In keeping with the recent heavy rains and prolonged downpours, a dynamic struggle is being waged in various localities to minimize natural damage.

From August 16 to the present, heavy rain has fallen in many regions of the country, and it is forecast that rain will continue to fall. Accordingly, all sectors and regions are now maintaining maximum vigilance and are waging a more intensive struggle to protect the people's lives and property and the nation's wealth from the fury of nature.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said as follows:

《Thorough measures must be taken to prevent various accidents and natural disasters.》

The Central Emergency Disaster and Crisis Response Command is focusing its primary efforts on further awakening officials in all sectors and regions. It is centering on ensuring that no deviations appear among officials regarding disaster prevention, regularly summarizing the progress of work, and establishing countermeasures. It immediately informs all sectors of the people's economy and each province, city, and county of information received from the Hydro-Meteorological Bureau regarding heavy rain and storms, and it is making all preparations to promptly mobilize personnel and equipment in the event of a crisis by making maximum use of various alarms and communication means.

Under the unified operation and command of the Central Emergency Disaster and Crisis Response Command, work to cope with disastrous weather is being forcefully conducted in all sectors and provinces, cities, and counties.

Officials of the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection, determined to verify their Party spirit, revolutionary spirit, and people's spirit before the state and the people through disaster prevention work, are enhancing the responsibility and role of supervisors and monitors to specifically examine the safety conditions of structures such as roads, bridges, culverts, and tunnels and are devising appropriate countermeasures. They are finding and eliminating dangerous spots on riverbanks with high flood risk indices and are dispatching relevant personnel to further strengthen guard duty. The Ministry is comprehensively examining the actual condition of coastal embankments in North Pyongan Province and South Pyongan Province and ensuring that reinforcement construction is carried out in a timely manner.

Officials of the Agricultural Committee, conscious that not a single patch of land nor a single stalk of grain can be left to the whims of nature, are going all out in the work to protect crops from the effects of disastrous weather. The Committee is frequently checking the operational status of sluice gate lifting equipment and drainage pumping equipment at reservoir floodgates and drainage gates to prevent farmland inundation, while ensuring there are no gaps in electricity and communications guarantees. In response to the continuation of unfavorable weather conditions, such as frequent heavy rain and low sunshine rates, strong agricultural technical countermeasures are also being established.

The Ministry of Electric Power Industry is intensifying operations and command to minimize damage caused by heavy rain and downpours. It maintains a high degree of vigilance to be able to cope with any flood by establishing a scientific water management system. It has established a dual power guarantee system for the safe operation of sluice gates and reservoirs and is raising the level of demand for responsible patrol inspections to ensure that various outdoor power transformation facilities are not damaged by storms and heavy rain and operate normally.

Officials of the Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Urban Management, and Ministry of Railways, conscious of their full responsibility for the people's lives and property and the nation's wealth, are maintaining a firm crisis response posture with maximum alertness and are intensely conducting work to minimize damage caused by heavy rain and downpours.

The struggle to cope with the fury of nature is also being vigorously waged in each province.

In South Hwanghae Province, by deeply instilling in agricultural sector officials and workers that reducing crop damage is the fundamental key to successfully concluding this year's farming, emergency countermeasures for flood prevention are being established. Work is underway to provincially grasp the actual condition of all drainage pumping equipment and establish necessary measures to ensure full operation. Party, administrative, and security officials within the province are going out to flood-risk areas, performing tense guard duty, and vigorously conducting explanatory propaganda work to raise crisis response awareness among residents. Farms within the province are re-examining work already done, more meticulously devising rational countermeasures such as bundling multiple corn plants, and ensuring there are no gaps in crop protection. Efforts are being made to maximize the role of pumping operators and paddy water managers, while mobilizing strength and means to prevent the bursting of irrigation ditches and paddy ridges and the inundation of farmland.

Officials and workers in South Pyongan Province are also taking mobile and timely measures to be able to respond swiftly to any unexpected situation. The province is sending political work materials to cities and counties with content about everyone rising up as one in the work to minimize damage from heavy rain and downpours, so that all officials intensely conduct on-site political work. Meanwhile, through daily video conferences, it is awakening and inspiring officials dispatched to regions and units including cities, counties, factories, enterprises, and farms, ensuring there are no small spaces or gaps in disaster prevention work. The province is dispatching more officials to regions along the coastline to find all dangerous spots without omission and solve problems raised through the method of mass mobilization.

In North Hwanghae Province, by mobilizing propaganda and agitation means and strength, work is being strengthened to clearly recognize the types and dangers of various disasters among workers and residents, and to ensure they well know the response methods and order of action in the event of a crisis. In all cities and counties, organizational work is being done to thoroughly grasp areas, dwellings, and public buildings at risk of inundation and to evacuate residents to safe places first if an emergency situation occurs, while emergency response measures are also being established to ensure timely provision of food and side dishes.

In North Pyongan Province, Nampo City, and other regions, work is being intensely conducted to mobilize labor and wheeled machinery to reinforce coastal embankments and reservoir dams, and to find all spots where landslides may occur and take immediate countermeasures.

Nationwide, work to minimize damage from heavy rain and downpours continues to deepen.

Written by Correspondent Jon Myong Il

Photos by Correspondent Ri Kang Hyok

Photos by Special Correspondent Jon Hyok Chol

 

At the Pyongyang Shipping Company

 

At the Chongsan Farm in Kangso District

 

In North Hamgyong Province

 

In Kumchon County

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The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said as follows:

《All sectors and units of the people's economy must firmly set management activities on a scientific basis, set high development goals, and vigorously wage a struggle to break through them.》

The reality of the Huichon Silk Mill, which has been ensuring high profits in its management activities in recent years, is noteworthy.

According to an official there, the profitability of this unit reaches 1.5 times. It can be seen that the mill's management activities are proceeding at a very high level. So what is the secret?

Above all, it lies in the efficient use of raw and fuel materials.

Let's take the cocoon, the basic raw material for silk thread production.

In conclusion, the mill utilizes 100% of the incoming cocoons for product production without wasting a single one. To this end, the mill officials attach great importance to the role of the April 15 Technical Innovation Shock Brigade.

They accurately assign technical innovation tasks according to the quality and ability of each shock brigade member, and tightly schedule weekly, monthly, and quarterly summaries. They also clearly evaluate based on the results of technical innovation task performance. Meanwhile, officials themselves take charge of technical innovation tasks and perform them flawlessly.

The method of producing silk wadding from defective cocoons, which was recently introduced and is yielding great benefits, is one example.

Defective cocoons refer to cocoons that cannot be used for silk thread production. It was none other than the manager who proposed producing silk wadding from these to make high-quality quilts. He did not stop at making the suggestion but also took the lead in technical innovation work to yield results in a short period. As a result, defective cocoons were converted into high-quality silk wadding, which can be effectively used for producing pure silk quilts, which are in high demand among the people.

The method of treating cocoons in cold storage, which is key to improving the quality of silk thread, was also conceived by the manager. As a result of its introduction into production, the product yield rate increased significantly and productivity rose incomparably.

The mill reformed the boiler and scientized its operation to drastically reduce fuel consumption.

After newly installing a device to return all unburned coal to the boiler furnace and rationally setting the air blowing direction, it added a function to measure the boiler furnace temperature in real time to the already established integrated production system. As a result, coal consumption was reduced to nearly half compared to before.

The secret lies next in the vigorously progressing resource recycling work at the mill.

Representatively, we can cite the fact that waste water from the silk wadding production process is being effectively utilized.

Under close contact with scientists, the mill has built a silk protein production plant near the production site by arranging detailed processes and equipment such as protein separation, dehydration, and drying.

Silk protein, which contains considerable amounts of protein, carbohydrates, ash, and trace elements, is widely used as livestock feed, functional laundry soap raw material, organic fertilizer, and nutrient solution.

Practically, the mill is using silk protein to cover the livestock feed and nutrient solution needed for the operation of the unit's livestock base and greenhouse vegetable production, and it produces over 1,000 tons of organic fertilizer annually and sends it to farms within Huichon City.

The reality of the Huichon Silk Mill shows that when officials innovatively grasp ways to reduce costs from the first process of production to the last process and stubbornly practice them based on their own technical strength, maximum profit can be obtained with minimum expenditure.

Correspondent So Nam Il

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Many Agricultural Machines Sent to the Countryside

This year, Ryanggang Province has prepared and sent many agricultural machines to the countryside. Moreover, it has also ensured many farming materials including farm tools and sprayers.

The Provincial Party Committee grasped the raising of the proportion of mechanization in farm work as a Party task and powerfully developed it. Based on closely examining the actual conditions of farms, it gradually expanded and deepened the work of preparing efficient agricultural machines suitable for farming in mountainous areas.

Responsible officials of the province who went down to the countryside specifically ascertained the number of agricultural machines including wheat and barley harvesters and connected farm machines and took appropriate measures. And they held technical consultation meetings at factories and enterprises within the province, concentrated the province's technical strength to solve arising problems, and intensively pushed agricultural machine production by mobilizing all reserves and potential. They also actively followed up on work to solve modern agricultural machines in contact with relevant units.

In regions with many sloping fields, tillers were secured, and in Kim Jong Suk County, Jasong County, Taehongdan County, and Samsu County, they explored and mobilized internal reserves and actively adopted valuable technical innovation proposals to produce many agricultural machines and parts including portable threshers.

The province sent the produced and purchased agricultural machines to the countryside, greatly boosting the morale of agricultural workers.

Special Correspondent Jon Chol Ju

Expanding Production Results by Holding onto Quality Improvement

Upholding the Party policy on improving the people's dietary structure, South Pyongan Province is actively pushing work to increase the production volume of the newly built Pyeongsong Instant Noodle Factory in line with the increase in wheat production this year.

Provincial officials who went down to the site to ascertain the operational reality of the factory equipment are devoting all efforts to increasing their operation rate to expand production volume and solving arising problems with foresight. In particular, by placing quality improvement as the primary demand and holding consultations related to it, they are awakening relevant officials to fulfill their responsibilities and thoroughly establishing measures to guarantee raw materials and materials needed for production.

The factory is putting main effort into ensuring product quality, making sure that machine operators thoroughly adhere to the requirements of standard operation methods and technical regulations. It also substantively operates the science and technology dissemination room to continuously raise the technical skill level of employees and actively introduces advanced technology that can reduce per-unit consumption standards into production. In the process, products produced at the factory are receiving favorable reviews among residents.

As the enthusiasm of the province and the factory's officials and employees rises to uphold the Party policy for the people with practical results, the production volume of high-quality instant noodles continues to increase.

Special Correspondent Yun Kum Chan

Strengthening Dairy Product Storage Capacity and Supply System

From the beginning of the year, Musan County has vigorously developed work to raise the performance of dairy product production equipment and increase the number of mother goats. In accordance with having prepared a guarantee to increase dairy product production, it actively pushed work to build a dairy product storage warehouse at the County Nursery-Kindergarten Materials Supply Office to raise its storage capacity.

The county preferentially guaranteed labor and materials needed for construction and also prepared refrigeration equipment, actively arousing the masses to heroic creation, and splendidly built a large-capacity dairy product storage warehouse in a short period.

Moreover, the county is also paying deep attention to work further strengthening the dairy product supply system.

It renewed dozens of dairy product supply rooms to thoroughly ensure sanitary safety and newly equipped transportation containers. It also supplemented good-performance wheeled machinery for dairy product transportation. As a result, tasty and highly nutritious dairy products can be supplied to children normally and in a timely manner.

Special Correspondent

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Photo by Correspondent Kim Kwang Rim

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In today's knowledge economy era, there is no sector or unit unrelated to science and technology, and the work achievements of our officials, who shoulder the Five-Year Plan for National Economic Development, cannot be thought of separately from science and technology.

To bring about new advances and innovations for the country's comprehensive rejuvenation through science and technology, all sectors and units must thoroughly establish a work atmosphere and climate of conducting and developing work for scientific and technological development thoroughly from a Party and state standpoint.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said as follows:

《In today's era of science and technology, science and technology dictate and propel the development of all sectors.》

Conducting and developing science and technology work from a Party and state standpoint is an urgent issue arising from achieving successful results that reliably support the victory of the final assault battle for carrying out the decisions of the Party's 8th Congress as the entire scientific field rallies according to the Party's intention and connects it to a new stage of development.

Generally speaking, the scientific field refers to the social sphere related to science. In other words, the scientific field includes not only scientific research institutions and universities but also all fields related to science and technology, including production units, and the scientists, technicians, and science and technology administration officials who serve them.

The requirement of our Party for the entire scientific field to rally contains the intention for scientists, technicians, and officials to firmly resolve and rise up to create practical results for the country's economic development and improvement of the people's living standards, and scientific and technological results that are truly useful.

First and foremost, officials must fulfill their responsibility and duty in establishing a state management system for science and technology work in an orderly manner.

At the present time, the Party is importantly emphasizing that the country's scientific and technological development must be commanded and managed in a unified manner.

The Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Science and Technology stipulates that strengthening guidance and control over science and technology work is a firm guarantee for thoroughly implementing the state's science and technology policy.

Establishing a state management system for science and technology work in a more orderly manner is not merely a practical issue but an important issue arising from having all sectors and units stake their life on scientific and technological development and rise up, and it can be said to be a prerequisite for establishing a climate of valuing science and technology throughout society.

All officials must correctly recognize that to carry out the Party's intention for the entire scientific field to rally, unified command over science and technology work must be ensured, and they must purposefully and revolutionarily rise up in this work.

An order must be established for conducting scientific and technological development work in strict accordance with the country's laws, regulations, and guidance books, and all arising scientific and technological problems must be solved.

If relevant units engage in departmentalism and fail to maintain coordinated in national scientific and technological development, unified command over science and technology work cannot be ensured.

The State Science and Technology Commission must clearly grasp the overall state of the country's science and technology and scientific research work, and must uniformly guide and control the performance status of scientific and technological development plans of scientific research institutions and universities, ministries, central organs, factories, and enterprises. Along with this, it must strengthen inspection and control over the state of science and technology work, including technical management, and strongly establish countermeasures to correct arising deviations, constantly raising the level of demand so that any sector or unit fulfills its responsibility in scientific and technological development.

Currently, the State Science and Technology Commission is mobilizing the scientific research strength of relevant units including Kim Il Sung University and Pyongyang University of Computer Science to grasp the overall state of the country's scientific research work and uniformly guide and control the performance status of scientific and technological development plans, and is building a science and technology administration management support system, grasping and analyzing the state of science and technology work of ministries, central organs, science education institutions, factories, and enterprises, and establishing timely countermeasures.

All sectors and units must actively rise up in the work to smoothly ensure state unified guidance in accordance with the powerful promotion of the informatization of science and technology administration work. In particular, ministries and central organs must solidly staff science and technology administration departments with capable officials and enhance their role, thoroughly establishing a climate of fully taking responsibility for and solving scientific and technological problems arising in their own sector and their own unit.

An important thing in conducting and developing science and technology work from a Party and state standpoint is next to vitalize cooperative research between sectors and units.

The difference that exists between advanced sectors and lagging sectors is essentially a difference in scientific and technological level, a difference in human resource strength.

By strengthening cooperative research between sectors and units, the country's science and technology work can be developed to a new high stage in line with our Party's requirement to develop the entire society together.

The State Science and Technology Commission and relevant sectors must devote effort to the work of proactively selecting and thoroughly implementing cooperative research tasks, leading to practical results.

A work system must be established for selecting and planning important research tasks of national significance, and conditions and environment must be constantly prepared for it to proceed in a wider scope.

Today, the viewpoint and attitude toward science and technology is precisely the viewpoint and attitude toward revolution, and neglecting science and technology is like not intending to make revolution.

All officials must keep in mind that the issue of valuing science and technology is directly connected not only to economic development and improvement of the people's living standards but also to the destiny of the country, and by conducting and developing science and technology work from a Party and state standpoint, they must fulfill their responsibility and duty as commanding members of the revolution in today's struggle for comprehensive national development.

Correspondent