Long-livers keep increasing in the village which has turned into a macrobian village from a village of short-livers.

Persons over sixty could hardly be found in the village before the liberation of the country.

In the village called "village nearest to the sky" and "barren land," people died of endemics in groups by drinking standing water. The villagers, old and young, walked with the help of sticks with gnarls cropping up at the joints of their limbs.

Osudok, once a village of short-livers with a shadow of death hanging over it, has turned into a village of longevity in health good to live in. There is a moving story about this.

President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited Osudok in person in September Juche 53 (1964).

The President said the villagers must not drink filthy water in this happy land. Determined to put a period of the painful history of Osudok, he said firmly that clean water must be drawn to the village, though it was situated in a rather high place. And he saw to it that the living conditions of the villagers were discussed at a cabinet meeting and took necessary measures to completely eliminate the endemics which had tormented the villagers for a long time.

Under his loving care, the water of River Amnok was carried to Osudok more than 800 meters above the sea level through multi-stage pumping stations.

In the later period, Kim Jong Il, who inherited the President's love for the people, took care that modern dwelling houses were built and that a preventive hospital with well-qualified doctors was set up for the Osudok villagers. He also took measures to send lots of foodstuffs, medicines and first-aid ambulances to the village.

Backed by this legend of human love, Osudok has turned into a place where a new history of longevity in good health is flowing.