Nation-wide Assistance to Accident Victims
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Ryongchon, April 30 (KCNA) -- People throughout the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are sincerely assisting sufferers from the explosion at Ryongchon Railway Station in the northwestern part of the country on April 22.
Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Ro Tu Chol, who is also chief of the Central Headquarters for the Reconstruction of the Afflicted Area in Ryongchon, told KCNA:
Large quantities of relief goods for the people in the afflicted area have been brought to the area continuously.
Though the economic situation of the country is still difficult, people throughout the country are rendering sincere assistance to Ryongchon County.
The State Planning Commission, Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industries, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Education and other ministries and national institutions have offered much assistance to the ravaged area by tapping all reserves. Among the relief goods are building materials including cement and timber, materials for communication, equipment and working tools. Food, foodstuffs, fabrics, clothes, daily necessaries, kitchen utensils, school fixtures, textbooks and reference books are also included in the relief goods.
Choe Chang Sik, vice-minister of Public Health, who is in charge of treatment of injured people on the spot, had this to say:
"Through the sincere assistance, I could see the true feature of our society and noble traits of our people who regard the misfortune and sorrow of the accident victims as their own. I think such sincerity can be felt only in our socialist society where all the people live harmoniously like the same family with the great Comrade Kim Jong Il as their father".
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