Though there were victims to U.S. bombings, there was no man starved or frozen to death in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the wartime.

At a meeting of the Political Committee of the Central Committee of the Workers' party of Korea on January 21, Juche 40 (1951), Kim Il Sung made a concluding speech "Some Tasks of Stabilizing the People's Livelihood in Wartime". In the speech he underscored the need not to be indifferent to the people's life under the pretext of wartime conditions, indicating the orientation and ways for stabilizing the people's livelihood.

He made sure that a series of Cabinet decisions were adopted on raising the ratio of food supply to families of workers, technicians and clerks and providing additional food to them at a low price.

The decisions envisaged the exemption of tax payment the peasants had in arrears and the state's loan of food and seed they lacked. They also called for building houses at the state expense for the people who were left homeless.

Meanwhile, Kim Il Sung took a measure to bring up the bereaved children of patriotic martyrs and war orphans at the state expense. In line with this measure, orphanages and schools for the bereaved or orphaned children were built across the country, starting their operation on April 1, 1951.

Under his deep care, injured people were given first aid free of charge and well-regulated hygienic and anti-epidemic system was set up throughout the country. And the universal free healthcare system was introduced in the country in January 1953.