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Songun Korea Advances under Leadership of Great Party

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- All the Korean people are greeting the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea with the great honor of having created miracles and feats by dynamically pushing forward the general advance of the Songun revolution this year. At least 130 objects including monumental edifices have been built or reconstructed and modernized in different parts of the country, more than 1,600 factories and enterprises carried out their yearly plans ahead of schedule and over 8,500 inventions and devices have been introduced into production, so that the spirit and might of Songun Korea have been fully demonstrated in all sectors of socialist construction. Monumental edifices and modern factories, enterprises, workshops and cultural facilities in the Songun era have been constructed or rebuilt on a modern basis in different parts of the country to more firmly consolidate the nation's economic potentials. The Paekma-Cholsan Waterway, a gravity-fed irrigation system, has been successfully completed and commissioned as a monumental edifice in the Songun era. Dozens of power stations including the large-scale Dam of the Nyongwon Power Station, the Kumjingang Hungbong Youth Power Station, the Sungho Railway Youth Power Station, the Rason Youth Power Station No. 2, five Susongchon second-stage power stations and the Singye Army-People Power Station have been commissioned. The Taean Friendship Glass Factory, one of symbol of the DPRK-China friendship, has been built on the highest level, the 100-ton electric furnace commissioned at the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex, the caustic soda production process with a capacity of tens of thousands of tons furnished at the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex and many other major objects to further strengthen the nation's economic potentials built to be commissioned.
    The rehabilitation project of the dike of the Taegyedo Tideland which suffered damage caused by tidal waves has been completed in a short span of time to retake at least 8,800 hectares of tideland and obtain thousands of hectares of fertile land. The exterior of at least 100 public buildings and nearly 18,000 flats of upwards of 220 apartment houses has been wonderfully rebuilt and repaired in Sungri, Kaesonmun, Chollima and six other streets in the capital city of Pyongyang. Modern dwelling houses of over 50,000 flats have been built in cities and the countryside.
    Working people planted more than 1 billion trees of good species in more than 100,000 hectares of land in the period of spring tree-planting, thus making positive contributions to turning the country into a thick woodland and greenery. Signal achievements in fulfilling this year's plans of the national economy ahead of schedule were made in those days of speeding up the general advance of the Songun revolution.
    The Taean Heavy Machine Complex, the October 5 Automation Instrument Factory, the Wiwon Power Station, the Sinri Coal Mine, the December 5 Youth Mine, the September 10 Ship Repairing Factory and many other factories and enterprises in key and other important industrial fields have fulfilled their yearly plans. Hundreds of minor coal mines have fulfilled their yearly plans as of August 15 and scores of light industrial factories in Pyongyang including the September Textile Factory, the Pyongyang Daily Necessities Factory and the Pyongyang Silk Mill are greeting the October holiday with the pride of fulfilling their yearly plans.
    Valuable inventions and devices made in the course of effecting a new turn in economic construction with self-reliance based on modern science and technology are contributing to economic progress.
    The grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang", a monumental work of the Juche-based literature and art and masterpiece in the 21st century, was successfully reportrayed and is being given before large attendance and many other literary and art pieces have been created as masterpieces of the times.
    Acrobats won the first prize in the 21st Rome International Acrobatics Festival, Student Yun Jin Bok won the first place in the "21st century art" international concours (piano) while player Mun Kyong Jin the first in Kaneti International Violin Concours, fully demonstrating the true picture of the daily developing Juche art in the international arena.
    Judoist Kye Sun Hui, praiseworthy daughter of Songun Korea, placed the first in the women's 57kg category match at the 2005 World Judo Championships, thus retaining the thrice world judo champion and demonstrating the heroic stamina of Juche Korea. Boxers Kim Kwang Ok, Ryu Myong Ok and Choe Un Sun beat their rivals with iron fists they have trained at ordinary times, thus holding the world women's pro-boxing champions.
    Sportspersons fluttered scarlet DPRK flags one after another at international games. Taekwon-do players garnered dozens of medals including 17 gold medals and four cups at the 14th World Taekwon-do Championships, thus came first in the total standings and recorded 10 consecutive victories. Meanwhile DPRK footballers came first in total standings at the East Asia Football Championships.
    These innovative achievements glorifying the grand October festival are a noble fruition of leader Kim Jong Il's energetic Songun revolutionary leadership which led the army and people by hand step by step.