North Korea Calls Kim Jong-un "A Leader Who Cherishes the People Like the Sky"

Strengthening Internal Cohesion to Encourage Year-End Performance

Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] North Korea praised Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party, as a leader who "cherishes the people like the sky" and encouraged year-end achievements. This is interpreted as propaganda aimed at strengthening internal unity ahead of the year-end closing amid worsening economic difficulties.

The Workers' Party's official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, on the 21st, in a report titled "It is science that the beloved General Secretary Comrade's ideas and determination lead to transformative realities," attributed various achievements to General Secretary Kim and urged loyalty.

The newspaper emphasized, "In the path of founding and developing Juche Korea, there has never been a time when harsh trials and difficulties have blocked the way as much as in the past decade," adding, "Thanks to the General Secretary Comrade's outstanding ideology and wise leadership, the people are opening the way to comprehensive rejuvenation and comprehensive development."

It also introduced that General Secretary Kim stated, "The Juche socialist cause is invincible, and on the path we follow under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, there will only be victory and glory."

Furthermore, regarding General Secretary Kim's political ideology, it described it as the crystallization of 'Iminwicheon' and 'Wiminheonsin,' emphasizing again, "The challenges and obstacles we faced head-on were unprecedented, but the revolution has never experienced a moment of stagnation or standstill, and planned projects are being vigorously promoted." Iminwicheon (以民爲天) means "regarding the people as the sky," and in the same context, Wiminheonsin is a phrase recently used in North Korean propaganda.

In particular, "For the General Secretary Comrade, each and every one of our people is a precious blood relative who shares blood, breath, and destiny, and an irreplaceable and most precious existence," urging, "We must quickly build a prosperous and flourishing socialist power on this land by absolute loyalty to the Party Central Committee's ideology and leadership."

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