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.

Exclusion of Korean Children from Supporting System Is Undisguised Hostile Move towards

DPRK: Spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of DPRK

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issued the following statement on Thursday:

Anti-Japanese sentiments of our people are flaring up because of the unjust step by the Japanese government to have finally excluded the infant classes of Korean schools from the “free infant education and child upbringing” system.

Not satisfied in having excluded the Korean children in Japan from the high school supporting system, the Japanese government has now completely refused education support even for the children at infant classes. This is an undisguised hostile move towards the DPRK and an intolerable reckless act of inhumane nature.

The despicable acts of the Japanese authorities towards the Korean residents in Japan did not happen merely one or two times in the past. But, the latest heinous and reckless act of bruising even the minds of infants was not seen before.

Such an unprecedented atrocity is a manifestation of vicious attempt to throw the whole of the Korean residents in Japan into a crucible of national exclusion and obliterate their nationality by all possible means.

We never tolerate anti-DPRK hostile acts to suppress and obliterate the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan(Chongryon), a legitimate overseas organization of the dignified DPRK, and the Korean residents in Japan, members of our nation. There is not a slightest change in this

position.

Though repeatedly talking about an “unconditional dialogue, ” Abe regime will never be able to step across the threshold of our Republic as long as it only chooses to do evil deeds against the trend and pursues hostile policy towards the DPRK. Abe regime should bear this in mind and behave with discretion.