It is a proud tradition of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that the service personnel defend the interests, lives and property of the people at the risk of their lives and the latter regard the former as their blood relations and give sincere assistance to them.
In October Juche 104(2015), the respected supreme leader Kim Jong Un visited Rason City which had been completely recovered from flood damage.
He said: I’ve come because I felt as if I would be relieved when I look round the newly-built dwelling houses before others. On my way here, I was very pleasant.
After going round the houses, Kim Jong Un said what is left now is the inhabitants’ removal to new houses and earnestly called on the service personnel to wind up their work well, helping move into new houses before returning to their units.
At that time a senior official of Rason City told him about what had happened to his regret during the construction.
He said: The service personnel worked day and night to heal up the damage. The citizens prepared relief materials for them, but the service personnel set up a “special checkpoint” and never accepted the relief materials.
It is not proper for the people not to help the soldier-builders. The people secretly left the relief materials near the service personnel such as their billeting area and the construction site. But the relief materials immediately returned intact to the people. How can the people’s army ignore their sincerity, said the official in an injured tone.
Listening to him, Kim Jong Un was wearing a smile on his face.
He said to the commanding officers that when they return to their units, the service personnel should not impose burdens on the people and when they leave with full haversacks, they are not the people’s army.
The devoted service for the people makes our army become a genuine people’s army and enjoy their support and love.
