In his speech delivered on April 12, 2012 marking the centenary of birth of the President,
He defined the light industry and agriculture as the major thrust of the Korean people’s effort in the struggle for the building of an economic giant and improving the people’s standard of living and saw to it that the enforcement of a universal 12-year compulsory education system was made public to bring about a new turn in the work of education.
He paid primary attention to their food problem and other works related to people’s livelihood.
In order to solve the people’s food problem, he led to concentrate nationwide efforts on farming and raising the efficiency of agricultural production by scientific and intensive methods.
As an important measure to radically improve the people’s livelihood, he saw to it that the Sepho Plateau was reclaimed to create the grass fields and build a comprehensive livestock base, and the greenhouses to contribute to the improvement of their livelihood were built in every province and fishing industry bolstered up.
He gave on-spot guidance to the light industry factories to ensure that modernization of the factories was further accelerated and quality consumer goods produced in larger amounts by taking proper steps to provide raw and other materials.
He saw that the Rungna People’s Pleasure Ground, the People’s Theatre, the Mangyongdae Funfair, the Taesongsan Funfair and many other bases for cultural and emotional life were newly built or splendidly modernized to suit the modern aesthetic sense.
And he ensured that the apartment houses in the Changjon Street and the Unha Scientists Street and other modern houses were built for the people.
On January 1, 2012 he inspected the KPA Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105th Guards Tank Division which was honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment and many other units of the People’s Army.
Whenever he inspected the units, he guided in detail the operation plan and the state of combat capabilities of the units and gave love and trust to the officers and men, and led them to be fully ready to firmly safeguard the destiny of the country and the people.
He visited families of the common teachers and workers who moved to new houses and candidly sat on the floor like a member of a family to serve them liquor in person. And he shared joy with them for a long time, tenderly asking about a baby to be born.
When he visited the units of the People’s Army, he posed for a camera, arms to arms and shoulder to shoulder with the service personnel, and looked round the barrack, wash-cum-bath room, mess hall, bean store, etc. to acquaint himself with the life of the soldiers and gave detailed instructions. When he inspected the Defence Detac
When he visited the Kyongsang Kindergarten,
He embraced, without discrimination, the people who came back home after they had betrayed and left the country with false recognition and those that had committed grave crimes before the country and gave warm love and benevolence to them.
Thus all the Korean people follow