One hundred and fifteen years have passed since March 8 International Women’s Day was enacted in demand of granting women the same social rights with men. However, the problem of women’s destiny remains as a serious socio-political problem in many countries.

In the DPRK, women constitute a powerful force that dynamically turns one of the wheels of the chariot of the revolution, leaving an inedible footprint in the brilliant history of the country.

In the annals of struggle for the prosperity of the country are the feats of many heroines, who have worked devotedly for the country and people.

Heroine Jo Sun Ok destroyed an enemy tank as a human bomb though she was seriously injured in the grim period of the Fatherland Liberation War, Heroine Thae Son Hui made many brilliant war achievements as the first woman pilot of the DPRK, Heroine Sin Pho Hyang in Ragwon told President Kim Il Sung that rehabilitation would be no problem when we won the war, and many other heroines were produced in the country.

The Chollima era in the 1960s, which aroused the admiration of the world, reminds the Korean people of Heroine Kil Hwak Sil and many other working women who left an indelible mark in the history of the country with the honour of being the Chollima riders.

Many women have glorified their heroic lives in the worthwhile struggle for paving the way for a prosperous country in the wake of the Arduous March when the country underwent extreme difficulties.

The hero medal is shining on the chests of Mun Kang Sun, workshop manageress of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill, Ju Pok Sun, former manageress of the Manpho Spinning Mill, who trained many orphans as the pillars of the factory with warm human love, and Ri Kang Juk, director of Kyongsang Kindergarten, who trained many music prodigies, thanks to the deep trust of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un who put them forward to be known throughout the country while being satisfied with every work done by Korean women more than anybody else.

Women scientists, who contributed to demonstrating the national power, sportswomen who demonstrated the dignity and spirit of the state, ordinary working women at factories and farms and mothers who brought up many children, are leading a worthwhile life as flowers of the country, society and life while being called heroines.

The revolutionary cause of building a powerful socialist country advances more vigorously on this land as there are many heroines and women patriots who work hard with boundless loyalty to the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Kim Tong Sun, department director of the Central Committee of the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea