Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Secretary of Russian Security Council

 

Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on March 21 met Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, on a visit to the DPRK leading a delegation of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gladly received Sergei Shoigu visiting Pyongyang again in six months and had a talk with him in a trustworthy and warm atmosphere.

Sergei Shoigu courteously conveyed the friendly greetings and an important letter from Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to the DPRK leader. Kim Jong Un expressed his deep thanks for it, and sent his militant greetings to the respected Russian president.

At the talk, there was a wide-ranging exchange of views and opinions of the leaderships of the DPRK and Russia on the important issues for defending the security interests of the two countries and international justice and on the regional and international situation. The talk confirmed the consensus of stand of the two sides.

Noting that the special military operations conducted by the Russian army and people serve as a demonstration of their indomitable strength, patriotism and just cause, Kim Jong Un stated that it is the steadfast option and resolute will of the DPRK government to invariably support Russia in the struggle for defending its national sovereignty, territorial integrity and security interests in the future, too.

The talk expressed the willingness of the leaderships of the two countries to unconditionally implement the provisions of the treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership.

Kim Jong Un had an important and useful conversation with Sergei Shoigu on the prospective undertakings for further expanding and boosting exchanges and cooperation in security and other many-sided fields.

Hoping that victory, prosperity, happiness and fortune are always in store for the Russian people, he sent his warm wishes to the respected President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of the Russian Federation and to its government, army and people.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Defence Science Research Work

 

 

Pyongyang, March 27 (KCNA)

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, guided the defence science research work of the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex and the detective electronic warfare research group on March 25-26.

Accompanying him were Pak Jong Chon and Jo Chun Ryong, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, Ri Pyong Chol, general advisor for the munitions policy of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, and other senior officials of the WPK Central Committee and defence science research institutes.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about various kinds of reconnaissance and suicide attack drones, newly developed and being produced by an institute and enterprises under the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex, and oversaw their performance test.

The test confirmed the innovative performance of a new-type strategic reconnaissance drone with the detective ability to track and monitor different strategic targets and enemy troops’ activities in the land and sea. And it fully demonstrated the striking capability of suicide drones to be used for various tactical attack missions.

Kim Jong Un made an important assessment of the military effectiveness and strategic value of the strategic reconnaissance drone with improving performance and of the suicide attack drones to which new artificial intelligence was applied.

Expressing his active support for the new plans of the complex, he agreed on its proposal for expanding the production capacity.

Saying that the field of unmanned equipment and artificial intelligence should be top-prioritized and developed in modernizing the armed forces, he stressed that it is important to work out a correct long-term national plan for promoting the rapid development of the work to use intelligent drones and perseveringly and dynamically propel it as a medium- and long-term project, in keeping with the trend of modern warfare in which the competition for using intelligent drones as a major means of military power is being accelerated and the range of their use is steadily expanding in military activities.

As already stated, a lot of objective changes that come with the rapid sci-tech development call for updating a large part of our military theory, practice and education, he said, adding that it is an important task facing our Party at present to adopt a correct, appropriate line and solution.

Saying that the WPK has advanced a clear line for perfectly combining unmanned weapon and equipment systems with operational plans and fundamentals of battle, regarding it as one of the important components of the armed forces modernization programme to put weapons and equipment on an unmanned basis, he reiterated the scientific and practical orientation and ways for accelerating the continuous qualitative and quantitative and technical transformation in the development and production of unmanned weapons and equipment and for putting operational ability on a highly-developed basis.

He learned about the performances of reconnaissance and intelligence gathering means and electronic jamming and attack systems newly developed by the detective electronic warfare research group and its long-term plan.

He said that our special means with the application of up-to-date technology would play a big role in monitoring potential threats and collecting vital intelligence and that they would give full play to their might in enhancing our army’s capability of conducting various kinds of intelligence-gathering operations and neutralizing the enemy’s combat means of various missions.

Expressing great satisfaction over the fact that new electronic jamming and attack weapon systems have been developed and gone into production, he spoke highly of the fact that the stages of the WPK’s line of modernizing the army are being qualitatively attained thanks to the clear brains of our younger-generation defence science research group.

Saying that the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex and the detective electronic warfare research group have a very important role to play in coping with the development in modern warfare of today characterized by confrontation between intelligent hi-tech weapon systems, he gave an important task related to the immediate duty and the long-term goals to be attained by this sector.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Preparations for Operating Major Neighbourhood-serving Amenities Built in Third-stage Section of Hwasong Area

 

Pyongyang, April 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance on April 3 over the preparations for operating the major neighbourhood-serving amenities built in the third-stage section of the Hwasong area nearing completion.

He was accompanied by officials of design and operation preparation organs and commanding officers of construction units.

The far-reaching policy-oriented plan and energetic leadership of the WPK to provide the citizens of the capital city with more wonderful material and cultural well-being are ushering in a new heyday of Pyongyang construction and the efflorescence of Pyongyang culture.

In the third-stage section of the Hwasong area, where another new large architectural group has been built in ideal harmony, different kinds of modern neighbourhood-serving networks like commercial, public catering, technical and recreation service facilities with strong symbolic and specific characters are arranged according to the direct instructions of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, sustaining the conspicuous and developing features of the section.

Kim Jong Un went round the Hwasong Vehicle Service Centre.

Learning in detail about the preparations for operating the service centre wonderfully furnished with modern equipment and means necessary for technical service of vehicles, he spoke highly of the fact that all the processes are ready to be fully convenient for satisfying the customers' demands, saying:

This new specialized centre for technical service for various kinds of vehicles in the Hwasong area will serve as a new base for improving the quality of technical service for vehicles and meeting the demand for it. When another larger-scale similar technical service centre is built in the fourth-stage section, the Hwasong area will become a centre for serving vehicles. This constitutes an important progress in improving the functions and appearance of the capital city and the service for the people's convenience.

He went round a 300-seat video game house built in a characteristic style.

He was pleased to hear that the game house to be furnished with various kinds of facilities is expected to be very popular among young people including children when it is opened. He said that special attention should be paid to the establishment of its operation system and order and the preparations for service as this new space specializing in service for video games is a base of the service field to be opened for the first time in the country.

Learning about the preparations for operating various commercial and public catering service bases, he highly appreciated that the service amenities chain built on an overpass have a strong symbolic and peculiar character and that its design and construction were on a high level as desired by the Party.

Noting that to steadily explore and expand new service field in fresh forms and ways takes an important place in carrying out the policy of the Party to radically improve the material and cultural well-being of the people across the country as well as the citizens of the capital city, he set forth the tasks to this end and gave instructions on the regular maintenance and operation of the service bases.

He repeatedly requested the relevant units to make effective preparations for the operation of the service facilities built in the third-stage section of the Hwasong area as each of them is a structure planned and provided with much effort by the Party for the people including the coming generations.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Training Base of KPA Special Operations Units and Guides General Training

 

Pyongyang, April 5 (KCNA)

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the training base of the special operations units of the Korean People's Army and guided the general training on April 4.

Accompanying him were Pak Jong Chon, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, and other leading officials of the WPK Central Committee.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was greeted on the spot by No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Ri Yong Gil, chief of the General Staff of the KPA, and the first vice-minister of National Defence, the director of the combat training department of the KPA General Staff and commanding officers of the special operations units.

After receiving a salute from commanding officers of the KPA, he mounted the observation post to watch the general tactical training and small-arms shooting contest conducted and held by combatants of various special operations units according to the training programme.

The training was aimed at steadily exploring and applying new military tactics and methodologies of Korean style for bolstering up the special operations forces in keeping with the developing aspects and changing trend of modern warfare and mastering them through practical training for real war so as to prepare all combatants more thoroughly to reliably and skillfully carry out their special operations tasks under any combat situation.

The brave combatants, who have grown up to be the strongest combat group and the core vanguard of the armed forces of the DPRK while cultivating matchless strength and courage under the outstanding guidance of the great brilliant commander, fully demonstrated the strong independent operations capability and the fighting spirit and crack-shot marksmanship of our invincible army in all drills.

Kim Jong Un highly appreciated the lofty ideological and spiritual world of the combatants who are devoting themselves to their noble mission and duty for defending the security of the state and the safety of the people always with battlefield in their mind, true to the Party's idea of building the special operations forces.

The actual war capability for guaranteeing victory in the battlefield is bolstered up through intensive training and it is the most vivid expression of patriotism and loyalty to the country and the people and the first revolutionary duty for the soldiers with arms to complete the combat preparations, he said, calling for taking it as the core goal of army building to turn the army into a strong one in which all the officers and men fight shoulder to shoulder, in one body and with one idea and one intention.

The strengthening of the special operations forces constitutes a major component of our army building strategy at present, he said, indicating important tasks to take a series of crucial measures for putting the special operations capability on a highly-developed basis.

He guided an automatic rifle firing drill and a sniper rifle firing drill of the combatants.

He personally conducted the test-fire of a sniper rifle to be newly supplied to special operations units and learned about its results, expressing great satisfaction over the performance and power of the sniper rifle developed in our own way.

Then he watched general special physical exercises of special operations unit combatants.

The combatants, who have prepared themselves to be a-match-for-a-hundred soldiers with iron fists as sturdy as bullets and brave fighters, fully demonstrated their physical and technical abilities.

Watching the exercises pulsating with the fighting spirit to annihilate the enemy and the heroic mettle, Kim Jong Un warmly encouraged the officers and men of the special operations forces filled with patriotic enthusiasm and militant courage.

He had a photo session with the reliable officers and men who are further improving the strongest capability for an actual war in the training with courage, pluck and towering self-confidence to counter any war and crisis without hesitation.

When the photo session was over, the KPA's reliable guards and passionate warriors broke into thunderous cheers reflecting their pledge of loyalty, looking up to the great iron-willed commander with deep emotion.

Kim Jong Un expressed expectations and belief that all the units of the special operations forces would remain absolutely faithful to their mission of defending the country, the revolution and the people and firmly safeguard the victorious advance of the most just and sacred cause of the DPRK with matchless arms.

All the servicepersons, who took part in the training, hardened their firm determination to more reliably prepare themselves as the spearhead of the elite revolutionary armed forces that always wins victory in every battle and conquers any fortress when it is determined, for the great Comrade Kim Jong Un, the eternal prosperity of our dignified state and happiness of the people.

Press Statement of Vice General Director of General Armaments Bureau of Ministry of National Defence of DPRK

 

Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA)

The vice general director of the General Armaments Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following press statement on April 1 under the title "The new 'co-produced weapon' of the U.S.-Japan military alliance signals the further unstable security environment of the region":

The U.S.-Japan alliance styling itself a key axis of the U.S.-led military alliance system in the Asia-Pacific region is taking on a fresh appearance to give repeated signals of instability to the surrounding countries and the regional society.

A typical example is that the U.S. and Japan formally agreed to co-produce the latest air-to-air missile AIM-120, with the recent visit of the U.S. secretary of Defense to Japan as an occasion.

What is serious is that it can never be accepted only as the production of weapons for fighters aimed at defending airspace and securing the command of the air. The danger of it is further highlighted in the light of the peculiarities of the geopolitical and military security environment in Northeast Asia.

All types of main fighters, involved in the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Japan-ROK three party joint aerial drills that we have frequently witnessed in the sky near the Korean peninsula and further in the sky above the East Sea and South Sea of China, can carry the AIM-120 with a range of more than 160 km.

In view of the military doctrine of the U.S. Air Force which specified that the command of the air should be secured through massive introduction and use of the ultra-modern long-range air weapons such as AIM-120, the anti-aircraft system of enemy states be neutralized through preemptive strike and then strategic bombers be sent to deal a heavy blow to the strategic depth of the opponent, AIM-120 is now becoming another "co-produced weapon" of the U.S.-Japan military alliance, which is turning offensive and aggressive from A to Z.

The joint production of ultra-modern weapons pursued by the U.S. and Japan is adding new element of strategic instability to the Asia-Pacific region, bringing ominous dark clouds.

The U.S. has connived at and encouraged Japan's moves for a military giant since last century. It has sharply expanded the application range of the U.S.-Japan security treaty, which was limited to "contingency in Japan", to space and cyber fields, to say nothing of "contingencies in areas surrounding Japan" in recent years. It has also actively backed Japan's possession of "counterattack capability" and unhesitatingly offered long-range attack means such as Tomahawk cruise missile.

At a time when the U.S. and Japan are seeking to integrate the existing military operation control system through the U.S. military reorganization in Japan and the establishment of the "integrated operation command" and to steadily access to the wartime environment, their cooperation in the field of munitions industry is being accelerated in direct proportion to it. It is not a secret that such moves are aimed at militarily deterring the regional countries.

Certainly, the center of gravity of the U.S. hegemony-oriented military security strategy is changing and it is a new warning signal for the Asia-Pacific regional society including the countries in Northeast Asia.

A force without justice is a tyranny and justice without a force is meaningless.

It will be a priority task of the DPRK in the future, too, to actively cope with the unstable strategic environment being created around the DPRK by the U.S. and its followers and to bolster up the powerful deterrence capable of making enemy countries have no other choice but to give up their political and military ambition.

The DPRK's efforts to apply the most appropriate solution to control and manage the military tension in the region will continue, and Washington and its servants' attempt to hold military hegemony will never be allowed.

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK

 

Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA)

Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement "The anachronistic 'denuclearization' idea of the U.S., Japan and the ROK can never affect the position of our state" on April 8:

The diplomatic authorities of the U.S., Japan and the ROK again talked about someone's "complete denuclearization", terming the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's exercise of its sovereign rights a "threat" at the recent NATO foreign ministers' meeting.

It only fully exposed the uneasiness of the U.S., Japan and the ROK in a desperate plight of having to talk about "denuclearization" in chorus although they just know that "denuclearization" of us is nothing but a daydream that can never come true.

Just two months ago, we clarified how stupid the U.S. is in pursuing the goal of "denuclearizing" the DPRK, something utterly impossible and unrealistic in practice and conception.

They still talk about "complete denuclearization," lost in the past daydream that brought them to failure, revealing themselves how anachronistic and absurd their level of political judgment is.

Did they come up with a good way to realize someone's "denuclearization" whenever they had a loud brainstorming session?

If they frantically cry out for "denuclearization", really believing in it, they must be termed nonsensical.

The position of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as a nuclear weapons state, established along with the existence of its substantial and very strong nuclear deterrent and permanently fixed in its supreme and basic state law according to the unanimous will of all its people, is a result of the inevitable option which accurately reflected the hostile threat from outside and the change in the present and future world security mechanical structure. So it does not change no matter how desperately anyone denies.

We don't care about anyone's denial and recognition and we never change our option. This is our steadfast choice that can never be reversed by any physical strength or sly artifice.

If anyone openly talks about dismantlement of nuclear weapons before us or seeks to revive the dead concept of "denuclearization" under various pretexts, it just constitutes the most hostile act of denying the sovereignty of the DPRK and forcing it to renounce its constitution and social system. I made it clear once again on this occasion.

The nuclear forces of the DPRK not only play a key role in deterring aggression and threat from outside and defending the sovereignty and security of the state but also make an important contribution to ensuring the regional and global balance of power and strategic security.

The only way for the U.S., Japan and the ROK to defuse their current security concern is to completely refrain from their unilateral attempt to change the status quo and shake the present position of the DPRK and sincerely find a method to avoid head-on conflict.

If the U.S. and its vassal forces continue to insist on anachronistic "denuclearization" while talking about "threat" from someone, it will only give unlimited justness and justification to the advance of the DPRK aspiring after the building of the strongest nuclear force for self-defence.

The DPRK will make steady responsible efforts to thoroughly defend the supreme interests of the state and ensure regional peace and stability, given that the U.S. has gone to extremes in its nuclear threat and its nuclear alliance is getting desperate in its confrontational moves as days go by.

NIGERIANS CELEBRATE THE 2025 SUN'S DAY IN STYLE

 Nigerians from all works of life celebrate this year's SUN'S DAY in style. The event took place at the embassy of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea located down down our nation's capital- Abuja. In attendance, were the Chairman, Nigerian/Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea Frienship Association, Chief Anyamele, National Chairman, Nigerian National Committee on the Study of Kimilsongism and Kimjungilism Prof. Alhassan Mamman Muhammad, senior members of the study group such as Prof. Saddique Abba, Dr. Nicholas Igwenagu, Dr. Ahmed Lawl Bazza, Dr. Abdulrahman Habu Hamisu, Barr Kabiru Goje.

Furthermore, the occation was graced by the former Secretary to Plateau State Government under his H.E. Dr. Bako Lalong, Prof. Danladi, Prof. Ladi Sule Matinja, Director, Centre for Advancement, University of Abuja, among many dignitaries.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Nampho Dockyard

 

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance at the Nampho Dockyard on March 20.

He was accompanied by major senior officials of the WPK Central Committee.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un went round various production lines of the dockyard.

True to his on-site instructions, the workers, technicians and officials of the dockyard are pushing ahead with the work for modernizing production lines and expanding their production capacity in an all-out effort to implement the policy of the WPK on developing the shipbuilding industry in the new era.

While learning in detail about the rebuilding of the dockyard and expansion of its production capacity, he said it is a primary and important task for developing the national economy and bolstering the Juche-oriented naval forces for our state to accelerate the modernization of the shipbuilding industry and radically increase the overall shipbuilding capacity. He noted that we should open up a new era, when the shipbuilding industry undergoes a rapid change, and guarantee its change without fail.

He stressed again that, to this end, it is necessary to give top priority to the work of rapidly raising the level of modernization of the shipbuilding industry as a whole, while efficiently perfecting the structure of the industry and intensifying policy-oriented and technical guidance, and ensure a nationwide and full support to it in a sustainable way.

He set forth major targets to be attained in the technical updating and modernization of dockyards.

He repeatedly stressed that this dockyard, which is a reliable, large-scale shipbuilding base of the country and boasts a wonderful history and tradition of self-reliance, ought to become a core and engine also in the ongoing struggle to usher in a new era of development of the shipbuilding industry, and made relevant conclusions on the important issues arising in carrying out the huge plan for strengthening the material and technical foundations of the dockyard.

DPRK Missile Administration Conducts Test-fire of Latest Anti-aircraft Missile System

 

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a test-fire of the latest anti-aircraft missile system on March 20 to examine the comprehensive performance of the system, which was put into full-scale production at a relevant munitions industry enterprise.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, oversaw the test-fire together with major members of the Central Military Commission of the WPK.

The test-fire proved that the combat quick response of the latest anti-aircraft missile system was superior and the overall weapon system was highly reliable.

Saying that the Korean People's Army will be equipped with another major defence weapon system with laudable combat performance, Kim Jong Un extended thanks to the anti-aircraft weapon system research group and the relevant munitions industry enterprise for greatly contributing to bolstering up the national defence capabilities.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Participants in Third National Meeting of Active Neighbourhood Unit Leaders

 

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met and had a photo session with the participants in the third national meeting of active neighbourhood unit leaders on March 20.

The participants were filled with great excitement and joy, boundless happiness and pride as they were to have a photograph taken with the benevolent Marshal Kim Jong Un, whom they have always longed to see.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the photo session, all the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers of "Hurrah!" as a reflection of their highest respect and boundless gratitude, looking up with emotion to the dear father of the great socialist family who bestows on them the greatest glory to be cherished as their lifelong wealth.

Kim Jong Un warmly encouraged the exemplary neighbourhood unit leaders from across the country, expressing deep gratitude to them for devoting themselves to the work of neighbourhood units, finding exceptional honour and pride and worth of living in consolidating the basic units of the people's government and taking warm care of the convenience of inhabitants in their living.

Saying that there are many jobs for serving the people in our society but rare is the appellation neighbourhood unit leader, most closely and intimately linked to the people, he highly appreciated the lofty spiritual world and unknown efforts of the neighbourhood unit leaders, who are showing their sincerity for the inhabitants and turning their units into groups of patriots without claiming any honour or reward.

He said that dong and neighbourhood units constitute a cornerstone supporting our people-centred state and social system and the base of the inhabitants' living, and that the functions and roles of dong and neighborhood units serve as a motive force dynamically propelling the advance of our state towards its comprehensive development. He stressed that to strengthen dong and neighbourhood units precisely means consolidating the mass foundation of the people's government and harmony and unity in the neighbourhood units precisely means the single-minded unity of our society firmly united with affection and tender feeling.

Noting that the duties of the secretaries of dong offices and leaders of neighbourhood units are very important in making sure that the efforts our Party and government make for improving the people's living standards are led to the people's bright laughter, he said that they should become possessors of beautiful virtue and traits and genuine householders and kind-hearted eldest daughters-in-law, who are welcomed and visited first by everyone, in line with the characteristics of their work--working directly with the inhabitants--to make beautiful human relations and noble moral ethics pervade the whole villages and neighbourhood units like the air.

Expressing expectation and belief that the third national meeting of active neighbourhood unit leaders would serve as an important milestone for all the secretaries of dong offices and leaders of neighbourhood units to turn dong and neighbourhood units into a great single-minded family strong with patriotism and establish a noble and civilized socialist way of life throughout the whole society as genuine servants enjoying respect, trust and love from inhabitants, he had a photo session with them.

All the participants were filled with ardent enthusiasm to fully demonstrate the advantages of Korean-style socialism and make a tangible contribution to the prosperity and development of our great state by bringing about a fresh turn in the work of the neighbourhood units as required by the era of great changes with their lifelong desire to repay the great affection and trust bestowed on them by Kim Jong Un.

Russian Delegation of Security Council Arrives DPR of Korea

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Security Council of the Russian Federation led by Secretary Sergei Shoigu arrived here on Friday to visit the DPRK.

It was greeted by Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy. 

Russian Delegation of Security Council Visits Liberation Tower

 

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Security Council of the Russian Federation led by Secretary Sergei Shoigu on a visit to the DPRK laid a wreath at the Liberation Tower on Friday.

Present there were Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

The guards of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the tower.

The national anthems of the Russian Federation and the DPRK were played.

A wreath in the name of the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation was placed at the Liberation Tower amid the playing of wreath-laying music.

The participants paid a silent tribute to the memory of the fallen fighters of the Soviet Army before looking round the tower.

Spokesperson for Ministry of National Defence of DPRK Releases Press Statement

 

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK on Thursday issued the following press statement titled "It is within the range of the option of the DPRK's armed forces to use the most deadly military means against the hostile forces seriously threatening the sovereignty and security of its state":

Recently the U.S. and the ROK military gangsters staged a special warfare drill aimed at "destroying the secret underground tunnel network" and "removing nuclear weapons" of someone as part of the large-scale war exercises Freedom Shield.

This proves that the joint military exercises of "defensive nature" much touted by the U.S. and the ROK are no more than a rehearsal of war of aggression aimed at invading and occupying the DPRK from A to Z.

During the period of Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military maneuvers in March 2016, the U.S. and the ROK staged the drills of "beheading operation" and "high-density strike" at strategic objects in accordance with OPLAN 5015. In 2017 they carried out "beheading operation" and "preemptive strike operation" drills targeting major military installations with a special unit more than 3 000-strong involved.

As the military provocations of the hostile countries are committed at the grave level that can never be overlooked and tolerated, clear is the stand of the DPRK's armed forces to counter them.

The DPRK's relevant law clearly stipulates what means and methods should be used in contingency to remove hostile forces threatening the existence of our state, and it is the mission of the armed forces of the DPRK to strictly observe and implement it.

All options for containing the U.S. and the ROK and for eliminating the source of provocation, if necessary, including the use of the most destructive and deadly military means, are under the consideration of our armed forces.

The accumulated reckless military moves of the U.S. and the ROK, seized with the daydream that they can jeopardize the sovereignty and security of a nuclear weapons state, can undoubtedly bring the gravest consequences they do not want.

The Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK strongly warns the U.S. and the ROK military to stop at once the irresponsible and dangerous military acts, issuing a warning once again about the catastrophic result to be entailed by the adventuristic saber-rattling of the hostile forces.

Permanent Representative of DPRK at UN Office and International Organizations in Geneva Issues Press Statement

 

Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- Jo Chol Su, permanent representative of the DPRK at the UN Office and international organizations in Geneva issued the following press statement titled "The U.S. act to use international body as a tool for implementing its strategy for hegemony can never be tolerated" on Friday:

The fact that the present U.S. Administration, which is bringing chaos and disorder to the international community with its unpredictable foreign policy, sent weird questionnaires to international organizations was out in the open, sparking off great uproar again.

It is reported that the questionnaires recently sent by the U.S. administration to UN organizations and non-governmental organizations contain dozens of questions on the influence of the activities of the relevant organizations on the security and economic fields of the U.S., their cooperative relations with organizations related to communism, socialism, totalitarian or anti-U.S. forces, and whether they have received funds from China, Russia, Cuba and Iran.

It is a product which can be cooked up only by the U.S., obsessed with the gangster-like hegemonic logic that all international relations should exist only for the interests of America, styling itself an ultra-privileged being reigning over the international community.

It is well known that the U.S. has earned an ill-fame as it has so far ignored international organizations including repeating its withdrawal from and entry into international organizations as if coming in and out of its own house and unhesitatingly wiretapping high-ranking officials of the UN.

However, the U.S. is trying to treat international organizations as an organ under the U.S. Department of State. This is far beyond arrogance and impertinence of the past, stunning the world people.

"Serious encroachment upon the internal activities of the UN bodies with independence" and "litmus paper examining the support for 'America first'" - these are the angry response of the international community to the U.S. questionnaires.

International organization, whose mission is to promote mutual exchange and cooperation among states and establish a fair international order, regards impartiality and objectivity as its fundamental principle for its specific feature and bans pressure and interference of a specific state.

If an international organization interferes in internal affairs of its member nation, raises unfair demand and gives pressure to it, following the demand of any individual country, it is already not an international body in a real meaning.

The questionnaires that can be called an "open threatening letter" prove that the U.S. is trying to subordinate the international organizations as the body executing "America first" policy which moves according to its baton and serves its interests.

The behavior of the present U.S. Administration which forces the international community to follow "America first" doctrine predicts the emergence of "McCarthyism" of the 21st century version.

Such behavior of inciting confrontation against the international trend aspiring after multiploidization deserves condemnation, and international community should remain vigilant so that the U.N. and other international organizations are not yielded to the unilateralism and arbitrary practices of the U.S.

Press Statement by Policy Section Chief of Institute for Japan Studies under DPRK Foreign Ministry

 

Pyongyang, March 20 (KCNA) -- The policy section chief of the Institute for Japan Studies under the DPRK Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued the following press statement titled "Japan's reckless possession of preemptive attack capability will only expose the archipelago as a common target of regional countries":

The geopolitical crises caused by the U.S. are increasing the danger of the outbreak of a new great war in different parts of the world. Against this backdrop, Japan, obsessed with the ambition for overseas expansion, has further accelerated its militarist moves, attracting the attention of the world public.

According to media, the Japanese government is mulling deploying home-produced long-range missiles for action in Kyushu area in the southwestern part of the archipelago in March 2026 in order to "secure the capability of attacking enemy bases".

Such missiles are modified version of type 12 surface-to-ship guided missiles possessed by the Japan Ground "Self-Defence Force", which are intended for attack even on the ground targets with about 1 000 km range, and the DPRK and the coastal areas of China are reportedly within their striking range.

Earlier, the Japan Ministry of Defence announced that it would deploy in 2026 high-speed gliding projectiles, a hypersonic weapon which proved successful in a test-fire. It also opened to public the research and manufacture of new-type ballistic missile with a range of 3 000 km.

Moreover, Japan secured the U.S approval for the sale of medium-range air-to-air missiles and long-range air-to-surface cruise missiles and is putting spurs on the building of long-range missile force while seeking to deploy the U.S.-made long-range cruise missiles Tomahawk.

This clearly shows that Japan's possession of preemptive attack capability, formulated through the revision of "national security strategy" at the end of 2022, is becoming a present perfect form and the descendants of the samurais, who had so far made a feint of being a "pacific nation" under the signboard of "exclusive defence" before the international community, have fully revealed their wild ambition of militarism.

Japan's possession of the capability for preemptive attack is an immediate product of the reinvasion policy to realize its ambition for the second "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", persistently pursued by Japan regarding it as a strategic goal while whetting a sword for revenge for 80 years since its defeat.

It is not a secret that the successive regimes of Japan have misled the public opinion with such absurd interpretation that the "possession of the capability of attacking enemy base" is within the limit of "self-defence", claiming that it is not the purport of the Constitution to sit and wait for self-destruction, and worked hard for its realization.

Not content with having staged joint military drills for aggression at all times by drawing unbidden guests from over continents and oceans into the Asia-Pacific region to constantly incite war fever, Japan is seeking to deploy even long-range strike means capable of rapidly attacking specific countries in the region any moment. This clearly shows that Japan's military expansion has been developed into an extremely grave stage.

Japan, a war criminal state which has much possibility to repeat its crime as it has totally denied and justified the past history of aggression, is going reckless to get the capability for preemptive attack on other country's territory beyond the borders of its archipelago in the near future. Such "bold action" is a dangerous provocation that will bring about constant escalation of tension by sowing the spark of new military conflict in Northeast Asia.

The rumor about "threat from its surroundings", so zealously clamored by Japan, is only for providing a pretext to cover up its reckless reinvasion war preparations going beyond its own defence demands, as illustrated by all-time high military spendings growing every year, frantic securement of preemptive attack means, constant strengthening of the Japan-U.S. military alliance and multilateral collusion and nexus with NATO forces.

Japan has worked hard to turn itself into a major military power, crying out for the "free and open Indo-Pacific", an expanded version of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". Such moves make one keenly realize that the "imperial army", which inflicted indelible wounds on the peoples in the Asia-Pacific region, is being reborn.

All the facts go to clearly prove once again that all military means and various forms of movement directly targeting the DPRK as well as the aggressive and challenging consciousness against it are an object to be wiped out and that the DPRK efforts for bolstering up the defence capabilities are an indispensable contribution to thoroughly containing the provocations of enemy countries and maintaining the strategic balance and stability in the region.

Japan's reckless possession of preemptive attack capability to put neighboring countries in the striking range while seeking a chance for reinvasion will, on the contrary, expose its archipelago to the attack by righteous regional countries as a common target. -0- www.kcna.kp (2025.03.20.)

 

Nigeria reopens embassy in North Korea after nearly four-year pandemic closure

 

Nigeria reopens embassy in North Korea after nearly four-year pandemic closure

Chairman Kim Jong Il remembered in different countries

 

Memorial events took place in different countries on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

They included memorial meetings, seminars, lectures, round-table talks, book and photo exhibitions and film show in Myanmar, Iran, Kuwait, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Tanzania from November 21 to December 8.

Present at the events were personages of political and social circles and other people in those countries.

Screened at the film shows were a film dealing with the immortal revolutionary career and exploits of Kim Jong Il and videos showing the proud reality of Juche Korea ushering in a new era of comprehensive national rejuvenation.

Speeches were made at the events.

Personages of political parties and organizations including the Czech and Moravian Communist Party, the Czechoslovak Communist Party, the Group for the Study and Materialization of the Juche Idea and the Paektusan Czech-Korean Friendship Association highly praised Kim Jong Il as the great son of the Korean people and a genuine patriot who had always found himself among the people and made a journey of love for and devotion to the people.

The secretary general of the Tanzanian National Coordinating Committee of the Juche Idea Study Groups said that Kim Jong Il, the greatest man, turned Juche Korea into an invincible socialist fortress unfazed by any trials and difficulties and made a great contribution to accomplishing the cause of global independence. His exploits are shining with the dynamic advance of the DPRK people toward a new victory in socialist construction under the leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, he stressed.

In Abuja, Nigeria, the event comes up Thursday 19^th December, 2024.

People's Ideal Street Symbolizing Comprehensive Development of Prosperous Powerful Nation Inauguration Ceremony of 10 000 Flats at Second Stage in Hwasong Area Takes Place with Splendor Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Cut Inauguration Tape and Blesses Owners of New House

 

Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Epoch-making changes have been made one after another in the promotion of the people's well-being under the wise leadership of the great Party Central Committee. The construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang is a project for building flourishing socialist living spaces in the capital of our dignified state every year. The whole country has greeted the birth of a new ideal street with joy with the completion of the task of the third year for the housing construction.

In accordance with the decisions of the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK, another monumental entity symbolizing the era of comprehensive national rejuvenation came into being. An inauguration ceremony of the 10 000 flats at the second stage in the Hwasong area was held with splendor on April 16.

The new large architectural group in the Hwasong area, which fully embodies the Party's idea on architectural aesthetics and successfully combines the Juche, national, modern and artistic characters, is a fruition of the noble loving care and a model edifice of socialist civilization, which has been created under the energetic guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who unfolded a plan to build a world-class ideal city full of people's happiness and leads it to be completed at the highest level. The architectural group is demonstrating the inexhaustible potentiality of the development of our state and its bright future.

The venue of the ceremony of a great auspicious event of the country, which will add joy to significant April, was filled with the boundless pride of the builders who are steadily realizing the long-cherished desire of the Party Central Committee for the people with their ardent loyalty and devoted patriotic struggle and with the great emotion of the blessed people including the owners of new wonderful dwelling houses.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended the ceremony.

When Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the ceremony amid the playing of welcome music, enthusiastic cheers broke out shaking heaven and earth.

All the participants paid the highest tribute to Kim Jong Un who is ushering in a comprehensive development of a prosperous socialist country where all the people's wishes are realized by ceaselessly creating great epochal changes and unprecedentedly great events with his rare wisdom and outstanding leadership.

Present at the ceremony were Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and premier of the Cabinet, secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK, officials of the Cabinet, armed forces organs, ministries and national agencies, builders and working people in Pyongyang.

The national anthem of the DPRK was #solemnly @played.

Ri Il Hwan, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, made an inaugural address.

Upon authorization of Kim Jong Un, he warmly congratulated the citizens of Pyongyang who are to enjoy a happy life in modern dwelling houses in Rimhung Street to be specially recorded in a page of the history of construction of the capital city, and extended heartfelt thanks and militant greetings in the name of the Party Central Committee to all the builders, officials and working people in the relevant fields who contributed to the completion of the new houses in significant April again, a "season of moving into new houses.".

He said that at the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee which clarified the orientation of the struggle for 2023, the General Secretary unfolded a grand construction operation to build the second-stage district of the Hwasong area into a peculiar street of modern beauty and, on the day of ground-breaking, he broke ground first. He visited the construction site again before the completion and meticulously led the builders to carry out the finishing process, to be impeccable even in the distant future, the speaker said.

Indeed, the newly-built Rimhung Street is a fruition of Kim Jong Un's ardent sincerity to make the whole process of creation and construction consistent with the absolute service for the people and provide the people with only the best things in the world, he said, adding that it is a monumental architecture to convey the world of the nobleness and warmth of the people-first idea to posterity.

The construction unit of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang has grown into a militant and elite force taking the lead in the era of a new construction revolution along with structures built in every new street, he said, adding that the blasting of ground-breaking signaled by the respected General Secretary was followed by fireworks of completion thanks to the brave builders of the capital city who waged a courageous onward and three-dimensional campaign, united with the intention of the Party Central Committee.

Stressing that all the builders in the Hwasong area should turn out in attaining the third- and fourth-stage goals set forth by the Party Central Committee, build excellent new streets and thus continue to lead the development of socialist civilization in the van, he ardently called upon them to more dynamically advance toward the bright future of the capital and state to be turned into the most beautiful socialist paradise under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un cut the inauguration tape.

A scene to be eternally recorded in the sacred journey of the WPK in its efforts for the promotion of the wellbeing of the beloved people was displayed at the venue of the ceremony. Stormy cheers of "Hurrah!" were raised, fireworks were set off and balloons rose up into the sky, beautifully decorating the Hwasong area.

An art performance was given to mark the inauguration of 10 000 flats at the second stage in the Hwasong area.

The area resounded with the songs sung by the people in praise of the great Workers' Party of Korea which is building a flower garden of all blessings on the basis of the idea of believing in the people as in Heaven while taking #good@care of them with the sacred red flag.

The participants were moved by the songs representing the era of change, the great era of Kim Jong Un, in which an ideal society of the people and thriving nation, where the most beautiful socialist civilization is in full bloom, are built.

The venue of the ceremony was filled with patriotic passion as the national anthem of a powerful Korea led by the great father, a grateful socialist country where every desire of the people is translated into a reality, was solemnly played.

A flying corps flew in the nocturnal sky over Rimhung Street, displaying fascinating fireworks, blessing the people who are enjoying happiness with nothing to envy under the care of the Party.

Fireworks were set off again decorating the nocturnal view of the new street amid the playing of the song "Don't Advance, Night of Pyongyang" in the beautiful night of the splendid street in the capital, full of noble emotion peculiar to our state and people.

When the performance was over, the venue of the ceremony turned into a sea of enthusiastic cheers again.

Kim Jong Un expressed great expectations and belief that the reliable builders of the capital who built more than 30 000 modern flats in a matter of three years would as ever successfully attain the next-stage goals of the five-year plan for the capital city construction advanced at the Eighth Party Congress with pure patriotism and loyalty and revolutionary mettle so as to turn the capital Pyongyang into a world-class civilized city fit for the might of a powerful Korea in name and reality.

He warmly wished happiness to all the families who received the new flats in Rimhung Street in auspicious April.

The owners of the new street and all other participants, who are deeply moved by the loving care of the motherly Party, extended deep gratitude to Kim Jong Un, who is working heart and soul day and night to provide the people with the highest civilization and the greatest wellbeing in the world.

Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledged the enthusiastic cheers for a long time.

The inauguration of 10 000 flats at the second stage in the Hwasong area served as a significant occasion in instilling full confidence in a bright future into the all-people general onward march for attaining the goals of struggle set forth by the Eighth Congress of the Party while fully demonstrating the strength of patriotism and unity under the leadership of the great Party Central Committee and in demonstrating once again the invincibility of the cause of building a socialist power of Juche to the whole world.

Report on Participation of 600 mm Super-large Multiple Rocket Sub-units in First Combined Tactical Drill Simulating Nuclear Counterattack Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Combined Tactical Drill Simulating Nuclear Counterattack

 

Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- There took place a drill on April 22 to operate super-large multiple rocket units that are to play an important role in substantially strengthening the prompt counterattack capacity of the state nuclear forces and raising a war deterrent under the state's nuclear weapon combined management system "Nuclear Trigger" for the first time.

The drill, whose main purpose was to demonstrate the reliability, superiority, might and diverse means of the DPRK's nuclear forces and to strengthen the nuclear forces both in quality and quantity would be a clear warning signal to the enemies as it was conducted at a time when the enemies' military confrontation racket against the DPRK is being committed with extremely provocative and aggressive nature.

The U.S. and the ROK puppet military warmongers have staged a "combined joint formation drill" with more than one hundred warplanes of various kinds in the Kunsan Air Base of the ROK from April 12. They have incited extreme war fever through one hundred sorties on a daily average, openly talking about an "advance" towards the DPRK after completely taking off their mask of "defense" and "deterrence" worn during their previous drills.

Not content with frequently introducing nuclear strategic assets into the surrounding area of the DPRK and staging war drills with its vassal forces, the U.S. is giving publicity that this drill is aimed right at the DPRK. Such military provocations of the U.S. are scheduled to last till April 26.

On April 18, the U.S. and the ROK special units staged a "joint airborne infiltration drill" for the purpose of rapidly infiltrating any region to "remove a target".

The security environment of the DPRK is seriously threatened by the hostile forces' ceaseless military provocations to stifle the DPRK by "force". This reality which cannot be overlooked urgently requires the DPRK to more overwhelmingly and more rapidly bolster up its strongest military muscle capable of actively controlling the situation to ensure the security of the country and the regional peace.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, guided a combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack involving super-large multiple rocket artillerymen.

He was accompanied by Kim Jong Sik, vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Jang Chang Ha, general director of the DPRK Missile Administration, commanded the drill.

The drill was conducted, divided into an actual drill for making units be versed in the procedure and process of switching over to a nuclear counterattack posture at a time when the "Volcano Alarm" system, the state's greatest nuclear crisis alarm, is issued and a drill for operating the nuclear counterattack commanding system. It was also conducted according to the order of making the sub-units assigned to the nuclear counterattack task be practiced in the process and order and of carrying out their tasks and firing shells of super-large multiple rocket launchers tipped with simulated nuclear warheads.

Through the drill, the reliability of the system of command, management, control and operation of the whole nuclear forces was reexamined in a many-sided way and the action order and combat methods for making the super-large multiple rocket units rapidly switch over to a nuclear counterattack were mastered.

A firepower assault company selected from a relevant combined unit participated in the drill and commanding officers and soldiers of relevant units and sub-units watched the drill conducted under the "Nuclear Trigger" system for the first time and the salvo drill.

The artillerymen of super-large multiple rocket launchers fired in salvo, with firm hostility toward the enemy and thoroughgoing viewpoint on the archenemy. The super-large multiple rocket launchers accurately hit the target islet within 352 km range, fully demonstrating their matchless might and perfect actual war posture.

Expressing great satisfaction over the result of the drill, the respected Comrade     Kim Jong Un appreciated the high and accurate hit of the super-large multiple rocket launchers, saying that it seems that he has seen the firing of a sniper's rifle and that the Korean-style tactical nuclear strike means boasting of the formidable might, the most powerful in the world, have strictly prepared themselves to be faithfully mobilized in carrying out their important strategic task in contingency in a rapid and consistent counterattack posture.

He appreciated with satisfaction that the combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack involving even artillerymen of super-large multiple rocket launchers was successfully conducted and, thereby, the plan of the Party Central Committee for building up the nuclear forces to expand the operational space of tactical nuclear attack and diversifying it has been translated into reality.

Stressing the need to continuously complete tactics and operation in the orientation of steadily enhancing a pivotal role of the nuclear forces in all strategic aspects of deterring and fighting a war and to perfect the regular combat readiness of the nuclear forces, he clarified the principled matters to be taken as a guideline in the struggle for strengthening the strategic nuclear forces of the country.

He said that through the combined tactical drill, the might and effect of our nuclear combat forces involving even super-large multiple rocket launchers have remarkably increased and all sub-units are full of great confidence and the drill served as an important occasion in thoroughly preparing our nuclear force to be able to rapidly and correctly carry out their important mission of deterring a war and taking the initiative in a war at any time and in any sudden situation.

The nuclear force of the DPRK will keep the war posture with their more developed capacity, thoroughly deter the moves and provocation of the enemies and carefully watch them and carry out their important mission without hesitation if the enemies attempt to have recourse to armed forces.