Its first volume was published to celebrate his 50th birthday.

The 100th volume holds 22 reminiscences telling about the wise leadership, immortal revolutionary feats and noble virtue of the President who devoted his life to prosperity of the country and the people's well-being.

Carried in "Among the People" (Vol. 1-100) are more than 1,810 reminiscences contributed by over 1,500 people from all walks of life.

The book was awarded People's Prize in April 1992 and Kim Il Sung Prize in April 2007 for its contribution to imbuing the army and people of the DPRK with the Juche idea and the glorious revolutionary tradition and encouraging them to implementation of the party policy.

Tens of million copies were published in the past 50 years.

It has been widely disseminated in China, Japan, the United States, Britain, Germany, etc. The reminiscences were carried in lots of foreign newspapers and magazines and brought out in booklet as well.