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 the participants in the third national meeting of active neighbourhood unit leaders on March 20.

The participants were filled with great excitement and joy, boundless happiness and pride as they were to have a photograph taken with the benevolent Marshal Kim Jong Un, whom they have always longed to see.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the photo session, all the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers of "Hurrah!" as a reflection of their highest respect and boundless gratitude, looking up with emotion to the dear father of the great socialist family who bestows on them the greatest glory to be cherished as their lifelong wealth.

Kim Jong Un warmly encouraged the exemplary neighbourhood unit leaders from across the country, expressing deep gratitude to them for devoting themselves to the work of neighbourhood units, finding exceptional honour and pride and worth of living in consolidating the basic units of the people's government and taking warm care of the convenience of inhabitants in their living.

Saying that there are many jobs for serving the people in our society but rare is the appellation neighbourhood unit leader, most closely and intimately linked to the people, he highly appreciated the lofty spiritual world and unknown efforts of the neighbourhood unit leaders, who are showing their sincerity for the inhabitants and turning their units into groups of patriots without claiming any honour or reward.

He said that dong and neighbourhood units constitute a cornerstone supporting our people-centred state and social system and the base of the inhabitants' living, and that the functions and roles of dong and neighborhood units serve as a motive force dynamically propelling the advance of our state towards its comprehensive development. He stressed that to strengthen dong and neighbourhood units precisely means consolidating the mass foundation of the people's government and harmony and unity in the neighbourhood units precisely means the single-minded unity of our society firmly united with affection and tender feeling.

Noting that the duties of the secretaries of dong offices and leaders of neighbourhood units are very important in making sure that the efforts our Party and government make for improving the people's living standards are led to the people's bright laughter, he said that they should become possessors of beautiful virtue and traits and genuine householders and kind-hearted eldest daughters-in-law, who are welcomed and visited first by everyone, in line with the characteristics of their work--working directly with the inhabitants--to make beautiful human relations and noble moral ethics pervade the whole villages and neighbourhood units like the air.

Expressing expectation and belief that the third national meeting of active neighbourhood unit leaders would serve as an important milestone for all the secretaries of dong offices and leaders of neighbourhood units to turn dong and neighbourhood units into a great single-minded family strong with patriotism and establish a noble and civilized socialist way of life throughout the whole society as genuine servants enjoying respect, trust and love from inhabitants, he had a photo session with them.

All the participants were filled with ardent enthusiasm to fully demonstrate the advantages of Korean-style socialism and make a tangible contribution to the prosperity and development of our great state by bringing about a fresh turn in the work of the neighbourhood units as required by the era of great changes with their lifelong desire to repay the great affection and trust bestowed on them by Kim Jong Un.