Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- 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, met and had a photo session with labor innovators and meritorious persons invited to the celebrations of Constitution Day of the DPRK and the New Year at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Dec. 27.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the venue for the photo session, stormy cheers of "Hurrah!" shook the venue.

All the participants were greatly excited to meet Kim Jong Un on the platform of dream-like happiness with great pride and honor of being the labor innovators and meritorious persons representing the victorious and glorious year of 2025.

Kim Jong Un expressed thanks to the patriotic devotion of the labor innovators and meritorious persons, as a token of his warm encouragement to them, for making contributions to glorifying the significant year of 2025 as the one of a great turn to be specially recorded in the history of the development of the Republic by dedicating their pure conscience to the rejuvenation and prosperity of the country.

He said that the country is prospering and our cause is dynamically advancing without a moment's stagnation, thanks to the well-known and unsung patriots who devote their diligent and sincere efforts to the work at their workplaces and posts, placing their obligations above the rights of citizens granted by the Constitution of the DPRK.

Saying that the Party and the government firmly believe in and exclusively rely on high patriotic enthusiasm of the people in the historic struggle for the overall development of socialist construction, he expressed expectation and belief that the participants would continue to creditably play their role as the vanguard and standard-bearers of the times, and had a photo session with them.

He met the women footballers and coaches who won the first place in the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, and had a photo taken with them, wishing them greater successes in the future.

When the photo session was over, the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers again.

They vowed to firmly trust and follow the WPK single-mindedly and devote their all to the prosperity of the DPRK, regarding the great love and trust shown by him as their eternal lifeblood. -0-