They made great contributions to improving the people's standard of living and displaying the advantages of the Korean style socialist system. Ju devotedly worked to modernize a factory, overfulfilling annual national economy plan. Ham took care of orphans and pupils who suffered from incurable diseases and successfully brought them up with war humanity, enabling them to serve in the army and contribute to the building of a thriving nation. Ri devoted herself to creating a multifunctional educational environment suited to the juvenile mind of children, training a lot of musical talents.

A decree on awarding the title, medal and order was promulgated by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on Saturday.