Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the construction site of the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm on January 2 to congratulate and encourage all the young vanguard members and soldier-builders who greeted the significant New Year in the struggle to glorify the Ninth Congress of the WPK with proud labour achievements.

He was accompanied by leading officials of the WPK Central Committee and the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK.

The young builders, who met Kim Jong Un, whom they had been longing to see so much, on the second morning of the New Year as if in a dream, were filled with great excitement and joy.

When he got off his private train, all the young builders enthusiastically cheered with great reverence for him who had started his leadership in the significant New Year at their construction site to give them warm parental blessing.

He greatly encouraged the young people, officers and soldiers who added glory to the noble name of their generation for the times and history out of boundless patriotism, loyalty and indomitable pioneering spirit and through a heroic struggle, deeming the Party's regional development plan and decision a supreme order.

Kim Jong Un made a congratulatory speech.

He said that he had rushed there right after the national events in Pyongyang were over to start the year 2026 together with the young vanguard members and soldier-builders greeting the New Year in the northwestern tip of the country far away from their families and beloved homes, and extended warm greetings of encouragement to them on behalf of the Party Central Committee, the government of the DPRK and all the people.

Saying that the young builders came to the grand construction site, to which the Party and the state attach importance, so as to transform the island area, which had severely been hit by natural disaster, into an ideal farming town in the new era in more than 500 days, he noted that during those days they opted for hardship and self-cultivation, instead of enjoyment and comfort, regarding it as a worthwhile choice of their youth, and cultivated the strong will and enthusiastic spirit of being able to overcome difficulties, make innovations and do patriotic work, and this is a valuable asset of a lifetime that cannot be bartered for anything.

Witnessing the great strength of the youth and every structure associated with the passion and sincerity of our younger generation, our people picture the eternal prosperity of their country, he said, adding that seeing them growing up to be robust, the people get convinced of the continuity of Korean-style socialism. He noted that there is no such younger generation as the Korean youth in the world and this is something very pleasant and satisfactory for the WPK responsible for the future destiny of the country.

Saying that it would be not long before the large greenhouse farm would be presented as a gift of loyalty to the glorious congress of the motherly Party, he noted that he would have a picture taken with them in the transformed area on the day of its inauguration and the Ninth Congress of the WPK would greet the proud young people in the plaza of the April 25 House of Culture where they had started their courageous advance.