Marking the 136th anniversary of "May 1st" (Labor Day), North Korea urged the completion of the five-year plan established at the ninth party congress.
The Rodong Sinmun, the Labor Party's organ, stressed in an editorial on the 1st, "We must make the first year—which holds important significance in the struggle to carry out the decisions of the Ninth Congress—a meaningful year filled with hard-won achievements."
In an editorial titled "Let us devote ourselves and struggle for the prosperity of the socialist motherland that holds working people aloft," the Rodong Sinmun marked May 1st as "a significant holiday that forcefully demonstrates the revolutionary spirit of workers."
It went on, "The motherland is a true people's country that holds working people as high as the sky," adding, "Our socialist motherland is a benevolent bosom that enables working people to enjoy a shining life as the rightful protagonists of the era and ardent patriots."
It added, "Let all working people deeply recognize the sacred mission and duty they bear before the times and the revolution."
In its coverage, the paper reported news from the Sangwon Cement Complex to mark May 1st. The Rodong Sinmun lauded it as "a precious achievement brought about by the heroic working class's loyalty and fiery patriotism."