In a recent speech at the Fifth National Conference of Mothers, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extolled the virtues of the nation's mothers, attributing the country's success to their dedication and resilience.
The event also saw the presentation of the Communist Mother Honour Prize.
Kim Jong Un, in his address, emphasized the pivotal role of mothers in fostering a generation of patriots and heroes.
"The credit for the brilliant today of our country goes to our mothers who are ordinary and simple and the strongest before any difficulties and have become the genuine models of always devoting themselves unhesitatingly to the road of patriotism as well as the roots for bringing up a large number of heroes in all parts of the country," he stated, as reported by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The KCNA, a media entity under the control of the North Korean government, provided a transcription of the leader's remarks.
Kim Jong Un further urged mothers to uphold their societal and familial responsibilities with optimism about the future of the nation's socialist construction.
"All mothers should fulfill their responsibility and duty assumed before society and families with confidence in and optimism about the prospects of our socialist construction and a changed ideal society to come in the near future," he said. "They have a heavy mission to bring up their children to be pillars of socialist and communist construction and masters of future society."
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, adheres to the state ideology of juche, a communist worldview centered on a personality cult and fervent nationalism. The country's leadership is a hereditary dictatorship, known as the Mount Paektu bloodline, established by communist revolutionary Kim Il Sung.
Kim Jong Un, the offspring of former leader Kim Jong Il and renowned North Korean singer Ko Yong Hui, stressed the importance of mothers in shaping the future of the nation. "If mothers fulfill their responsibility as educators, faster and more remarkable progress will be made in making the young people and all other members of the society communist persons," he said.
He further emphasized that mothers should embody communist ideals to effectively raise their children as communists and transform their families into revolutionaries.
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