A Country Free from Pollution

A Country Free from Pollution

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is drawing the attention of the

international society as a country free from pollution.

This country is free from mental pollution. Such an act as sacrificing others can never

be witnessed in the country; on the contrary, people devote themselves for the sake of

others, like a girl known across the country as girl mother for bring up orphans, young

people taking care of the elderly with no one to support, and a woman teacher who

piggybacked a crippled student to school for over ten years. Numerous stories of good

deeds are told in the country; an official saved another’s child first rather than his child

when they were drowned in a river, young people married discharged wounded soldiers

and people donated their blood and skin for a patient. What is surprising is that such

laudable deeds are regarded as commonplace in the country.

The CEO of the Johnson Nicolson Company of Malaysia said: In the DPRK man is

regarded as the most precious being and people possessed of ennobling moral and mental

traits live harmoniously, helping and leading one another forward. As a Christian, I

advise the people the world over to visit this heavenly land.

It is quite natural that such mental pollution as social evils and crimes that torment

people cannot be found in this heavenly land.

The DPRK is free from natural pollution as well.

Many visitors to the country say that the environment of Pyongyang, the capital of the

country, is very clean and beautiful. When spring comes, the scenery is unfolded; the

trees and shrubs on the roadsides are in full bloom and honey bees fly there.

The air of the banks of the Taedong River is very clear; at dawn and in the evening

people can be seen doing exercise or jogging by individuals, families or teams.

Everything in the country, including air, mountain, river, lake, spring and sea, is free

from pollution by waste materials. The fresh air and clear sky give a deep impression to

the foreign visitors. The Kumgangsan Spring Water and Kangso Mineral Water won

international certification as world-class natural drinks. Tourist attractions which make an

effective use of natural resources, like the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort, are drawing an

international attention as pollution-free areas.

Natural reserves including Mt Paektu, which is registered as an international

bio-sphere reserve, and other mountains like Kumgang, Myohyang and Chilbo and such

famous places and spots as the Songdowon bathing beach, Myongsasimni and Lake

Sijung are noted as pollution-free areas with protected natural ecological environment.

The DPRK protects the natural living monuments and the natural ecological

environment of natural reserves through state measures. Every year the work of

protecting land and environment including tree planting in spring and autumn, pest

control in forests, river improvement and forest restoration is conducted as a campaign

involving the whole country and all the people. The environment-friendly technologies

that utilize solar energy, terrestrial heat and wind are actively being developed and

introduced into economic development. The industrial enterprises and other production

units are putting their production lines on a germ- and dust-free footing. Thanks to such

measures aimed at protecting the environment the DPRK has turned into a land which

any world-wide epidemic cannot attack.

The international community are learning this from the fact that the country has so far

been unaffected by Covid-19 as it was by SARS and MERS.