The article said that 2010 was a year of drastic changes for the Korean people in which eye-opening events took place one after another to bring the future of prosperity.

The DPRK set it as the most important task to put the people's standard of living on the level befitting a thriving nation this year and, to this end, it is giving priority to the development of the light industry while channeling efforts into it, it noted, and went on:

Kim Jong Il has wisely led the Korean people in the drive to effect a great surge in the efforts to improve the people's standard of living and build an economic power.

"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" is the slogan the Korean people put up this year.