One May day in 2009 Chairman Kim Jong Il came to the Komdok Mining Complex.
That day the Chairman expressed big satisfaction over the living of miners of Kumgol Mine.
The Chairman dropped at a dining hall of innovators after looking round a bathhouse and a sauna. Looking at the different kinds of food and drink on the table, he was told the successes made in the supply service of the mine. He praised that they had done a good job and the miners would be pleased.
The Chairman stressed that, however valuable the underground treasure might be, it cannot be bartered for the health of the workers who are valuable wealth of the Party and revolution.