Lyricism and Worthwhile Working Life

Literary circles of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill, the Sangnong Mine and Rason Municipality took the first place in the National Creation Contest of Literary Circles-２０２６ which was recently held.

They, ordinary working people, are deeply feeling again gratitude to the socialist country where they have fully cultivated their talents.

All the employees of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill were greatly pleased to hear the news that the textile mill’s literary circle took the first place in the creation contest and the whole factory was in festive mood.

Mass literature creation activities have been briskly conducted in the factory through the operation of literature circle.

A number of employees have striven to create various forms of works vividly reflecting their worthwhile working life in the benevolent socialist country which put them forward as "girls riding on galloping steed" and provided an excellent workers’ hostel for them.

During the days, they presented １０-odd collections of literary works such as "My Workplace, Our Factory" and "Wave of Great Emotion in Workers’ Hostel" to respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un and numerous works they wrote were selected in mass literature prize contests. There are thick collections of works created by literary circle members and other employees according to the chronicle in the textile mill.

Literary circle members of the Sangnong Mine are also in high spirit.

This year the circle members of the mine presented several works to the national mass literature prize contest held on the occasion of the ８１st founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea to draw a great attention of specialists.

Kim Hyang Sun who was highly appreciated by writing poem "Song of Onpho" is a worker of the lean ore reprocessing workshop. They say all the female workers of the workshop spent recreation life in the Onpho Working People’s Holiday Camp which was excellently remodeled. So, she carried in her poem the gratitude to the motherly Party and feeling of the female workers leading proud life in its embrace.

Among the literary circle members of the mine is Ho Un Gil in his fifties.

From his early years Ho Un Gil has a gift for creation of literature works. When the literature circle was organized he volunteered to enter the literature circle despite his advanced age. Once, people asked him if it was not difficult for him to write poems in his age. He unhesitatingly replied that it is easy enough because he carries his happy life in his poem as it is.

Everyone can hear similar stories from the literature circle members of Rason Municipality.

Indeed, labor and life of all the people become glory and worth, poems and songs as they live in the benevolent socialist country.

Rodong Sinmun