The gifts reflect his deep trust and great expectation that the scientists and technicians will uphold the party's policies with bigger scientific and technical achievements and make positive contributions to the prosperity and development of the country.

A ceremony of conveying the gifts took place on Tuesday.

Speeches were made to renew their determination at the end of the ceremony.

The speakers said that immensely profound is the loving care shown by Kim Jong Un for the scientists and technicians, who open a shortcut to building knowledge-based economy, projecting them as precious treasures of the country.

They said that officials, scientists and technicians would ride the excellent "steed" provided to them by the party, remaining true to Kim Jong Un's idea of attaching importance to science and his leadership, and thus successfully perform their role as vanguard and propellant in the building of a thriving nation.

Present at the ceremony were Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and President Jang Chol and other officials, scientists, technicians and employees of the Academy.