2026-03-09 KOREAN NEWS

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No 24/26
Mar 9, 2026

1. Comrade Kim Jong Un's Speech in Congratulation of Women across Country on Occasion of March 8 International Women's Day

2. Grand Performance Given to Commemorate March 8 International Women's Day

3. National Meeting Marks 116th March 8 Int'l Women's Day

4. DPRK Women and March 8 International Women's Day


Comrade Kim Jong Un's Speech in Congratulation of Women across Country on Occasion of March 8 International Women's Day

Pyongyang, March 9 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech in congratulation of the women across the country on the occasion of the March 8 International Women's Day.

The full text of his speech is as follows:

Greeting March 8, I, with my warmest feelings, extend congratulations to all our Korean women, for whom I have affection and respect all the time.

My hearty congratulations also go to all the overseas Korean women.

As they have always done, our women add harmony, beauty, warmth and affection to our society.

Today it is a joyful holiday, when the whole country brims over with the tender feelings of gratitude, blessing and respect for our women.

As we were to greet the women’s day some days after the Ninth Congress of our Party, in which we reviewed the precious successes achieved for the good of the country, I was reminded of all the exceptional and unknown efforts the women of this country had made for those successes. And I wanted to express my special thanks to them for what they had done, so I have decided to make a brief remark today, on the occasion of this opportunity.

I make a deep bow as an expression of my thanks to our women for the unknown efforts and sincerity they have devoted for the country and men.

However, I think that thanks is too simple a word and it would not be enough to encourage and repay them even a little for the extraordinary troubles and difficulties our women have experienced.

I can picture in my mind’s eye the looks of the women in this country, who would wear a gentle smile, as if they had gained all the reward for their silent efforts, after receiving a simple congratulatory remark, a greetings card or a flower from their dear husbands, children, boyfriends, relatives, acquaintances and disciples.

For these women, I cannot find any other better expression than really beautiful.

This expression does not simply imply the beautiful looks of Korean women.

Though physically weak, they are obviously strong-willed, their plain faces assuming courage and the wrinkles on them denoting their strenuous exertion and thus arousing much greater respect. So, they look incomparably beautiful, and I think this is a charm unique to our Korean women.

In the images of our grandmothers’ and mothers’ generations we can see the signs of the severe hardship which they have undergone, the tenacity with which they have gone against all the odds, and the strength of genuine love and benevolent affection which they have cherished while working hard to develop this country.

Also, when seeing the faces of our contemporary women of a new generation, we can feel the fresh vigor with which they are working to advance this country towards a bright future, and the optimism and self-confidence they show in overcoming trials cheerfully.

I want to say proudly that all the Korean women who are dear to us -- mothers, wives, daughters and girlfriends -- are really beautiful and great, as compared with women in other countries.

Korean women, who have remained honest in times of difficulties, stout-hearted in moments of sorrow and courageous even in the face of death, have recorded remarkable exploits in the annals of the revolution and in the pages of history. These exploits still remain in our memory, serving as our strong spiritual mainstay.

Korean women are by nature pure-hearted, upright and strong-willed, and these qualities have been purely inherited for generations. Our contemporary women, too, have become a solid buttress of the revolution bringing affection and delight to all the other people in this country and inspiring them with strength, courage and victory.

In all the positions of our revolution, be they posts for national defence, sites of socialist construction, factories or farms, wherever we go in the country, we can see our women, strong-willed, tenacious, pure-hearted and honest, who are unwilling to show their physical weakness and lag behind men.

The distinguished services rendered by our countless heroes, both known and unknown, as well as the meritorious persons and innovators in this country, are associated with the immeasurable pains that our women, who are their mothers or wives, have taken without expecting any reward.

Our women devote themselves without seeking self-interest or reward, and they find the worth of their life in doing so. Such a fine mind constitutes the basis of a spiritual strength that engenders boundless love and encourages others to defy death unhesitatingly in defence of the love.

Our soldiers are so brave in the life-and-death battles, because they are determined to bring not an iota of shame on their dear mothers, wives, girlfriends or daughters, whom they associate with the sacred appellation motherland.

Women have such incredible strength.

With the passage of time, wrinkles will appear on their beautiful faces. However, the genuine beauty of our Korean women will not fade forever, as they are so honest and upright to endure everything while concerning themselves more about the country and revolution than about their families.

Encouraged by the warm care of such excellent women, their husbands and children achieve innovations at their workplaces, and our revolution is progressing much faster thanks to their peculiar strength, talent and most ennobling self-sacrificing devotion.

In the future, too, our women will play a significant role in making this country more harmonious and prosperous.

So important and irreplaceable are their responsibility and role in developing the socialist society of our own style and finding proper solutions to many big and small social problems.

When they always behave as a role model for their children, encourage their husbands and become a source of happiness and pride for their parents, and when they carry forward the tradition of patriotism as faithfully as ever, our society will become more beautiful, more powerful and more prosperous.

Availing myself of this opportunity, I would like to extend my special thanks and greetings to all the mothers across the country.

Indeed, the sacred appellation mother is a source of great spiritual strength for everyone.

Woman is weak but mother is strong, as the saying goes. Our mothers cherish genuine maternal affection as they make unassuming efforts to bring up their children to be excellent persons, so this country has so many patriots. As such strong-willed mothers constitute the solid foundations, our rosy future is fully guaranteed.

I am hardening my resolve to make unsparing and strenuous efforts to do much more for the sake of these admirable mothers, for the wellbeing of our women.

I earnestly request all our women to fulfil the sacred mission and duty they have assumed before the times, history and the motherland in achieving the prosperity and development of our country and promoting the harmony and unity of our society.

Hoping that all the Korean women will be happy and healthy and remain beautiful for the good of our country, the revolution and the future, I once again extend my warm affection and best wishes to them.

 

Grand Performance Given to Commemorate March 8 International Women's Day

Pyongyang, March 9 (KCNA) -- Now that the whole country is brimming with love, respect and warm congratulations to the women who are building the bright future, ensuring the continuity of the bloodline of patriotism generation after generation, a grand performance was given at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on March 8, International Women's Day.

The venue for the performance was full of joy and excitement of the women commemorating March 8 as the happiest holiday in the presence of the tender-hearted father whom they longed to see even in their dreams.

When Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, appeared in the auditorium, with his wife Ri Sol Ju and beloved daughter, the excitement of the participants keenly awaiting the moment of glory erupted into their stormy cheers of "Hurrah!"

Among the audience were leading cadres of the Party and the government, officials of the Central Committee of the women's union, exemplary women officials, labor innovators, meritorious women and women workers of institutions and enterprises in Pyongyang.

Present there on invitation were diplomatic envoys and members of foreign missions in the DPRK.

Kim Jong Un made a meaningful speech of congratulations to the women across the country.

He told about his impression of the women's holiday being greeted shortly after the Ninth Congress of the WPK. He expressed his special thanks to all the Korean women for their unusual and unknown efforts, saying they are the strong pillars of the revolution who have added the pages of their most beautiful and greatest life to the annals of the revolution and history, still bringing love, laugh, strength, courage and victory to the country.

Saying when our women continue to carry forward the traditions of patriotism by fulfilling their irreplaceable responsibility and role, our society will get stronger and more prosperous, he warmly wished all the Korean women happiness, good health and eternal beauty for the country, revolution and future.

The audience raised fervent cheers, overwhelmed with great excitement at the warm blessings by the great fatherly leader who places the women in the van of the most precious people in the world, crowning their life with the laurels of all the victories achieved by the country and the revolution.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Amid the playing of the prelude "May Your Future Be Always in Springtime," members of the children's union presented bouquets to women in reflection of all the people's congratulations and respect.

Put on the stage of the performance were the odes to the Workers' Party sung heartily by the women, famous songs on patriotism and folk songs.

Singing the odes loved by all the people, the performers represented the deepest reverence of all the women in the country for the motherly Party which greatly values the pure conscience and selfless efforts they have dedicated to the prosperity of the country and gives them the highest honor and respect.

The performance reached its climax with female group singing and chorus "Long Live Our Korea" and mixed group singing and chorus "Oh, Korea, My Mother" that aroused their strong enthusiasm to add luster to the glory of Korean women by making patriotic devotion for the boundlessly benevolent Party and social system and the victory of the socialist cause.

The performance was loudly applauded by the audience as it represented the firm faith and will of the Korean women to invariably glorify their honorable title - women revolutionaries and communist mothers - on the road of single-mindedly following the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un only for the eternal harmony and prosperity of a large socialist family and the country which will be prosperous generation after generation.

 

National Meeting Marks 116th March 8 Int'l Women's Day

Pyongyang, March 9 (KCNA) -- A national meeting took place at the People's Palace of Culture on Sunday, 116th March 8 International Women's Day.

Present there were Ri Il Hwan, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Su Gil, chief secretary of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the WPK, Jon Hyang Sun, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea (SWUK), officials of the Central Committee of the SWUK, exemplary women officials, women labor innovators and women's union members in Pyongyang.

Women of foreign diplomatic missions here attended it.

A commemorative report was made by Ju Chang Il.

The reporter extended warm congratulations to the women across the country who are adding vitality to the Korean-style socialist cause.

He also extended the greeting of deep friendship and solidarity to all the Korean women overseas, who are devoting their patriotic sincerity to the prosperity and development of the homeland as befitting overseas citizens of the DPRK, and the world progressive women, international women's movement organizations and women organizations in different countries and regions greeting the March 8 International Women's Day on the road for social emancipation and equality, peace and democracy against imperialism.

The annals of the Korean revolution are run through with the strong faith and will and undying feats of the Korean women who have invariably covered the road of socialism, always sharing their destiny with the country, he said.

He noted that the dignity and position of the Korean women are shining more brilliantly at the peak of respect and honor in the era of comprehensive national rejuvenation under the leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un advanced the idea that all the women should become genuine women revolutionaries and ardent patriots with excellent spiritual and moral traits and ushered in a new heyday of the Juche-oriented women's movement, he said, adding:

It is the noble idea of our Marshal that only when women are pure both ideologically and morally and sincere in their duties and responsibilities, will society be vibrant and the country highly civilized and the future guaranteed.

The bright laughter of the women, who are pleased to enjoy the benefits that reach the families and children across the country along with the era of great change, is a beautiful picture of the large socialist family under the care of the respected Marshal.

Our country is formidable and its future is rosy as the women revolutionaries and patriots loyal to the Party and the country are reliably supporting the progress and development of society.

 

DPRK Women and March 8 International Women's Day

Pyongyang, March 8 (KCNA) -- The women in the DPRK, who are leading a genuine life along with the proud appellation of Korean women, greeted the 116th March 8 International Women's Day.

On this day every year, all the husbands and children do their best to delight their wives and mothers, who regard it as a pleasure to devote to the former, with their sincere mind to care much for the latter.

Flower and souvenir shops in different parts of the country are crowded with people choosing flowers, bouquets, congratulatory cards and souvenirs for women who are cultivating the freshness and beauty of the society and family.

Whenever the DPRK women greet the March 8 International Women's Day amid the blessing of the country just like a beautiful bouquet, they are recollecting the days when they have demonstrated their dignity and pride as genuine women revolutionaries and staunch patriots under the loving care of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un attended a grand concert held on the occasion of the March 8 International Women's Day in 2012 and extended warm congratulations and took a measure to successfully build the Breast Tumour Institute of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital into a comprehensive medical service center and scientific research center for women. All the women across the country expressed deep thanks to him for his great loving care.

Among them were women soldiers guarding the posts of national defence, wives of officers of the Korean People's Army, women scientists and women labor innovators and women sportspersons who glorified the country with gold medals.

And the officials and employees of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill are telling about the great benevolence of the great father who took a measure to build the hostel into a splendid palace and hotel for ordinary working women and made sure that a grand banquet was given for them on the occasion of May Day.

Indeed, there are no women in the world like the DPRK women who commemorate the day with great pride and self-confidence, boundless joy and excitement.