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

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] North Korea has urged its cadres to make greater efforts ahead of the year-end review. The recent series of strong-toned messages emphasizing loyalty to General Secretary Kim Jong-un and the Party are interpreted as an attempt to prevent ideological relaxation amid the inevitable prolongation of sanctions.

The Workers' Party organ, Rodong Sinmun, stated in an editorial on the front page on the 24th that "It is General Secretary Comrade's unwavering determination to provide the people with a prosperous and happy life," adding, "For the cadres entrusted with important posts by the Party's great political trust, upholding the General Secretary Comrade's will and sincerity is akin to their lifeline."

It further reported that General Secretary Kim Jong-un said, "Cadres must serve the country’s prosperity and the people's happiness with a noble sense of patriotism and dedication, carrying heavy burdens themselves, and running ahead of the masses again and again."

Moreover, "When cadres strive with a thorough ideological perspective and attitude, the tasks including the fulfillment of the five-year plan and the new era rural revitalization will be brilliantly realized, along with the Party's grand plans for the people," and "(Party organizations) must continuously instill the Party's ideology, line, and policies so that harmful ideas and demons such as factionalism and bureaucratism do not take root (enter and corrupt) in the cadres' minds," it repeatedly emphasized.

Rodong Sinmun also highlighted the sacrifices of so-called 'revolutionary offspring' in another article on the same day.

The newspaper pointed out, "Revolutionary spirit is never inherited," explaining, "Just because one inherits the bloodline of a revolutionary does not mean the children automatically become revolutionaries."

It went on to stress, "Only when one lives and works with the mindset and determination to devote everything for the dignity and eternal prosperity of the motherland can one become a true loyalist of our Party with thorough revolutionary spirit and a true patriot of our era."

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