The Request Made On A Freezing Cold Day Of Midwinter

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said:

"General Kim Jong Il's patriotic mind was always filled with the word people. If it is the wish of the people, I will pluck a star from the heavens or grow flowers even on a rock – this was the noble expression of his affection for the people, and his will."

All the Korean people vividly remember the lifetime of Chairman Kim Jong Il who always paid close attention to improving the people's living standard and devoted his heart and soul to it until the last moment of his life.

There are many stories in which he saw to it that all the products should be of the best quality so that people could be supplied with excellent goods. Among them is the story that happened on January 21, Juche 100(2011), the last year of his life when he gave on the spot guidance to Sariwon Jongbang Foodstuff Producers' Cooperative, a local industrial factory, despite the freezing cold of midwinter.

Saying that the cooperative was well known for its good pickles, he went up to the showcase in the entrance hall.

Looking carefully at the dozens of samples of goods displayed in the showcase, he said that they should make a good scientific and technological calculation and improve the quality even when producing a single product and make it a monopoly indicator of their province.

Make a good scientific and technological calculation and improve the quality even when producing a single product so that it can be a monopoly indicator of its province!

It reflected the noble intention of Chairman Kim Jong Il to ensure the quality of the product and make a substantial contribution to the people's living even though they produce a single product, not a variety of products.

He went on to say that "Jongbang herb" wrapped in plastic bags looked good. He was informed that the product was being supplied for the citizens, travellers and war veterans in Sariwon and asked if they liked the product.

Hearing the answer that they really liked, he said that they might have said so not because the herb really tasted good but because they were being supplied with various kinds of products with the production revitalized after the Arduous March and forced march.

Do people say they like the product since it really tasted good!

The officials felt a strong impulse in their hearts.

They felt again that he gave top priority to the appreciation by the popular masses and paid deep attention to the voices of the people. The officials referred their readiness to the fatherly love of Chairman Kim Jong Il who was willing to provide the people with the best things in the world.

It was not until then that the officials realized that even the greetings and praises of the people they had taken for granted revealed pure feelings of the people who expected them to do more work better for the people in the future.

Indeed, his instructions that day were the earnest request of love for the people that they should make the best products loved by the people and truly conducive to the people's living regarding the people as heaven.