Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, provided field guidance to the hot spring area in Yangdok County, South Phyongan Province.

The Supreme Leader learned about the operation of sanatoria in the hot spring area from Chairman Kang Il Gyong and officials of the Yangdok County Committee of the WPK.

He said there are a lot of hot spring resources renowned for the beautiful surrounding scenery and enormous efficacy for the health and medical treatment in different parts of the country but there is no excellent health complex that has been built properly in terms of sanitation and cultured practice as befitting recreational and recuperative facilities. He added that after several days of consideration, he chose the hot spring area of the county that has been appreciated as one of advantageous areas in this aspect, and was going to do field survey and build an excellent service facility.

Yangdok County neighbours a number of counties and ris as it is in the middle of the east-west railways and borders four provinces, he said, adding one good point is the traffic convenience with Pyongyang-Wonsan Highway nearby.

As high temperature hot springs rich in sulphur content and extremely small in radon content, the county’s hot springs have been estimated not only as the ones with considerable annual yield and great pharmacological actions and treatment efficacy but also as pollution-free ones that do not contain any ammonium, nitrous acid, nitric acid ion and pathogenic microorganisms, he said, adding that he was going to develop a wonderful all-purpose recuperation and recreational resort in the area.

He went round hot spring valleys in the Onjong-ri area, traversing high and low mountain ranges and steep passes, to learn about the amount of hot spring water gushing out and the surrounding environment.

Yangdok County is the right place for building a hot spring health resort and sanatoria for its high mountains with lush and fresh verdure, clean air and beautiful scenery, he said, designating the site for a general hotel. He also pointed to the need to build different kinds of modern health complexes that offer diverse hot spring bath services including individual and public bath as well as indoor and outdoor bath.

Along with the construction of the modern health resort and sanatoria, it is necessary to build a unique hot spring health resort village in the mountainous area—in an organic combination of low-storey and single-storey dwelling houses, he said.

A railway station should be built as the one in mountainous area and the roads paved qualitatively so that visitors might not feel any inconvenience in travelling.

He underscored the need to give precedence to improving the land and environment around the hot spring area and channel efforts into afforestation.

By face-lifting the hot spring area in Yangdok County associated with the revolutionary activities of President Kim Il Sung under a far-sighted plan, we have to add glory generation after generation to the leadership exploits of the President and Chairman Kim Jong Il who built the genuine people's country and enforced unprecedented popular policies, he said.

He said that he feels relieved at his decision to entrust the Korean People's Army, the main force of the revolution and shock brigade in building a powerful socialist country, with the project that has long been formulated by the Party for the people. And he added that the KPA should live up to the expectations of the Party without fail.

He was accompanied by Army General Kim Su Gil, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, Hwang Pyong So, first deputy department director of the WPK Central Committee, Jo Yong Won, O Il Jong and Kim Yong Su, deputy department directors of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Chang Son, department director of the State Affairs Commission, and Ma Won Chun, bureau director of the SAC.

The Pyongyang Times

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