The editorial contains the strong will of the Workers' Party of Korea to bring about a decisive turn in the improvement of the people's standard of living and the building of a great, prosperous and powerful country by accelerating the development of light industry once again this year.

The five individual stamps portray the Korean army and people striving hard to build a thriving nation as wished by President Kim Il Sung and greet his 100th birth anniversary as the greatest holiday of the country and a significant event of humankind.