Participants of the 11th Congress of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, North Korea's largest youth organization, hold a marching event with candles in Pyongyang, in this image captured from Korean Central Television, Friday. Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for a greater role of the young people in achieving national development, state media reported Sunday, following a meeting of the country's largest youth group last week.
Kim made the call Saturday while meeting with the participants of the 11th congress of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Kim underscored the need for the younger generation to play a more proactive and courageous role in advancing party objectives, citing what he described as "new and enormous tasks" facing the party and the revolution.
He insisted that "the noble traits and iron-willed combat efficiency of the young people unprecedented in any other country are a proud symbol of our national power," adding that their patriotism and enthusiasm revolution are now evident across all sectors of socialist construction.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Jae-ryong, Ri Il-hwan and Ju Chang-il, secretaries of the central committee of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), among others, the KCNA said.
The youth league was hosted in Pyongyang from April 28-30, in what marked the first such event in five years.
Source: Korea Times News
