Anniversary of Publication of Sonyon Sinmun Marked in DPRK
Date: 07/05/2026 | Source: Rodong Sinmun (En)
A meeting was held at the Central Youth Hall on May 5 to mark the 80th anniversary of the publication of Sonyon Sinmun.
Present there were Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Paek Un Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, and officials, journalists and editors of the Kumsong Youth Publishing House, officials of the youth league and exemplary schoolchildren in Pyongyang.
O Hye Son, general director and editor-in-chief of the Kumsong Youth Publishing House, made a commemorative report.
The reporter referred to the fact that the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung saw to it that Sonyon Sinmun (then Orini Sinmun) was founded on May 5, 1946 and clarified the principles, orientation and contents of newspaper editing in every period and at every stage of the developing revolution while leading the newspaper to become an excellent educator and close companion of schoolchildren.
The great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong Il clarified the issues to be regarded as guidelines in editing and publishing, including steadily improving the editing contents and form of the newspaper and raising its effectiveness in conformity with the characteristics of the Korean Children’s Union members, she said.
The reporter said that Sonyon Sinmun is opening a new chapter of its development in the new era of the Juche revolution under the guidance of the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un.
The newspaper has impressively shown the happy looks of the KCU members growing under the loving care of the fatherly Marshal and contributed to preparing the schoolchildren to be future dependable pillars of prosperous Korea, she added.
The reporter called upon all officials, journalists and editors to make fresh innovations and steady progress in the media activities, true to the ideology and leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
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