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A Photo Taken after the Long Wait for an Ordinary Woman

 2023.11.18.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Il said:

"Comrade Kim Jong Un is devoting his all for the good of the people with infinite respect and warm affection for them."

Today the Korean people regard it as their greatest pleasure and greatest honor to have photos taken with the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un and hand down the photos as the most valuable treasure and family heirloom.

This is an impressive story of how an ordinary woman could have the honour of having a photo taken with the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, thanks to his warm love.

It was in November Juche 105 (2016) when the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited for the fourth time a fishery station in the East Sea of Korea, which performed remarkable feats in creating the history of the "gold sea".

The officials, employees and families of the station were greatly excited to see the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in their workplace again with a great sense of pride in their successes made in the fish harvest.

But the manager's wife, who wasn't well enough to go to work, was very sad. Every time the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited that fishery station, he had photos taken with even the wives of the staff who were working in the wharf.

But she couldn't have such honour on that occasion again. She was just gazing at the photos of her husband with the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

At that time she heard, to her astonishment, that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was waiting for her.

Having looked round the station, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said he would have a photo session with its employees and their families. Then he was told by an official of the station that the manager's wife had not come that time, either.

He had a disappointed expression on his face.

When he had given field guidance to the station the previous year, he had felt so sorry that the manager's wife had been unable to see the performance of the employees together with him because of her illness.

After a moment's thought, he said that he had visited the station three times and every time he had a photo session, the manager's wife had never been able to take part in it for bad health.

Saying that she would be very sad if she missed even that photo session again, he urged the official to take her there as soon as possible.

Then he told the accompanying officials that he would wait for the manager's wife there.

Not only the manager but also all the officials were very touched by the warm care shown by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un spending his busy time waiting for an ordinary woman.

Has there ever been such a story in history in any country?

After a while, the manager's wife arrived and the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un had a broad smile on his face.

The manager's wife ran hurriedly towards him, fell into his arms, and sobbed out that she didn't know how she could express her thanks to him for having waited for her, who hadn't made any contributions to the fishing.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un told her to get well soon so as to help her husband do his job better before he had a photo taken with the manager and his wife, as well as the others.

Indeed, it was an impressive picture showing the ties of kinship between the leader and an ordinary woman and between the leader and the whole Korean people.

The photo will convey the warm love and affection of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un for the people and will be handed down through generations.