Looking Up to Our Sacred National Flag
The flag of the Republic flutters in every nook and corner of the country.
This flag is a symbol of our state, the greatest in the world, and at the same time, a goal of happiness and glory for all the people who entrust both their destiny and future to it.
Our people firmly believe that their dear worksites and homes are under the flag and that more beautiful hopes and future will be brought into bloom under the flag.
That’s why everyone sheds tears of gratitude looking up to the national flag and cherishes a desire for repayment.
Pang Chong Gyong, a worker of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill who personally hoisted the sacred national flag on behalf of the working class in the national flag-hoisting ceremony held at
Even today, she makes endeavors to live honorably, reflecting herself on the national flag.
Not just her but all the other citizens of the country leave traces of pure conscience.
What we keenly feel whenever we look up to the national flag is the feeling of boundless gratitude to and reverence for the respected Comrade General Secretary
Praiseworthy sons and daughters put forward by our respected Comrade General Secretary as true patriots and heroes increase in number along with the national flag fluttering in the venues of international games and famous songs like "Ode to Motherland", "We Love Our Country" and "Our National Flag", treasures of the country, are born one after another to add to the prestige of the country.
Details of life ranging from small notebooks for children with the flag of the Republic on them to the splendid light decorations of a skyscraper depicting the national flag in the night skies of the capital city further arouse our people’s ardent love for the national flag.
Our people still remember the national flag-raising and oath-taking ceremony which took place at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall last December in commemoration of the Constitution Day of the DPRK.
All the people across the country swept tears of excitement looking up to the respected Comrade General Secretary who solemnly vowed before the national flag to dedicate himself to glorifying forever the greatness and beauty of the country by always remaining faithful to promoting the people’s well-being and the growth and development of the state, thoroughly defending the Constitution of the Republic, strictly carrying on the legal obligations, firmly defending the socialist ideal and system and staying faithful to the beloved motherland.
Add luster to the national flag and beautify our beloved country like our respected Comrade General Secretary!
Adorn every moment of life so that we can proudly tell we love our national flag!
Our people live and fight, keeping this pledge.
It is a social trend to make a day’s oath looking up to the national flag at factories, farms and schools and review a day’s work in front of it.
Indeed, the national flag representative of our great country is our dignity and life and the ever-rosy future of our country.
Our people will, in the future, too, open a road to the prosperity of the country, flying high the sacred national flag.
Rodong Sinmun