Nov. 6, 2024 Wednesday  
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People Praised by Country

Culture 2024.1.25.


Yu Ha Jong, Merited Miner

 

Scores of years ago, Yu Ha Jong volunteered to be an operator of large-size excavator Jangbaek No.1 at an open branch mine of the Musan Mining Complex.

His father was a veteran meritorious worker; he was the manager of the Ryonyang Mine at the time when the Excavator No.7 of the mine became famous in the country and later he worked as a senior official of the Musan Mining Complex.

With the firm faith and will to inherit the spirit of the father and his generation, Yu Ha Jong operated the excavator for tens of years despite severe difficulties.

In those days, he was awarded a watch bearing the august name of President Kim Il Sung. He also had the honor of operating his excavator Jangbaek No.1 before Chairman Kim Jong Il who inspected the mine.

In July, Juche 98(2009) he was conferred the title of Merited Miner.

 

Merited Boilerman, Ri Won Hui

 

Ri Won Hui is a boilerman of the heat production shop No.1 of the Pyongyang Thermal Power Plant. He has worked in front of the boiler for over 40 years.

After graduating from a college he became a boilerman of the power plant of his own accord to contribute even a little to giving relief to mental strain of President Kim Il Sung who paid deep attention to electricity problem of the country.

He never forgot the importance of his job and operated the boilers on normal basis while constantly raising his level of technique and skill.

He also made big efforts to enhance the technical level of green hands thus bringing up scores of skilled workers and labor innovators.

During the last decades he was awarded official commendations for several times. In March Juche 112(2023), he was conferred the title of Merited Boilerman.

At present, he keeps devoting his sincerity to his work with high sense of responsibility being aware of the importance of his job in electricity production.

 

Yo Sun Yong, Merited Film Operator

 

Yo Sun Yong has been a film operator for over 50 years at the Songyo Cinema. She has devoted her wisdom and energy to film distribution keeping in mind the honor and pride of defending the major post for the Party’s ideological work.

She began her job in 1970s and at that time she put films on the screen at major construction sites several times a day.

She also made painful efforts to improve the quality of screen and voice while renovating movie projectors.

She participated in the 4th National Conference of Mothers in Juche 101(2012) as she kept assisting the Korean People’s Army with sincerity after her three children joined the army, thus she had the honor of having a souvenir photo taken in the presence of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

She was awarded the title of Merited Film Operator in March Juche 102(2013).

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