After a while he went back in a hurry saying that since it was the Day of the Sun the disabled soldiers of the factory might enjoy the holiday at ease only after he and his suite left it.

That evening he instructed officials to send foodstuffs to the disabled soldiers so that they could celebrate the holiday well and selected various kinds of foodstuffs one by one.

Something made him look dissatisfied. He asked officials whether they had something more.

An official spoke ambiguously, saying that there were padded clothes but it was warm. The leader talked of sending the padded clothes along with foodstuffs, adding that they might put on them next winter.

Warm, indeed, was the affection shown by Kim Jong Il for the disabled soldiers.