In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the demand for coal gets more urgent with the acceleration of the progress of the state as it is the driving force for the development of the self-supporting economy and the food for the industry.

The workers of the coal-mining industry have made innovations in the production for the rejuvenation and prosperity of the state.

On March 15, 2026 the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine under the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-Mining Complex, a leading coalfield in the country.

That day, the election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK took place to further consolidate the people-centred socialist system of Korean style and provide a powerful sovereign guarantee for the comprehensive development of the state.

Comrade Kim Jong Un voted for the candidate for deputy of the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine at the polling station of Sub-Constituency No. 48 under Constituency No. 150 for the election of deputies to the SPA. And he made a historic important speech before the voters of the coal mine.

He said that in the DPRK, the working class is the most powerful force of creation and transformation and the vanguard leading the whole society by dint of steadfast revolutionary spirit and noble traits, adding that among them, the workers in the coal-mining sector are the hard core of the country performing the most valuable feats in the vanguard of state building.

The achievements the coal miners in Chonsong made through a devoted struggle also formed part of the cornerstones of the steps of eye-opening advance and development our state ascended in the especially difficult and arduous last decade, he noted and spoke highly of their unknown efforts. His speech deeply impressed the coal miners.

The struggle target of the coal-mining industry during the new five-year plan period is to boost its output 1.2 times what it is now.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his expectation that the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine would play the active role of a powerful engine in the lead of the struggle to attain the target of the new five-year plan.

In the policy speech he made at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, he stressed the need to carry out construction work extensively for four years to build over 20,000 houses each year by enlisting national resources during the new five-year plan period so as to turn all coal mining villages into modern and cultured coal mining towns.

The workers of the coal-mining industry including the colliers of the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine under the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-Mining Complex are reliably defending the outpost of the development of the self-supporting economy in the vanguard of state building, cherishing the great love and trust of Comrade Kim Jong Un.