Facelifted City of Samjiyon

The city of Samjiyon in Ryanggang Province in the northern part of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has been turned into an excellent model for ideal mountainous cultured towns.

With the completion of its third-stage renovation project, all its villages, including the remote ones, have been put on a new appearance.

Centring on Ponnamu Street where the statue of Chairman Kim Jong Il stands, the seat of the city is divided into several sections including the commercial service area and residential area consisting of thousands of dwelling houses of various shapes. All the structures are characterized by their utility, diversity, and formative and artistic beauty.

Rimyongsu Valley with the perennial Rimyongsu Falls is lined harmoniously with two- and three-storied apartment blocks, terraced houses, folk hotel, noodle house and various other structures of national form.

Houses and public buildings are nature-friendly and environment-friendly in that they are painted and roofed in various colours which go well with the primeval forest of the Paektu Plateau, while sustaining the natural geographical features of the mountainous area.

New houses have been built in the city’s remotest village which is inhabited only by a few families.

Having been provided with excellent new houses free of charge, the local people were deeply moved by the benevolence the Workers’ Party of Korea.

General Secretary Kim Jong Un of the WPK said: Samjiyon is the first town at the foot of Mt Paektu, the sacred mountain where the Korean revolution started and it is a firm determination of the WPK to make it the first town which resounds with cheers for socialism and the WPK. When he visited the then Samjiyon County in December Juche 106 (2017), he unfolded a far-reaching plan for turning it into a model county epitomizing modern civilization by renovating it in a completely new and bold way.

Whenever he visited Samjiyon, he set a higher target of the renovation project and led the effort to build the city at the highest level.

During his field guidance at the city in November this year he stressed the need to bring about a radical turn in the effort to develop local construction and civilize the whole society by proactively generalizing the excellent experience gained in the construction of the city.

That day, on hearing a report that the local people were singing praise of the benevolence of the WPK rejoicing at the change of the city, he said he felt pride in having done worthwhile work welcomed by the people, that the people’s opinion equated to the general evaluation of the city’s renovation work and that he was much satisfied. He then wished the local people happiness and wellbeing.