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2017.06.28
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Rate | 8,070 | 8,050 | 8,095 |
| Rice Price | 5,800 | 6,000 | 5,900 |
During a visit to the Central Tree Nursery in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Eun laid out plans to turn “the whole country into a thick woodland and greenery,” according to a Rodong Sinmun report published on November 11th.
“[T]he forest resources of the country shrank in bulk during the Arduous March, the forced march and the state of forest denudation is very serious,” Kim stated, calling on residents, the Party, and the army to mobilize and fight as part of this “war with nature."
This is first mention by the leader of the famine and deforestation of the 1990s that wreaked so much havoc on the nation. Pointing out problems occurring during his father’s [Kim Jong Il] rule, about which residents still harbor blame and resentment, is seen as an attempt by the young leader to demonstrate his ability to improve on the past.
Noting that his father left the nursery as a legacy, he called for afforestation efforts to start immediately, “bearing deep in mind the aphorism of Kim Jong Il that we should live not merely for today but for tomorrow.”
Kim went on to urge “mass movement as a movement for winning the titles of socialist patriotic woods and model-forest county” referring to the planting and protecting of the trees as “our noble duty and a supreme patriotic work for the future of the country and its eternal prosperity.”
Also present during the visit were Choe Ryong Hae, Choe Thae Bok, O Su Yong, Han Kwang Sang and Ri Jae Il.
