Politics

Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, made a field survey of the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine under the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex.

At coal pits, the premier encouraged coal miners out in a drive for increased production to carry out the new five-year plan and oversaw the test operation of highly efficient mining equipment made by the scientists, technicians and workers.

He called upon the officials to set up a more advanced, detailed and practical plan for putting into practice without the slightest faults the noble intention of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea to build the coal mine into a standard one, where the mechanization and informatization of work inside its pits are realized, as the start of the long-term project to transform the material and technical foundation of all the coal mines across the country and the working conditions of coal miners.

He stressed the need for the officials and workers of the coal mine to stoke the flames of collective innovations, following the example of the So Un Chol-led coal-cutting workteam which produced nearly 10 000 tons of more coal in the first half of the year, and thus repay the great love and trust of the Party with higher successes in coal production.

Meanwhile, he visited the fifth-stage construction site in the Hwasong area to learn in detail about the construction project and called for thoroughly ensuring the quality of structures, stepping up the project as scheduled and taking thorough measures to prevent damage in the rainy season.

The field consultative meetings discussed the issue for the machine-building industry sector to produce coal-mining equipment in a qualitative way and the issue of preferentially supplying materials for the fifth-stage construction in the Hwasong area, and took relevant measures.