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KCNA on Achievements in Capital Construction

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, December 18 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency issued a report Saturday in which it said that the army and people of the DPRK have made great achievements in capital construction over the last decade since leader Kim Jong Il held high the banner of Songun. The report says:
    In this period signal successes have been made in the overall construction including the building of monumental edifices for conveying the greatness of President Kim Il Sung and his revolutionary exploits down through generations and industrial construction.
    Epoch-making changes have taken place on this land even under the most difficult situation where the people had to make the "Arduous March," forced march and they were hard pressed for everything. This steadily added to the treasure of the country. It is the miracle unprecedented in the world history.
    A shining example was set in building monumental edifices and sprucing up revolutionary historic sites.
    Under the leadership of Kim Jong Il the army and people of the DPRK consecrated the Kumsusan Assembly Hall where the President worked as a memorial palace at the highest level where he lies in state for perpetuity.
    Kim Il Sung's statues and monuments to his revolutionary history were erected in every place associated with his giant footprints. The area of Mt. Paektu and various other revolutionary battle sites and historic sites have turned into centres for effective education of people in the revolutionary traditions.
    The might of Songun Korea was strikingly manifested in the overall construction including the industrial construction.
    The construction of production units such as factories and power stations that will contribute to boosting modern economic potential has made rapid progress. As a result, at least 49,500 new industrial establishments have started their operation.
    In hearty response to the order of Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il, servicepersons of the Korean People's Army built the Anbyon Youth Power Station. The construction of large hydraulic power stations including Thaechon Power Station No. 3 was accelerated in various parts of the country. Many minor power stations have appeared in various places, more than doubling the generating capacity of the minor power stations of the country as compared with that in Juche 84 (1995).
    A lot of light industrial factories were built or updated. They include the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory, the Taedonggang Beer Factory, the Potato Starch Factory under the Taehongdan County Agricultural Management Committee, the Instant Noodle Factory, the Sanitary Goods Factory, the Taedonggang Syringe Factory.
    There have appeared modern chicken farms, fish farms and stock farms to greatly contribute to improving the people's living standard.
    There have sprung up many fish-breeding centers to make the fish-breeding brisk. As a result, the area under fish cultivation has grown more than 5 times and the production of fresh water fish more than 7 times that in Juche 84 (1995). Many large stock-farms and co-op farms specializing in stock-raising have appeared. The production of goat milk has more than trebled as compared with that in Juche 84 (1995).
    Salterns including the Kwangmyongsong Saltern and the Wonsan Bay Saltern, the first of their kinds in the nation's history, were built on the east coast of Korea.
    A large number of modern dwelling houses have been built in urban and rural areas to provide the people with more comfortable and highly civilized living conditions.
    Pyongyang has been spruced up as required by the new century and the rural villages have turned into a socialist land of bliss.
    New houses for more than 458,000 families have appeared and at least 1,600 new villages taking the country as a whole. They include modern houses of peculiar architectural style for more than 3,580 families built in Samjiyon County Township, a new city in the forest at the foot of Mt. Paektu.
    Gigantic land realignment project for the prosperity of generations to come has been carried out. As a result, more than 284,000 hectares of paddy and dry fields have been realigned into those of standardized shapes as of the end of March Juche 93 (2004) taking the country as a whole. Waterway projects have been pushed forward to form the irrigation networks extending at least 400 kms on the west coast.
    The servicepersons and people wound up the Kaechon-Lake Thaesong Waterway Project, the great nature-driven waterway of Korean style, in a matter of a little over two years and declared its commissioning in October Juche 91 (2002).
    While making the "Arduous March," the Korean people established an 40-odd km-long circular irrigation system in December Juche 84 (1995) under which the West Sea Barrage-Sinchon and Pyoksong waterways are connected with Kangryong County. In Juche 85 (1996) they completed the second-phase project of a 64-odd km-long waterway project to water orchards.
    The over 40 km-long modern Youth Hero Motorway linking Pyongyang to Nampho was completed in a matter of less than two years, demonstrating the heroic stamina and the indomitable fighting spirit of the Korean youth.
    More roads were paved for study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt. Paektu and courses for tourists have been built in Mt. Chilbo, a famous mountain on the east coast of the country, to match its scenic beauty.
    This period witnessed the construction of modern Chongryu Bridge and Kumrung Tunnel No. 2 and major arterial roads such as Pyongyang-Hyangsan Tourist Road and roads linking counties to ris and those leading to revolutionary battle sites and scenic spots, which extend hundreds of kilometers.
    These monumental edifices are eternal treasures for the country's prosperity and people's happiness and precious ideological and material boon to building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, the report said, stressing that these epoch-making changes are a clear proof of the validity and the tremendous vitality of the Songun politics and the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il who has successfully carried forward the President's unique Songun revolutionary idea.