First Vice Foreign Minister of DPRK Choe Son Hui Issues Statement

Choe Son Hui, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK released the following statement on Thursday: The phrase “use of military force” against the DPRK which emerged during the NATO summit a few days ago has created great splash worldwide, arousing concerns.

What makes us feel even worse is that the figurative style was daringly used at random with no courtesy when referring to the supreme dignity of the DPRK.

This has prompted the waves of hatred of our people against the U.S. and the Americans and they are getting higher and higher.

As reported, the Korean People’s Army immediately clarified its strong stand on it. We, Foreign Ministry, too, cannot repress displeasure over the utterances made by President Trump inappropriately at the most sensitive time.

It would be fortunate if the utterances on the use of military force and the title of figurative style made by President Trump were a careless verbal lapse, but matter becomes different if they were a planned provocation that deliberately targeted us.

If this is meant to make expressions, reminiscent of those days just two years ago when a war of words was fought across the ocean, surface again on purpose, it will be a very dangerous challenge.

We will watch whether the phrase i.e. use of military force and title of figurative style emerge again. If, if such phrases emerge once again and they are once again confirmed to be a calculated provocation of the U.S. against us, we will also start harsh language against the U.S. to counter it.

If any language and expressions stoking the atmosphere of confrontation are used once again on purpose at a crucial moment as now, that really must be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard.

The Chairman of our State Affairs Commission has not yet made any statement toward President Trump.

DPRK Vice Foreign Minister for U.S. Affairs Issues Statement

Ri Thae Song, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK in charge of the U.S. Affairs, released the following statement on Tuesday: Drawing nearer is the year-end time limit the DPRK set for the U.S. Yet, the U.S. is keen on earning time for its own sake, talking about the “sustained and substantial dialogue”, far from acting in response to the advance measures taken by the DPRK.

The dialogue touted by the U.S. is, in essence, nothing but a foolish trick hatched to keep the DPRK bound to dialogue and use it in favor of the political situation and election in the U.S. The DPRK has heard more than enough the dialogue rhetoric mouthed by the U.S. whenever it is driven into a tight corner. So, no one will lend an ear to the U.S. any longer.

The DPRK has done everything transparently and openly so far. It feels no need to hide what it will do from now on, and therefore, reminds the U.S. once again that the year-end time limit comes nearer.

The DPRK has done its utmost with maximum perseverance not to backtrack from the important steps it has taken on its own initiative. What is left to be done now is the U.S. option and it is entirely up to the U.S. what Christmas gift it will select to get.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Looks Round Revolutionary Battle Sites in Mt Paektu Area

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, looked round the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu.

Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Also accompanying him were Army General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the KPA General Staff, commanders of the services and corps commanders of the KPA and senior officials of the WPK Central Committee.

It is of remarkable historic significance that Kim Jong Un, the great leader of our revolution who opens up the period of a great leap for the development of the revolution, personally left the sacred trace in the revolutionary battle sites in Mt Paektu area, the source of the lifeline of the revolution and inexhaustible patriotism, through knee-high virgin snow.

Kim Jong Un acquainted himself with the preservation and management of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu and the real state of study tour and indicated the historic importance of education in the revolutionary traditions and ways for intensifying it on the higher level, while making the rounds of the revolutionary battle sites, revolutionary sites and lodging quarters for visitors in Samjiyon County, Mupho Bivouac and the Taehongdan Revolutionary Battle Site while recalling the sacred footprints President Kim Il Sung left in the battle sites on Mt Paektu and the noble soul of the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners.

Riding a steed across the vast area of Mt Paektu together with the commanding officers who accompanied him, he recollected the bloody history of the guerrillas who recorded dignity on the first page of the history of the Korean revolution by shedding their blood in the vast plain of Mt Paektu.

Saying that Samjiyon County has been remodeled as the native one of the revolution and as the hub for practical experience and an immense edifice for the education in revolutionary traditions, he noted that this is a manifestation of a rock-firm faith and immutable will of the Korean people to carry forward the glorious revolutionary traditions, the immortal foundation of the revolution, as the eternal lifeline, add everlasting luster to it and thoroughly implement the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered on Paektu.

He said that we should ensure that the Party members, working people, service personnel and youth and students of the new generation have a proper understanding of the revolutionary traditions of Paektu that they are the one and only traditions of the Korean revolution which were created along with the start of the Korean revolution and have been ceaselessly developed in every harsh period of the revolution.

He continued that we should let them enshrine a proper viewpoint and attitude to the revolutionary traditions of Paektu that they have displayed undying vitality in the struggle of all stages and all forms of the Korean revolution, and helped demonstrate the country's dignity and honor before the world.

Now that the rising generations emerge as the main force, new issues arise from the global political structure and social and class relations, and the imperialists and class enemies make a more frantic attempt to undermine the ideological, revolutionary and class positions of our Party, we should always live and work in the offensive spirit of Paektu, he pointed out.

He stated that to firmly arm oneself with the great idea and spirit which run through the revolutionary traditions of Paektu is an important and vital issue of giving continuity to the generation of revolution.

He remarked that it is an important goal and policy constantly maintained by the Party in training reserves for the revolution to make the new generations, who make up the main force of the Korean revolution at present, have the same ideological and spiritual qualities and fighting traits as those of the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners, adding that's why the Party made sure that the slogan "Let us produce, study and live like the anti-Japanese guerrillas!" are held aloft.

Saying with deep emotion that he felt a lot while making the rounds of the revolutionary battle sites again and that there would be no one on a par with President Kim Il Sung, who waged long bloody battles making his way through virgin snow for the sake of national liberation and the people's freedom and happiness, he noted that the President's immortal revolutionary exploits will go down through generations along with the unchangeable, imposing figure of Paektu.

He reverently pictured the feelings of the President who must have surmounted lots of difficulties with a strong will dreaming of today's powerful socialist homeland, he said, stressing that he hardened his resolution to defend the gains of the revolution and take the one road only down through generations, and that he felt encouraged though higher responsibility sits on his shoulders.

Saying that the revolutionary idea of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il pervades all the revolutionary battle sites and revolutionary sites in the Mt Paektu area, Kim Jong Un added that it is necessary to receive lots of education through the study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in order to learn about the idea of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and the revolutionary idea and the indefatigable revolutionary spirit of our Party.

It is particularly important for the commanding officials of the revolution to attend "Paektusan University" through the study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in Mt Paektu in order to thoroughly prepare themselves to be sound and competent political activists who took after the great leaders, he emphasized.

It is the consistent determination and will of our Party to defend and carry forward for eternity the glorious revolutionary traditions which took roots in Mt Paektu and thus tide over the ordeals of the revolution and carve out the new road in the indomitable attack idea based on the great traditions, he said, setting out ways to conduct education in the revolutionary traditions of Mt Paektu among all the Party members and other working people and thoroughly embody them in all fabrics of social life.

He called for organizing the study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in winter, too, and stressed that it is the requirement of our Party that the study tour is not just carried out as a sight tour or sight-seeing in a formalistic way, but is done in a substantial way to help the participants directly experience how harsh the ordeals and trials underwent by the anti-Japanese guerrillas were.

He underscored the need to arouse once again the strong wind of arming with the revolutionary spirit through the study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in Mt Paektu area in the entire Party.

He called for taking measures to thoroughly reject and overcome such things as approaching the issue related to the study tour of revolutionary battle sites and the revolutionary sites as a business-like issue or a thing over which one can bargain, as defaulting on it under the excuses of conditions, as approaching the issue of education in the revolutionary traditions in a chronic way and as trying to substitute the reading session of the reminiscences of anti-Japanese guerrillas for it.

He stressed the need for all the Party organizations to analyze and sum up in an overall way the education in the revolutionary traditions conducted in recent years and take strong substantial measures to do this important work in a consistent and intensive way.

He said that the reason he spared his time to look round the revolutionary battle sites this time was to establish the social atmosphere of further strengthening the education in the revolutionary traditions.

He continued that this is aimed to instill the indefatigable revolutionary spirit of Mt Paektu into the Party members and other working people, soldiers of the KPA and youths and students in line with the present situation and environment of our revolution in which the entire Party and the whole army and all the people have turned out in the drive for building a powerful socialist country with the indomitable mental power of self-reliance by regarding the line for self-prosperity advanced by our Party as their lifeline despite the unprecedented blockade and pressure imposed by the imperialists, and also in line with the needs to get prepared for the harshness and protracted character of our revolution.

He stressed once again the need to defend and embody in all fields the revolutionary traditions of Mt Paektu, the encyclopedia of our revolution and treasure of eternal value for the Korean nation.

After looking round the revolutionary battle sites, he once again ascended Mt Paektu, the sacred mountain of the revolution.

Construction of Township of Samjiyon County Completed

A ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Township of Samjiyon County was held with splendor on Dec. 2. Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, attended the ceremony.

The Township of Samjiyon County, the glorious land housing Paektusan Secret Camp where Chairman Kim Jong Il's birthplace is located, has turned into an example of a mountainous modern city under socialism, an epitome of modern civilization.

Thus, the steadfast faith and will of the Partyand people of the DPRK to add eternal luster to Kim Jong Il's immortal revolutionary history and exploits has been fully demonstrated and a revolutionary springboard for successfully implementing the Party's plan for local construction provided.

Amid a welcome music, Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un came out to the ceremony.

Present at the ceremony were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vicechairman of the Central Committee of the WPK.

Premier Kim Jae Ryong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and member of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, attended the ceremony.

Present there were O Su Yong, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the WPK, Tong Jong Ho, vice premier of the Cabinet, Ri Sang Won, chairman of the Ryanggang Provincial Committee of the WPK, Pak Hun, minister of Construction and Building-Materials Industry, Yang Myong Chol, chairman of the Samjiyon County Committee of the WPK, chairmen of provincial committees of the WPK, chairmen of the People's Committees, officials of ministries and national institutions, commanding officers and shock brigade members of the 216 Division, and officials, working people and schoolchildren in Ryanggang Province including Samjiyon County.

Also present there were Army General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, officials of the armed forces organs and soldier builders.

Choe Ryong Hae made a completion speech. He called for further sprucing up the native county of Chairman Kim Jong Il into the people's paradise best in the world and turning out in the general advance for expediting the building of a powerful socialist country in the revolutionary spirit of the single-minded unity and on the strength of the self-reliance under the leadership of Kim Jong Un．

Kim Jong Un cut the tape. Thunderous shouts of hurrah broke out along with the shooting-off of fireworks and release of balloons which beautifully decorated the sky above the township area in Samjiyon County. Then there was march-past of the builders of the 216 Division who performed miracles and exploits in building the Township of Samjiyon County.

Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and Tree Nursery Completion Ceremony Held in Presence of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un

A large-scale vegetable greenhouse farm and a modern tree nursery were completed in Jungphyong area in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province.

A grand completion ceremony was held Tuesday. Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, was present at the ceremony.

The Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and the Tree Nursery house buildings the practicality and formative art of architecture of which have been put on the level clearly indicative of the high civilization under socialism.

All the production processes there are equipped with our own technology and equipment and they can rank themselves with pride among the pace-makers in the level of scientific and cultured practices.

The soldier-builders performed the miracle of completing 320 blocks of greenhouses, nursery gardens and houses for hundreds of families in the area covering 200 hectares in a little more than one year through the courageous charge campaign to devotedly implement the instructions of the leader.

Present at the ceremony were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee. Also present were Pak Thae Dok, vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, Ri Hi Yong, chairman of the North Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, Sin Chol Ung, chairman of the North Hamgyong Provincial Rural Economy Committee, officials of the WPK Central Committee, officials and employees of the greenhouse farm and the tree nursery, and officials and working people in the province including those in Kyongsong County.

Among the participants were also Army General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the KPA General Staff, and commanding officers of the KPA and soldier builders. Amid the welcome music, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un came out to the venue of the ceremony. Pak Pong Ju made a speech.

He said that the construction of the large-scale vegetable greenhouse farm and the modern tree nursery in the northern area of the country to brilliantly decorate this historic year that witnessed startling events instilled the confidence in their own efforts and sure victory into the people.

Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon, signaling the completion. He looked round the Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm with the Party and government officials and KPA commanding officers.

Quantitative indices are important in vegetable production but what is more important is the nutritional indices and tastes, he said, instructing the farm to actively draw on the advanced science and technology and ensure optimum production.

Calling for setting high fighting goal and ideals, the Supreme Leader specified tasks and ways for bringing about a drastic turn in the greenhouse farm by building vegetable greenhouse farms in all the provinces, letting them hold competition for greater production and making it an institution to judge scientific farming among them.

There are geographically far and near places but people are all close to him, he said, adding that he would have nothing more to desire if the vegetable greenhouse farm contributes to the diet of the people in North Hamgyong Province.

He gave thanks in the name of the Central Military Commission of the WPK to the soldier-builders who presented the vast sea of greenhouses like the Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and thus fully demonstrated the might of the army of the people.

Abe Ridiculed as Matchlessly Political Dwarf

A Deputy Director-General for Japanese Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released the following statement on Saturday: He who is born a fool is never cured. The saying fits perfectly the Japanese Prime Minister Abe whose ignorance and stupidity were fully brought to light when he claimed that the recent volley test-fire of the super-large multiple launch rocket system conducted by the DPRK is ballistic missile launch.

Early in November Abe termed the test-fire of the super-large multiple launch rocket system conducted by the DPRK a ballistic missile launch at the ASEAN summit, only to be denounced as an underweight who fails to distinguish a missile launch from multiple launch rocket system, and a rare-to-be-seen deformed child. He stills makes an ass of him.

On November 28 when the volley test-fire of the super-large multiple launch rocket system of the DPRK was conducted successfully amid great satisfaction, Abe convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council and claimed that it was a ballistic missile launch and grave challenge to the international community with no reason.

Echoing Abe’s claim, the chief cabinet secretary, the minister of defense, the foreign minister and other subordinates and media of Japan term the test-fire a “ballistic missile launch”.

This time the DPRK made a photo-illustrated report about the recent test-fire with a view to helping such fools as Abe see the projectiles with their eyes wide open. It can be said that Abe is the only idiot in the world and the most stupid man ever known in history as he fails to distinguish a missile from multiple launch rocket system while seeing the photo-accompanied report which even civilians who have no knowledge of the “military affairs”, to say nothing of soldiers, can know with a single glance.

The whole world is unanimous in saying that the DPRK’s recent test-fire is one of multiple launch rocket system, but Abe claims that multiple launch rocket system is missile launch, only to be ridiculed by the world people.

The wretched sight of Abe makes us regard him as a dog seized with fear or a puppy fawning over the master like the U.S. He seems to think that the U.S. will welcome his remarks about “threat from the north” at the juncture when the DPRK-U.S. negotiations are at a stalemate.

The political dwarf’s thought is very poor. It is quite natural that Abe is ridiculed as a puppy affected by mange as he fails to tell one thing from another and has plenty of cheek to turn black into white, being excluded from international politics. The DPRK considers it best not to deal with Abe, as dealing with the most stupid person ever known in history and political dwarf out of favor brings disgrace to it. This thought of ours is hardening day by day.

Worse still, it is the height of absurdity that Japan closest to the DPRK with the East Sea of Korea in between claimed that the multiple launch rocket system distinguished across the ocean is ballistic missile launch. It is uglier that Japan is making a fuss about “a serious challenge not only to Japan but also the international community”, “threat from the north” and “protest” over the shell which did not drop in the waters off Japan.

No one beat Abe, but evidently he is a thoughtless fool as he insists that he was beaten. There is a Korean saying that a fool makes a rod for himself. Abe may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future and under his nose. Abe would be well-advised to distinguish multiple launch rockets from a ballistic missile.

Abe is none other than a perfect imbecile and a political dwarf without parallel in the world.

Pyongyang estimates such thing as Abe so much.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Test-fire of Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket System

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, inspected the test fire of the uper-large multiple launch rocket system conducted by the Academy of Defence Science.

Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un was greeted at the launching ground by Ri Pyong Chol, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Sik, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, and Jang Chang Ha, Jon Il Ho and other leading officials in the field of scientific researches for national defence.

Also inspecting the test-fire were Army General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, and commanders of the large combined units of the KPA.

The volley test-fire aimed to finally examine the combat application of the super-large multiple launch rocket system proved the military and technical superiority of the weapon system and its firm reliability.

The Supreme Leader expressed great satisfaction over the results of the test-fire.

The commanders of the large combined units of the KPA sincerely extended their congratulations and gratitude to the Supreme Leader who saw to it that lots of arms and equipment of powerful performance were developed and perfected this year for the military and technical strengthening of the KPA.

H.E. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Changrin Islet Defence Detachment

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, inspected the Changrin Islet defence detachment on the western front.

Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un, conducted by the commanding officers, made round of the historic site. Seeing the monument to the field guidance of Chairman Kim Jong Il which was built to hand down the immortal exploits of Kim Jong Il who left the legendary traces of army commanding in the islet 45 years ago, the Supreme Leader was lost in deep thought about him.

He said that we should further cement the might of the invincible army as desired by Kim Jong Il so as to devotedly safeguard the socialist country and glorify it to the whole world, pointing out that the undying history of leadership for army building of the Chairman who left traces of loving care in the islet post and gave valuable instructions for the completion of the combat preparations by making a long and rough maritime journey with the worry about the living conditions of our servicepersons at the forefront post would be handed down through generations.

He made rounds of the defence detachment headquarters, company quarters, education room, mess hall, beans warehouse, subsidiary food warehouse, greenhouse, bath house, fire position, observation post and other objects of the islet post to learn in detail about the living conditions of the servicepersons and combat preparations of the defence detachment.

At the company quarters he learned in detail about living and sanitary goods being supplied to the servicepersons such as toothbrush, toothpaste and soap and blanket and clothes and the water quantity and quality of the islet, the introduction of solar water heater, heating of the quarters, among others, and showed a loving care as their parents would do.

At the education room he was satisfied with the fact that with the establishment of data transmission system at units and subunits as a whole including islet defence units and frontline units, servicepersons read and study the Party and army newspapers every day and so a big problem was solved for political and ideological education and political, ideological and mental pabulum could be given to the servicepersons every day.

He pointed out that all the servicepersons who fulfil their sacred duty to defend the country with arms of the revolution in their hands on a remote islet forefront are our precious comrades-in-arms and dear children of the people, adding that we should take responsibilities for their growth before the people, help the servicepersons know the spirit of collectivism and cultivate independence, self-sustenance, assiduity and devotion through the fulfilment of military tasks and life experience so that the service persons further train themselves to be resolute revolutionaries and true human beings in the days of honourable military service, and educate and lead them to voluntarily observe steel-strong military discipline and cherish patriotism and comradeship and have them properly establish the revolutionary world outlook and to this end it is necessary always to pay attention to the political and ideological education, education in morality and cultural education.

He noted that constant efforts should be made to provide the service persons with better conditions for cultural life, units and subunits should establish the traits of reading and studying as their customs and tradition and go ahead with more brisk mass sports and mass-based cultural and art activities so that the servicepersons spend their days of  worthwhile military service full of militant zeal and optimism with versatile knowledge, sound body and cultural attainments.

He was much satisfied to see goods for supply service filled in bean warehouse, subsidiary food warehouse and kitchen. He said he felt easy about the fact that the defence detachment laid firm foundation for logistics and push ahead with meticulous economic life so as to provide subunits with affluent dietary life, noting that as supply service leads to successful combat preparations, it is necessary to pay attention to supply service all the time, make efforts to provide the servicepersons with affluent dietary life, push ahead with a movement for attaining without fail beans production goal of 2 tons per hectare and wage a persevering struggle to unconditionally produce and supply meat, eggs, seafood, mushroom and various kinds of vegetables according to the supply standard stipulated by him.

At the greenhouse built by the defence detachment he gave tasks for vegetable production and greenhouse farming. He stressed the need to build a new apple orchard around the islet defence detachment headquarters, cultivate grape in precinct of the headquarters and residential quarters, saying that he will send high-yielding grape whose output is over 50 tons per hectare for grape farming and asking the detachment to do rape farming surely. It is good for the detachment to plant various species of fruit tress to produce a lot of fruits and provide the servicepersons with them according to season, he added.

He acquainted himself with school and kindergarten conditions of the islet defence detachment, taking meticulous care of education of the children of the families of the officers.

He met with servicepersons on duty to defend the frontline at the gun battery of the coastal artillery company of the islet defence detachment.

He said that the arms and equipment of the defence detachment are important but it is more important to safeguard the forefront of the country by dint of the servicepersons with class conscience.

He noted that he visited the defence detachment without a notice on an ordinary day like today and he feels at ease to see all the servicepersons on duty to guard over frontline with high vigilance. He stated that the forefront of the country is firmly defended thanks to a high degree of political awareness of the servicepersons and their sharpened vigilance; will to defend the country and devoted efforts, adding that as there are reliable servicepersons of the People's Army, the security of the country and happiness of the people are firmly guaranteed.

At the observation post he was informed of the deployment of subunits of the islet defence detachment and their combat mission and gave the chief of the General Staff accompanying him a task to increase the fighting efficiency of the defence detachment and to change its combat mission.

He indicated the target for Gun 2 of the coastal artillery company on combat duty and gave an order to fire.

The servicepersons of the coastal artillery company fully showed their gun firing skills they cultivated in their day-to-day training to delight the Supreme Leader.

He said that to make combat preparations and increase fighting efficiency are just the supreme patriotism of the People's Army, the People's Army should work hard with permanent hold on to the line of making it politically, ideologically and morally stronger and make it stronger in terms of military technology, we should give scientific, pragmatic, real war-like drill with higher degree of intensity to the servicepersons for their full political, ideological, physical and technological preparations so that they can carry out any operation and combat mission and notably artillery units and subunits should keep on the brisk movement for becoming crack shots.

He stressed the need for the units and subunits at all levels of the People's Army to make technical arrangements and technical management in a responsible manner for full preparations for regular mobilization of the weapons and combat and technical apparatuses and set up a well-knit system of examining them on a regular basis and taking steps so that all the units are in full readiness for carrying out a combat mission any moment.

He gave the islet defence detachment a pair of binoculars, automatic rifle and machine gun carrying great trust and expectations as souvenirs and had a significant photo session with the servicepersons and families of the islet defence detachment.

He was accompanied by Army General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the KPA, and senior officials of the WPK Central Committee.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Women's Company under KPA Unit 5492

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, inspected a women's company under Unit 5492 of the Korean People's Army.

The company located at the remote seaside on the south-western front is associated with a warm story that Chairman Kim Jong Il was proud of service persons of the women company who asked after President Kim Il Sung's good health among others, missing the President awake or asleep, showed warm loving care for them and whenever an opportunity presented itself he said he would make time to visit the company surely, pointing out he would not forget their voices of loyalty carrying pure heart for a long time.

The company is also associated with the leadership feats of Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un who three years ago took a special measure for a month-long intensive education for the company commander who failed to properly command artillery firing at the artillery company firing game of the KPA and organized an intensive company training later so that the company had an honour of taking the first place at the Second Master Gunners Prize Game.

Noting that when he visited the company without notice on an ordinary day, the company service persons were on duty for the defence of front with heightened vigilance, he expressed great satisfaction and praised them for their efforts.

He got acquainted with the woman commander of the company in the military exercise and still remembers the company commander who made an impressive speech at the Fifth Meeting of the Company Commanders and Company Political Instructors, he said, and inquired of her about health and family life.

Conducted by the company commander and company political instructor, he made round of the monument to the field guidance of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

He visited the company associated with the undying leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il who had been proud of and put forward the service persons of the forefront with pure and clean heart of loyalty and filial devotion, wishing the President good health and comfort, awake and asleep, always recollecting in his lifetime that he seemed not to forget the deep impressions he was given when meeting the servicewomen of the company 44 years ago. He looked at the moment for a long while, being lost deep in thought about Kim Jong Il.

Making rounds of the education room, bedroom, mess hall, seawater purifier room and other places of the company, he learned in detail about the military service of servicewomen.

At the education room he learned about the use of educational means and cultural recreation apparatuses and was much pleased to see the servicewomen leading a life without any inconvenience at the cosy and harmonious bedroom, mess hall and wash-cum-bath room.

Saying that the company set an example in all aspects of the combat preparations and the economic life of the company including barracks management, livestock, fishery and sideline job, he highly appreciated the proud successes the servicewomen gained true to the Party leadership.

He enjoyed an art performance given by the company art group and sports game, boosting the militant morale of the servicewomen.

He told the company commander and company political instructor not to forget always the days when their company worked hard to have the honour of master gunners two years ago but keep on training so as to continue to glorify the honour of the master gunners company given by the Party and asked all the servicewomen of the company to make their revolutionary and voluntary training more intensive within the company in hearty response to the Party policy of bringing about a drastic turn in the training so as to continue to strengthen the company into the master gunners company.

He gave an earnest instruction to more devotedly work for the prosperity of the country and comfort and happiness of the people, saying that the defence of the country is the supreme patriotism, and expressed deep belief that all the servicewomen of the company would become women revolutionaries and true daughters of the Party thoroughly armed with the revolutionary spirit of the Party before giving a pair of binoculars and automatic rifle as souvenirs and having a significant photo session with them.

He was accompanied by Army General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the KPA, and senior officials of the WPK Central Committee.

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Advisor to DPRK Foreign Ministry Issues Statement

Kim Kye Gwan, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, released the following statement on November 18.

Reading an article posted by President Trump on Twitter on November 17, I interpreted it as a signification indicative of another DPRK-U.S. summit.

Three rounds of DPRK-U.S. summit meetings and talks were held since June last year, but no particular improvement has been achieved in the DPRK-U.S. relations. And the U.S. only seeks to earn time, pretending it has made progress in settling the issue of the Korean peninsula.

We are no longer interested in such talks that bring nothing to us. As we have got nothing in return, we will no longer gift the U.S. President with something he can boast of, but get compensation for the successes that President Trump is proud of as his administrative achievements.

If the U.S. truly wants to keep on dialogue with the DPRK, it had better make a bold decision to drop its hostile policy towards the DPRK.

DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman Denounces Anti￾DPRK “Human Rights Resolution”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issued the following statement on November 17: On November 14, an anti-DPRK “human rights resolution” was railroaded at a meeting of the Third Committee of the 74th UN General Assembly.

We bitterly denounce it as a politically-motivated reckless provocation made by the hostile forces to take clear aim at the DPRK and destroy its system by brigandish means.

The adoption of the “resolution” under the signboard of the UN fully reveals that the UN was reduced into a marionette controlled by the U.S.

As seen in history, it is the stereotyped method of the imperialists to cook up “human rights” issue for the regime change in the countries that disobey them and to use it as an excuse for aggression.

What is more serious is that the “resolution” was railroaded at a time when trumpeting about “human rights” is being heard among political circles in Washington and human scum who abandoned even their native places and families frequent the White House. This clearly proves that the United States stands behind the anti-DPRK “human rights” racket.

Now that some days ago the U.S. expressed its will to adjust the joint military exercise with south Korea, we, for our part, have made painful efforts to appreciate it as part of positive attempt to ease tensions and make the most of chance for dialogue in consideration of the DPRK, its dialogue partner.

But, the railroaded “resolution” made us confirm once again that the U.S. stills dreams a foolish dream of collapsing our system.

We approach with vigilance the fact that the U.S. has made another political provocation getting on our nerves at this crucial time when the DPRK-U.S. relations are put into delicate moment.

The reality proves that the U.S., obsessed with the inveterate repugnancy towards our idea and system, is still wedded to the hostile policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK.

In particular, the U.S. dreams of bringing down our system when the DPRK-U.S. dialogue is on a high agenda, which shows that the U.S. has no intention to sincerely work with us towards the settlement of issues.

Therefore, we have no willingness to meet such dialogue partner. Worse still, it is not necessary to sit at the table with the U.S. which tries to bring the dignified DPRK to the so-called International Criminal Court.

Explicitly speaking, even if the DPRK-U.S. dialogue is held in the future, the nuclear issue would never be put under discussion before the withdrawal of the U.S. hostile policy would be put on the agenda for the sake of improved relations with the DPRK.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Visits August 25 Fishery Station of KPA and Newly-Built Thongchon Fish-processing Station

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, gave field guidance to the August 25 Fishery Station of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and the newly-built Thongchon Fish-processing Station.

First Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited the August 25 Fishery Station, a dear one which he affectionately calls the land of big fish haul and native home of fishing vessel Tanphung at all times.

After visiting the newly-built fish-processing shop, he made rounds of the already-built fish-processing shop and cold storages.

He highly praised the efforts of officials, fishermen and their families of the fishery station who work hard to make big fish hauls without fail this year, too.

He earnestly asked the officials to afford convenience in fishermen's everyday life and pay deep attention to the living of their families, not stressing the production results.

Looking round the room of the fishery station for the education in the revolutionary history, he recollected with deep emotion the path of development that the station has covered for the past six years while upholding the banner of fishery revolution under the guidance of the Party.

He said that it is necessary to effectively give the education through the room comprehensively showing the history of development of the station, which has been developed into a core unit in implementing the Party's fishery policy, so as to encourage its fishermen and employees to invariably and steadily glorify their honor of pioneer and shock brigade defending the WPK with big fish hauls as proud heroes who wrote the first page of the history of big fish hauls.

He watched an art performance given by the art group of the August 25 Fishery Station.

Expressing gratitude to the performers for deeply impressing him through their performance perfect in ideological and artistic value, he showed such great loving care as personally inviting them to Pyongyang at the end of this year.

On the same day, he inspected the newly-built Thongchon Fish￾processing Station.

KPA servicepersons turned out in the drive for carrying out the instructions of the Supreme Leader to make a proud achievement of completing a new fish-processing station with the capacity of quick￾freezing hundreds of tons of fish a day and cold-storing thousands of tons.

He was satisfied to see fishes being poured into the freezing and processing shops by unloading equipment and conveyor.

Watching the freezing and processing shops bristled with machines and equipment, he said that they are full of fishes and machines and he seemed to see the sea of fishes and the sea of machines. And he learnt in detail about every fish-process stage and operation of equipment.

Brightly smiling on highly cumulate fishes filling cold storages, he said that there is nothing more encouraging and pleasant for us than the continuation of the history of big fish hauls at this time when we struggle for making a breakthrough in improving the people's living standard, and repeated with delight that this year witnessed bumper crop but would see also big fish hauls.

Saying that there is nothing to spare or hesitate to do for the serviceperson's dietary life, he warmly called upon all to devote wisdom and enthusiasm in one mind to the improvement of serviceperson's standard of living by doing more possible things and turning impossibility into possibility.

He stressed that the processing station completed with much efforts should make tangible contribution to the improvement of the serviceperson's dietary life.

He was accompanied by Jang Kum Chol, department director of the WPK Central Committee, Jo Yong Won, first vice-department director of the C.C., WPK, and Ri Jong Nam, Hyon Song Wol and Hong Yong Song, vice￾department directors of the C.C., WPK.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Guides Landing Training of Sharpshooters of KPA Air and Anti-Aircraft Force

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, guided an airborne landing training of sharpshooter sub-units of the Air and Anti-Aircraft Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA).

After receiving a report on the training plan at an observation post, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un guided the training. Saying sharpshooters are very skilled at landing, he noted that it is well worth seeing the quick movements of combatants directly led by brigade commanders and commissars in the unfamiliar area according to a sudden battle order. Praising them as brave, reliable and real fighters, he expressed great satisfaction.

He said that it is necessary to wage a drill without notice under the simulated conditions of real war like this and examine it, not being affected by rule and formality, and thus make it an opportunity for improving the preparedness of KPA units for war and examining and training them.

Saying that in emergency, the field and circumstances of battle may differ from those of training, he underscored the need to organize and guide drills in an effective way with the main stress on fully training all combatants to successfully discharge their duties under any condition.

He said that in order to develop the KPA into an invincible army, it is necessary to steadily hold aloft the banner of the training revolution and conduct practical and fresh actual maneuvers in an intensive way by setting the simulated conditions of war and creating unexpected circumstances at random.

He had a photo session with the combatants who took part in the training.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Yangdok Hot Spring Resort Again

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, again inspected Yangdok Hot Spring Resort under construction that nears completion.

Making round of workers rest blocks, recuperation blocks, hotels, indoor and outdoor spas, health complexes, horse-riding park and ski ground, Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un acquainted himself in detail with the construction progress made in carrying out the tasks set forth by he Party after he had inspected the resort under construction on Oct. 23.

He expressed satisfaction over the fact that the soldier-builders are completing all the constructions in qualitative way including places for medical treatment and recuperation and ski ground by correcting the mistakes indicated last time and delicately conducting the last stage work of the construction.

Yangdok Hot Spring Resort is a service base for hot spring treatment our Party is building to promote the health and welfare of the people and provide them with a new cultural and emotional life, and also a multi￾functional, all-purpose sports and cultural resort and, therefore, not a slightest defect should be allowed, he said, setting forth detailed tasks for the completion, operation and management of the resort.

Pointing out some shortcomings in the preparation for the operation and service of the resort, he carefully indicated the ways for correcting shortcomings.

He underscored the need to do specially well the disinfection and management of over hundreds of tubs and sanitation appliances in the resort including those in indoor and outdoor spas and hot spring water parks in hotel as required by the regulation.

He called for completing the horse-riding park under construction in the resort at an early date so that working people can do various sports and cultural activities like skiing and horse-riding and also have hot spring bath, and for building a golf course in the area in the future.

He said that Party organizations and officials in charge of the service and service workers should responsibly perfect the preparations for service to make sure that nothing is left out imperfect in the service activities as the scheduled day of the resort completion is now close at hand.

He stressed the need for the construction headquarters of the resort to conclude the project without fail by the date of completion set by the Party and more meticulously organize the finishing work to ensure the inauguration ceremony.

He was accompanied by cadres of the Party Central Committee Jang Kum Chol, Jo Yong Won, Hyon Song Wol and Han Kwang Sang.

Roving Ambassador of Foreign Ministry of DPRK Blasts U.S. Plan to Resume Combined Aerial Exercise with South Korea

Kwon Jong Gun, Roving Ambassador of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, issued the following statement on Wednesday:

Recently, the U.S. Defense Department officially announced that it is pushing ahead with the procedure for resuming the combined aerial exercise with the south Korean army in December. The U.S. committed itself to stopping military exercises against the DPRK after Singapore DPRK￾U.S. summit.

The U.S. announcement of the combined aerial exercise plan after a month since the breakdown of the Stockholm DPRK-U.S.working-level negotiation amounts to a declaration of confrontation with the DPRK.

The U.S. intention to openly hold war exercise against the DPRK at a sensitive time when the whole world is concerned about the prospect of the DPRK-U.S. relations clearly proves again its nature as the chieftain disturbing the world peace and security and as the hegemonic state regarding the recourse to military strength as a cure-all in settling issues.

The U.S. reckless military frenzy is an extremely provocative and dangerous act of throwing a wet blanket over the spark of the DPRK-U.S. dialogue on the verge of extinction and stoking the atmosphere of confrontation on the Korean peninsula and in the region.

No one will believe that the mere change of the name of war exercises could alter their aggression nature.

We have already emphasized more than once that the planned joint military exercise can block the DPRK-U.S. relations from advancing and compel us to reconsider the crucial measures we have already taken.

Our patience is nearing the limitation and we will never remain an onlooker to the reckless military moves of the U.S.

Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry Brands Country Reports on Terrorism as Politically￾Motivated Grave Provocation

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA on November 5 with regard to the fact that the U.S. Department of State found fault with the DPRK in the “country reports on terrorism for 2018”:

The U.S. Department of State took issue with the DPRK again in the “country reports on terrorism for 2018” issued on November 1. This proves once again that the U.S. preoccupied with inveterate repugnancy toward the DPRK is invariably seeking its hostile policy towards the latter.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK condemns and fully rejects the reports as a politically-motivated grave provocation against the DPRK as they are full of all sorts of falsity and fabrication.

It is the consistent stand of the DPRK to oppose all forms of terrorism and any support for it.

It is unreasonable that the U.S., hotbed and ringleader of terrorism, is styling itself a “judge of terrorism”, which is just like a guilty party filing the suit first.

The U.S. persistently tries to brand the DPRK as a “state sponsor of terrorism” at a sensitive time when the DPRK- U.S. dialogue is at a stalemate. This is an insult to and perfidy against the DPRK, its dialogue partner.

The channel of the dialogue between the DPRK and the U.S. is more and more narrowing due to such attitude and stand of the U.S.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, inspected the Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory under reconstruction.

Supreme Leader of the Party, state and armed forces Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the reconstruction and updating of the factory, looking round the factory.

Seeing the whole of the factory, he said that the interior and exterior of the factory now befit a model factory in medical field and it was perfect both in terms of architectural beauty and technology.

He said that the factory was given a complete face lift and its look changed fundamentally. He acknowledged the factory was built into a high-tech factory capable of mass-producing different kinds of highly efficient medical appliances which are badly needed by hospitals in the country.

Putting into operation trial medical apparatuses produced by the factory, he learned in detail about their performance.

Stressing that it is important to produce lots of medical apparatuses vital for protecting and promoting the people's life but they have to be of high quality, above all, he said in earnest tone that it is precisely an issue related to the outlook on the people.

Calling for putting all the medical appliances to be produced by the factory on the level of those produced by the developed countries, he said the factory should look for data on modern medical appliances, steadily update designs and products in an innovative way to suit to the situation of hospitals in the country and the constitution of patients and thus develop and produce quality medical appliances of high performance and practicability.

Noting that the modernization project of the factory is being done as planned by the Party in general but there are some drawbacks when seen in detail, he pointed to the insufficient quality of the construction that comes short of the needs of design and engineering.

The exterior wall tiles and seams of some buildings are not smooth enough and some areas have uneven plastering, he pointed out, criticizing the final work that has not been done in a delicate manner.

He said that he would send a unit high in construction skill soon and the factory should set right the drawbacks of the construction and complete it to be flawless and functional by the end of this year.

He was accompanied by leading officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo Jong, Jo Yong Won, Ri Jong Nam, Hong Yong Song, Hyon Song Wol, and Jang Song Ho, Chairman of Jagang Provincial Committee of the WPK Kang Pong Hun and Director of a bureau of the State Affairs Commission Ma Won Chun.

Japanese Authorities Accused of Driving DPRK￾Japan Relations to Worst Phase

The Japanese authorities eventually excluded kindergartens of Korean schools from the "program for free education and upbringing of children" being enforced from Oct. 1.

A spokesman for the DPRK-Japan Friendship Association in a statement Tuesday said in this regard: The exclusion of the children of Koreans in Japan, who are paying consumption taxes just like the Japanese people, from the waiver program is against the Japanese law and international law, which is also an intolerable act of national discrimination in view of humanitarianism.

This situation vividly shows once again that the Japanese reactionaries can never change in their hostile policy toward the DPRK and the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan and their malicious discrimination against the Koreans in Japan.

Though belatedly, the Japanese authorities should sincerely fulfill their bounden legal and moral duty that obliges them to treat Koreans in Japan and their children favorably and protect them.

As long as the Abe regime does only a foolish and evil act of harassing children, guided by national chauvinism, they can never open a door to the DPRK nor get rid of its miserable plight of being sidelined from the discussion of matters related with Korean peninsula and the world political trend.

The Japanese authorities must stop at once the suicidal act of driving the DPRK-Japan relations to the worst phase and behave themselves, heeding the DPRK's repeated warnings.

Japanese Authorities' Impudent Chauvinistic Act under Fire

The Committee for Aiding Overseas Compatriots of the DPRK issued a statement on Monday denouncing the Japanese authorities for excluding the kindergartens of the Korean schools from the "program for free education and upbringing of children".

The statement said that Abe regime's arrogant exclusion of the kindergartens of the Korean schools from the program fully reveals the chronic national chauvinism of the island country and shows again that the Japanese reactionaries' hostile policy towards the DPRK and the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and their inveterate repugnancy and ill-intended discrimination against the Korean nation never change.

It went on:

The Japanese reactionaries, not content with putting down Chongryon and Koreans in Japan, are trying to use education and upbringing for preschool children of the Koreans in Japan as a bargaining chip for negotiations. Their mean act fully lays bare the true colors of Abe regime which talks about the "dialogue without any condition".

The Japanese authorities' discrimination against the Korean children in Japan adds to the frozen DPRK-Japan relations. They would be well advised to behave themselves, though belatedly, bearing in mind that if they commit crimes against the trend of the times, they would be left alone out of the world political current, to say nothing of visit to the DPRK.