A fresh turn is being effected in foresting the country.

Pinus strobus, suitable to landscaping parks and pleasure grounds, spreads throughout the country.

The Central Tree Nursery has supplied the saplings of this tree, sent by the leader, to local nurseries.

The capital city of Pyongyang, South Phyongan, South Hamgyong, North Hwanghae and Kangwon provinces are taking the lead in planting trees of this species.

Meanwhile, a drive to give top priority to people's convenience is being intensified across the country.

Public security men in Kangwon Province sent lots of materials to the province's communications management bureau to help operate TV relay stations on a normal basis.

The Public Prosecutors Office of South Hwanghae Province gave a helping hand to supplying enough drinking water to over 10 communities in Haeju City.

Housewives, too, are doing good jobs conducive to building a thriving nation.

Stay-at-home housewives in Pyongyang are devoting their physical energy to speeding up major projects, including the Mansudae area housing project.

The women's union in Chonnae County, Kangwon Province gathered not a small amount of ultra-anthracite to send them to a briquette mill and housewives in Paekam County, Ryanggang Province mined a large amount of peat by themselves for boosting potato yields.

The women's union in Hamhung City, South Hamgyong Province has given various kinds of assistance to the construction of gasification project of the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex.