The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Hwasong Taedonggang Beer House in April 2024 just before its inauguration.At the entrance hall, he looked up at the balustrade on the second floor and praised it, saying that it had been designed in a distinctive way.Then he cast his glance again at the balcony on the second floor.Officials looked up, but they did not find anything wrong.Kim Jong Un said: The tables on the second floor balcony are a little away from the balustrade. The tables and chairs on the floor should be placed close to the balustrade. Then the people on the second floor would enjoy drinking beer while looking down at those who are drinking on the first floor.Not only the accompanying officials but also the service workers, who had been making preparations for receiving the guests soon, had o...

In August 2015, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the completed Pyongyang Old People’s Home.Feasting his eyes on the unique Korean-style building with gabled roofs, he said it looked like a work of fine art. Noting that he would carefully look round the interior and exterior of the home, though it might take him some time to do so, he made his way to the entrance.Looking down at its dressed granite floor, he said that a mat should be laid so that the old people do not slip and fall.Everyone regarded the polished granite floor as excellent and beautiful one.But Kim Jong Un, who always gives top priority to the people’s convenience, worried that the old people might slip and fall the moment when he saw the granite floor.Nothing in the world could rival the world of loving care of him who always prio...

In August a few years ago, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort under construction.An official in charge of the construction project showed him the sample tiles to be used in covering the buildings, and said that they were produced by the Chollima Tile Factory.With a broad smile on his face, Kim Jong Un looked at the tiles on display.He then said: The proportion of using locally available raw materials should be increased. Only when building materials are produced in reliance on locally available raw materials, the Party’s plan and intention to create a new history of Juche architecture by bringing about a great upsurge in construction can be implemented. We should consistently hold fast to the principle of increasing the proportion of locally available building materials.All ...

One October day in 2018, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the construction site of the then Samjiyon County seat.He was very pleased with the rapid progress of the project, and moved to an entrance to an apartment house.He stopped on a landing after climbing up a staircase.Looking down at the staircase, he told the officials that the last stair was slightly higher than the other stairs.Though he was so busy acquainting himself with the overall construction project, he carefully considered the heights of the stairs.Not only the builders, who had climbed up and down the staircase while building the apartment house, but also the officials in charge of the project had failed to pay any attention to it.However, Kim Jong Un was worried that the people who would live in the house would feel inconvenienc...

In August 2013, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gave field guidance at the Masikryong Ski Resort under construction. Seeing the slopes stretching down from the summit of Taehwa Peak, he asked an official how were they in the recent rainy season. The official answered that they had suffered no damage though the rain fell heavily.Kim Jong Un said he could see the soldier-builders had made a good job of it. The credit of the soldier-builders went to his farsightedness. A few months before, with a thought that the rainy season might have a negative impact on the slopes, he had given instructions on laying turf on them, adding: It is necessary to set up a proper drainage system and lay turf so as to prevent the slopes from being damaged by rain. If turf is laid, it will be conducive to protecting the slopes and...

One June day in 2014, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un looked round the construction site of the Wisong Scientists Residential District.When he went into a room and saw furniture there, he paid close attention to its quality. He said: A bookshelf is on the desk now, but it will be better if it is installed on a wall. Then it will save raw materials, be more useful and look better. And the bookshelf needs to have several partitions. He also gave detailed tasks to an official so as to ensure that the factories, entrusted with the production of furniture for the dwelling houses at the district, produce quality furniture and supply them in good time. Noting that primary and foremost attention should be paid to ensuring quality in building the houses for scientists, he stressed that the structures should be built to be flawless.It is his ste...

One July day in 2025, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the construction site of the Ragwon County Offshore Farm.Enjoying a view of the farm, he said that many things had changed beyond recognition in just some months since its construction started in February, adding that the current practical changes, not in words or letters, fully and visually showed the ambitious plan, steadfast will and executive ability of our Party that is determined to powerfully promote regional development. Going round the houses built in the fishermen’s village area, he stressed: The Party’s policy on construction is a policy of constantly aspiring to development and to the new, and there should be no absolute model or standard in its establishment and implementation. In order to make our construction work pioneer the future both in name and reality, we should ...

One October day in 2020, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the reconstruction site in Kimhwa County, which had been afflicted severely by flooding.While looking round the site, he paid close attention to the structural form of houses. Seeing the houses at the seat of Choso-ri, he expressed satisfaction over the fact that they were completely different from those at the county town. But after finding out that they were exactly the same form as those built at the seat of Kangbuk-ri in Kumchon County, North Hwanghae Province, he felt regretful about it. An architectural structure should be designed to suit its purpose and to have its peculiarity. As architecture is a comprehensive art in particular, similarity and repetition are a taboo. After a while, Kim Jong Un said to the officials that the country’s c...

The following happened one day in May 2016, when the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Natural History Museum just before its inauguration. The exhibition hall had a green-tiled outer wall, sash-shaped balconies on the upper and lower floors and a tree-patterned mosaic in between. The management hall was entirely covered with glass, which looked like a fish globe or a round basket. Most spectacular were the observation platforms set up in the shape of a big dish at different heights, which could be seen outside the balconies on the façade of the main building.The officials accompanying Kim Jong Un admired the wonderful layout.Kim Jong Un said: The building on the elevation formation of the museum must be the one that was inaugurated some time ago. In order to highlight t...

One February day in 2015, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gave a field guidance at the construction site of the Sci-Tech Complex. Looking at the artist’s impression of the complex, he said: A hostel should be built for those who would come to the complex. If a hostel is built near the complex, it would provide convenience for the visitors in many ways. Then he asked officials which could be a good site for the hostel. No reply came from them, since they had not thought of building a hostel there. The original design envisaged building a small lodging facility near the complex. Being told about the lodging facility, Kim Jong Un commented that it was too small and advised that the hostel should be more than twice as big as that. He then studied the blueprint, and pointing at a spot, he said that the hostel ...