Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- Most of the employees of Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Textile Mill are women. The mill is renowned for having produced many standard-bearers and models of the times.

The mill has produced 17 heroines for the past 70-odd years since its foundation.

The first weaver heroine was produced during the Fatherland Liberation War. During the great Chollima upswing in the post-war period, it produced many heroines, including Ri Hwa Sun, who was praised by President Kim Il Sung as heroine of the times and excellent revolutionary, and Ju Pyong Son, Sung Chang Suk and Kim Pong Rye,.

The Korean women had been subject to maltreatment and disrespect before national liberation. The mill workers worked hard to live up to the benevolence of the President who projected them as masters of the country. The President, highly appreciating their feats, made sure that they became well-known heroines.

The number of innovators ensuring the continuity of the spirit of the heroes in the Chollima era has been on the steady increase one decade after another.

Mun Kang Sun, the first labour heroine produced in the field of textile industry in the 21st century, was praised by Chairman Kim Jong Il as a model of the times.

During his visit to the mill on July 30, Juche 98 (2009), the Chairman met her and highly appreciated her innovative successes.

Ri Myong Sun, honoured with the title of Merited Weaver, is an innovator who has produced a lot of fabrics in the vanguard of the multi-machine-tending movement for decades. She was praised by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as a paragon of the times.

Following the spirit of the standard-bearers and models of the times, many women workers of the mill have fulfilled their yearly plans in the first half of this year. -0-