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Rodong Sinmun
A Staircase Disappeared

Politics 2024.12.9.


Today a lot of people visit the Taedongmun Cinema associated with Chairman Kim Jong Il’s noble intention and the ardent love for people.

One June day in 2008 Chairman Kim Jong Il visited the newly renovated Taedongmun Cinema.

He was very happy to see the splendidly renovated cinema.

But he stopped in front of a staircase in the lobby leading to the auditorium. He pointed out that it was wrong to connect the lobby and the auditorium with a staircase.

The officials were at a loss. It was natural, they thought, to set up a staircase as the auditorium was on a higher position.

The Chairman said to them that among the visitors to the cinema there may be many elderly and children and if they miss their footing on the stairs, they may fall down and suffer injuries, adding that the cinema should be laid out also for the convenience of the elderly and children.

Like this, the Chairman always thought first the convenience of people ahead of others.

Our people will always remember the touching scenes born by the noble outlook on the people of the Chairman who spared nothing for people’s happiness.

Rodong Sinmun