North Korea Emphasizes 'Self-Reliance' from New Year... "Sword of Certain Victory"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] With the New Year, North Korea emphasized self-reliance as the 'sure-win sword' and called for efforts to achieve New Year goals.

The Workers' Party organ, Rodong Sinmun, reported on the 3rd in an article titled "Under the Leadership of the Respected General Secretary, We Will Also Win the New Year's Journey," stating, "Self-reliance is precisely the fundamental guarantee to victoriously advance the combative journey of the New Year."

The newspaper said, "This (self-reliance) is the iron principle of life that we deeply internalized amid unprecedented trials and vigorous struggles last year, and the sure-win sword we have grasped even more firmly looking ahead to a new path of progress," urging to "advance again and again toward the future" with the 'faith of sure victory,' 'revolutionary spirit of arduous struggle,' and 'unyielding fighting passion.'

It also evaluated last year as "a year when unprecedentedly severe and harsh crises overlapped" and "a year of challenges and difficulties multiplied a hundredfold, a thousandfold," urging that equally great efforts must be made this year as well.

The newspaper emphasized, "The New Year 2022 is an important year to implement the decisions of the Party's 8th Congress, requiring vast struggles comparable to last year," adding, "On our shoulders lies the heavy historical mission to most thoroughly and perfectly carry out the combative tasks presented by the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Party with a hundredfold zeal and driving force."

Korean Central News Agency and Korean Central Broadcasting also reported on the same day that coal mines, steel mills, power plants, and locomotive repair shops across the country have been exceeding their target plans from the first day of the New Year, encouraging achievements. Premier Kim Deok-hoon visited the Hwanghae Steel Complex to check the status of the "first battle of the New Year" in the steel sector.

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