A young musician plays a french horn during a Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League ceremony supplies donation ceremony in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on August 28, 2016 (Photo: Korean Central Television).
On August 28, 2016 (Sunday), senior party and state officials celebrate youth day along with the youth of the DPRK. In attendance were Supreme People’s Assembly Presidium President Kim Yo’ng-nam [Kim Yong Nam], DPRK Premier and State Affairs Commission [SAC] Pak Pong-chu [Pak Pong Ju], Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Vice Chairman for Cadres Affairs Kim P’yo’ng-hae [Kim Phyong Hae], WPK Vice Chairman for Munitions Industry and SAC Member Ri Man-ko’n [Ri Man Gon], WPK Vice Chairman for Economic Affairs O Su-yong [O Su Yong], WPK Vice Chairman for Planning and Finance Kwak Pom-ki [Kwak Pom Gi], WPK Vice Chairman for Intelligence and ROK Affairs Kim Yo’ng-ch’o’l [Kim Yong Chol], and State Planning Commission Chairman and DPRK Vice Premier Ro Tu-ch’o’l [Ro Tu Chol]. These senior party members toured the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Silk Mill, Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex, Chongsan Co-op Farm in Kangso’ District, Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex as well as “other industrial establishments, farms and universities” with a special agenda: “to congratulate the youth and students.”
WPK Vice Chairman for Planning and Finance Kwak Pom-ki watches a concert on Youth Day on August 28, 2016 (Photo: Korean Central Television)
Members of the DPRK central leadership “paid tribute” to the KIS and KJI statues by “placing floral baskets and bunches of flowers before them.” They toured the “rooms dedicated to the education in the revolutionary activities,” and the “rooms dedicated to the history and various worksites,” they met with the “exemplary youth” and gave them “pep-talks”. They asked the youth to “bring about miracles and innovations in every worksite for the building of a powerful socialist country and become young heroes in the era of Mallima.” The youth “held colorful events” which included “art performances and sports and amusements games.
WPK Vice Chairman for Cadres Affairs Kim P’yo’ng-hae visits the Kim Cho’ng-t’ae Electric Locomotive Complex in Pyongyang on Youth Day on August 28, 2016 (Photo: Korean Central Television).
Filed under: Cadre Affairs, Central Committee, Central Party Affairs/Cadres 5th Section, central party life, DPRK Cabinet, DPRK education system, DPRK music, DPRK Premier, DPRK Sports, Education Section (PAD), Gen. Kim Yong Chol, Kim Family, Kim Il Sung Youth League, Kim Jong-il, Kim Phyong Hae (Cadres/NPYPPC), Kim Yong Nam, KJI/KJU Ideological Works, Korean Workers' Party (KWP), KPA Party Life, Kwak Pom Gi, Local Party Affairs, Local People's Assembly, national holidays, O Su Yong, Pak Pong Ju, party life, Ri Man Gon (N. P'yo'ngan WPK PC), Ro Tu Chol, State Affairs Commission, State Planning Commission (SPC), Supreme People's Assembly
