The page is devoted to the Third February 16 Celebration People’s Art Festival, conveying with solemn emotion the boundless yearning and pledges of loyalty that filled every stage. Upholding the teachings of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, the performers reflected the unshakable will to bring to fruition the noble aspirations of the Great General Kim Jong Il. Through artistic portrayals of his immortal leadership in building a solid foundation for agricultural development and transforming the socialist countryside, the festival resounded with songs of remembrance and faith, inspiring agricultural workers and officials to usher in a rich harvest across the fields of socialist Korea.

Art troupes from Ryongdam Farm, the Chonnaeri Cement Factory, Yontan County and other units presented works such as “Flowering Workplace,” “The Land and the Farmer,” “The Factory Raised in Parental Love,” and “Life of the Working Class,” vividly depicting the proud reality of advancing scientific farming, increased production, and regional industry in faithful support of the Party’s intentions. Performers from the Ministry of Light Industry, the Pyongyang City Water Supply and Sewerage Management Bureau, the Central Court, and the Ministry of Information Industry moved audiences with pieces including “Our Mother,” “Following the Party, I Shall Live Like a Star,” “Even in Death, Never Abandon Revolutionary Faith,” and “We Live in the Eternal Garden of Love.” Through these performances, they expressed heartfelt gratitude for the benevolence of the motherly Party and reaffirmed their steadfast resolve to devote themselves to the people under the leadership of General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

The page also reports on the march of national youth and students to the revolutionary battle sites in the Mt. Paektu area and their visit to the Paektusan Secret Camp birthplace. Standing before Jong Il Peak, the participants solemnly recalled the sacred history of the anti-Japanese revolution and pledged to carry forward its spirit. In a meeting of oath-taking, they vowed to remain loyal to the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un and to advance straight ahead along the road of the Juche revolution. Their resounding cheers testified to the unyielding faith and youthful vigor with which the rising generation of Korea will uphold the revolutionary traditions of Paektu and hasten the victorious future of socialism.

Marking the auspicious February holiday, the editorial conveys the boundless reverence of all the people and service personnel for the 84th birth anniversary of the Great Leader Kim Jong Il. It solemnly affirms that Kim Jong Il, with his profound revolutionary ideology and outstanding leadership, illuminated the path of Korean-style socialism, consolidated the might of single-hearted unity, and laid the eternal foundations of self-reliant national defense and an independent economy. The article further inspires Party members and the people to uphold with loyalty the ideas and leadership of Kim Jong Un, carrying forward the patriotic aspirations and the grand design for a powerful country cherished by the Great General.

The following report, titled “Let Us Prepare Ourselves as Reliable Pillars Who Will Shoulder the Future of Socialist Korea,” describes the national joint meeting of the Korean Children’s Union held in Pyongyang in celebration of the 84th anniversary of the birth of the Great Leader Kim Jong Il. The report reflects with deep emotion upon the immortal exploits of the Great General in nurturing the rising generations as successors to the revolution and emphasizes that, under the warm care of Kim Jong Un, the younger generation is growing into steadfast pillars of socialist Korea.

An initiation ceremony of the Korean Children’s Union was solemnly conducted at the meeting, where the participants pledged loyalty with the resounding slogan, “Always be ready for socialist Korea!” The Children’s Union members expressed their ardent determination to trust and follow only Kim Jong Un, preparing themselves as reliable heirs of the revolution and genuine young patriots who will firmly uphold the future of the country.

The newspaper carried the meaningful speech delivered at the inauguration ceremony of Saebyeol Street by Kim Jong Un. The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un paid the highest tribute to the fallen war heroes and extended warm consolation to their bereaved families, declaring that the new street engraved upon the capital would stand as a sacred monument conveying for all ages the noble lives and souls of the heroic sons of Korea. He solemnly affirmed the firm will of the Party and the Government to ensure that the families of the fallen enjoy dignified and worthwhile lives under state benefits and the care of society as a whole, and proclaimed that the national flag of the dignified DPRK, fluttering above the new street, would shine forever together with the glory of the great motherland.

The Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan also issued a respectful message on the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il, recalling with deep emotion the immortal exploits of the Great Leader who embraced the organization and the compatriots abroad with boundless affection. They extended their highest congratulations and pledged unwavering loyalty to Kim Jong Un, vowing to advance vigorously into a new stage of struggle under his outstanding leadership, upholding the programmatic letter and New Year message, consolidating the organization as an unshakable body, and further demonstrating the traditions of patriotism and unity.

Likewise, the General Association of Korean Residents in China paid noble tribute to the sacred patriotic life and undying achievements of Kim Jong Il, while praising the astonishing realities unfolding under the devoted leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Exactly at midnight on January 1, 2026, Korean Central Television (KCTV) showed a selection of photographs dedicated to the activities of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un and significant achievements of Korea in the field of socialist construction during 2025.

This page carries a special article by our paper that deeply reflects on the noble traits of love for the people and the pure life of the great leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of his passing. The article elaborates on the great life of Comrade Kim Jong Il, who held the people higher than heaven and tread an endless path of devotion for them, citing the teachings of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un. It firmly asserts that the immortal achievements built by the General, who forged through the arduous path of revolutionary leadership with a sea of fire-like love for the people and an iron will, will shine forever for all generations to come.

Furthermore, news is conveyed that on this day, meetings for the presentation of virtues by women's union members, agricultural workers, students and children, and other various strata were grandly held in Pyongyang. The participants at the meetings passionately praised the immortal ideological and theoretical achievements and the lofty world of patriotism and love for the people of Comrade Kim Jong Il, and expressed their firm resolve to uphold the leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un and complete the Party's cause to the end. This is a clear testament that the entire Party, army, and people are upholding the behests of the great President Kim Il Sung and the great General Kim Jong Il.

Lastly, there is news that flower baskets sent by overseas compatriots and organizations and personages from various countries were laid before the statues of the great President Kim Il Sung and the great leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill. This demonstrates the nationwide and worldwide respect and mourning for the great fathers, and speaks to the fact that their great achievements and ideas will shine eternally.

Holding high the spirit of the 13th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the entire Party and Party organizations at all levels have powerfully rallied. Participants of the plenary meeting have penetrated their sites in unison, actively conducting work to arm the masses with the Party's spirit and heighten their political enthusiasm. In key industrial sectors and rural sites such as South Hwanghae Province, the Sunchon Cement Complex, the Musan Mining Complex, and the North Changgyeong Youth Coal Mine Complex, the on-site ideological work and organizational activities of Party officials in charge are inspiring great influence, creating new achievements in production and construction.

The elevated spirit to greet the glorious Party Congress with high labor achievements is overflowing on the industrial and agricultural fronts. At the Posan Iron and Steel Plant, upholding the teachings of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, a mass technological innovation movement is being vigorously conducted, surpassing the production plan for pig iron. The Ri Song Il Ex-Serviceperson Youth Tunneling Squad at the Kŭmgol Mine of the Kŏmdŏk Mining Complex has set up a heroic feat by fulfilling a three-year tunneling plan, and land realignment shock brigades have achieved successes in readjusting thousands of *jungbo* of land into standardized fields this year through the spirit of self-reliance.

Valuable achievements to be presented to the Party Congress are also being created on the scientific research front. Scientists at Kim Il Sung University have realized the teachings of Comrade Kim Jong Un and developed an advanced heat treatment technology in their own way, which will greatly contribute to the development of the machine-building industry. Thus, the fighting spirit to usher in a new heyday in building a socialist powerful state under the leadership of the Party is growing higher across the country.

This month of December is a time to reflect deeply on the boundless longing for the Great General and the single-hearted loyalty of the entire people. Across the country, from Mansu Hill to every corner, the people respectfully tend to the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, walking steadfastly on the path of loyalty, just as Kim Jong Un emphasized, to realize the plans and aspirations of the Great General. The hearts of loyalty blooming everywhere—in the capital Pyongyang, South Hamgyong Province, Jagang Province, Kangwon Province, and beyond—demonstrate the ardent spiritual world of the people as the eternal family of the General.

Over the past decade, numerous literary and artistic works created to commemorate the immortal revolutionary exploits and noble traits of the Great General embody the people's profound reverence. Hymns like «The General Is Eternal as the Sun» and «Longing Is Endless», other paeans, epic poems, the full-length novel series «Immortal Leadership», and various art works eternally convey the Great General's long journey of patriotic devotion, further igniting the people's loyalty.

Working people across the nation, including the working class of the Sangwon Cement Complex, are waging round-the-clock battles to repay the Party's trust and transform their longing for the General into productive feats. Furthermore, the glorious achievements of the athletes who won gold medals at the 5th Asian Youth Para Games have elevated the nation's prestige. All of this is the fruit of loyalty, translating the pledges made to the Great Leader and the General into practice.

This page covers various memorial events held around the world on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the passing of Comrade Kim Jong Il, along with reflections on the immortal revolutionary exploits and noble personal qualities of the great leader. Figures from the political and social circles, Juche idea research organizations, and friendship associations from many countries, through discussions, lectures, film screenings, and other events, highly praised Comrade Kim Jong Il as a genius ideological theorist and extraordinary statesman who deepened and developed the Juche idea, the pinnacle of human thought history, and clarified the correct guiding ideology for the era of independence, as well as his image as a loving parent who showed endless devotion for the people and on the paths of on-site guidance.

Furthermore, it reports that the progressive people of the world unanimously acclaim that the Songun politics pursued by Comrade Kim Jong Il are immortal exploits in safeguarding the country and socialism with powerful military strength and protecting world peace and security, and that he, as a master of leadership, shattered the imperialists' aggression and war maneuvers and victoriously led the cause of human independence. Through the remarks of figures from various countries, it is emphasized that under the outstanding leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, the ideology and exploits of Comrade Kim Jong Il are being brilliantly inherited and developed.

In addition, the article includes reports on the international situation, such as warnings against the West's war provocation maneuvers, denunciations of the U.S. pirate acts and the absurd remarks by the NATO Secretary-General, declarations of the struggle will of Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as news of damage from conflicts in Sudan and Congo, accidents and natural disasters in various countries, trends of large-scale strikes and demonstrations in Italy and Portugal, and provides readers with common sense information on the effects of geomagnetic storms on human health, delivering multifaceted news.