unique new street true to the intention and will of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee, and all other people across the country.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attended the ceremony.

He was greeted by the commanding officers of Korean People’s Army units involved in the overseas operations.

He met and exchanged warm greetings with them and extended militant salute to all the officers and men of the overseas operations units.

All the participants broke into cheers of emotion, looking up to the great father who has put the war heroes and their bereaved families on the meridian of glory and made a great history of noble love and obligation with ardent feelings of kinship.

The ceremony was attended by senior Party, government and military officials, members of the central leadership body of the Party, bereaved families of the war heroes, combatants and officers and men of the engineering unit who were dispatched for the overseas military operations, commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence, servicepersons of KPA units at all levels, builders, teaching staff and students of revolutionary schools and citizens in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong Un made a speech in commemoration of the inauguration.

Saying with deep emotion that the meaningful day has come when Saeppyol Street has been completed thanks to the ardent desire of our motherland to have its address in our capital city, he noted that the inauguration of the street named Saeppyol that has already been etched in all our hearts as a byword for the glorious life of the combatants is an emotive moment when we record in the history of Pyongyang the most heroic era that embodies the strength of Korea, symbolizes the greatness of its people and has defended its sacred dignity and fame.

Noting that Saeppyol Street is a source of honour for our generation and a pride of Pyongyang and our state, he prayed for the immortality of the martyrs along with its inauguration which will etch the martyrs’ names and images in history. He sincerely hoped that this street, a place where the ennobling souls rest and reverence from all over the country converges, will always brim over with joy and happiness.

Kim Jong Un cut the inauguration tape.

Fireworks were displayed with enthusiastic cheers and numerous balloons with five-pointed star marks rose up to the sky.

Then the licenses for the use of flats were handed over to the bereaved families of the martyrs.

Kim Jong Un, together with senior Party, government and military officials, gave the licenses in the name of the WPK Central Committee to the bereaved families.

The bereaved families in tears of emotion extended their deep gratitude to the benevolent father who has repeatedly shown his boundless love and affection for them, filled with pain and remorse for failing to bring to their families the proud sons of the motherland who created the world-startling miraculous and heroic legends.

An art performance was given, shaking Saeppyal Street where the huge national flag of the dignified DPRK is flying high in the sky.

Touching the participants were the songs arousing boundless respect and noble reverence for the martyrs, who displayed mass heroism and unparalleled self-sacrificing spirit, hard to be seen in any other armies of the world, to demonstrate the combat power of our army to the whole world and unhesitatingly dedicated their lives to faithfully implementing the orders of the motherland.

When the national anthem of the DPRK, our heroes sang from the bottom of their heart in every field of decisive battles, wishing for its eternal prosperity, was played, the participants were all afire with a will to display their patriotic enthusiasm for further glorifying the dignity and honour of the motherland the martyrs defended at the cost of their lives.

A touching scene of great love and moral obligation was witnessed in Saeppyol Street, in which each flat is associated with the boundless benevolence of Kim Jong Un who has bestowed his warm affection and love for the war heroes on their families, ensuring that they enjoy the greatest happiness and glory.

Kim Jong Un met bereaved family members who would move into new houses.

Noting that the inauguration of a street for the families of the fallen fighters in the overseas military operations reminds him of the heroic images of combatants who laid down their lives, praying for prosperity of their country and Pyongyang at their last moments, he said in an excited tone that it is the highest respect to the noble lives of the martyrs to make the country, associated with their desires and souls, richer and more beautiful and safeguard and glorify it.

Saying that the fallen fighters are model patriots and greatest heroes who unhesitatingly dedicated their precious lives to carrying out the order of the motherland for no reward, he stressed it is due obligation and noble mission of our Party and government to take care of the destiny and life of their parents, who brought them up to be excellent, and their wives and children, who were their strength and support, in the most responsible and sincerest manner.

He visited the house of Kim Jong Ok, widow of martyr O Thae Chol, and looked round its rooms and kitchen, listening to his family members’ impression of the new house.

Saying she would miss her husband more than ever before in the new house, he hoped that she would overcome her sorrow as early as possible and lead a happy life. And he wished her son studying at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School a bright future, saying that he should become an excellent person like his father.

Visiting the house of the couple Mun Ryong Mo and Ryu Sung Nam, whose twin sons dedicated their lives to the country, he said that thanks to such a patriotic family, the country grows stronger and steadily advances toward prosperity.

Saying that the Party and the government will entirely take care of the bereaved, he showed warm kinship affection, wishing them lasting happiness in their good houses.

He also visited the home of martyr Kim Tong Chun, twice Hero of the Republic, to wish his family members the best luck. The family members, greatly excited to have dream-like fortune, expressed their deep gratitude to him.

I think my anxieties have been removed a little, seeing the bereaved families who will lead a new beautiful life earlier than others in their houses in Pyongyang, he said, adding that the heroes, who performed the great exploits, to be etched in history, for the endless prosperity and mightiness of the country, and their families deserve the greatest glory and respect paid by the country and the people.

He repeatedly urged officials of the Party and power organs to thoroughly implement the measure taken to afford preference and privileges to the families of the martyrs, regarding it as an important policy task, and to always pay deep attention to their life so that they would never feel any inconvenience.

A historic moment, filled with parental affection of the great father, was captured in the street.

The families of the war martyrs, owners of a new street, looked round their new houses.

Seeing their houses furnished with all amenities, they keenly realized the great benevolence and love of Kim Jong Un and our Party.

Saeppyol Street, the crystal of eternal thanks and respect paid by the Party and the people to the heroes in the overseas military operations, will shed its rays for all ages along with its noble name, conveying a new legendary tale of love and moral obligation blooming in the great era of Kim Jong Un to posterity.