Press Statement on Third Strategic Dialogue between Foreign Ministers of DPRK and Russian Federation

Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- A press statement on the third strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation was issued on July 20.

The press statement is as follows:

The third strategic dialogue between Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister of the Russian Federation, was held in Moscow on July 20 at a time when the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries is vigorously developing thanks to the strategic guidance of the heads of state of the two countries.

The strategic dialogue between the two foreign ministers involved constructive and beneficial strategic communication, with the main emphasis on the implementation of the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, high-level visits, the plan for multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries and diplomatic coordination on major international issues of mutual concern, and reached a consensus on all the issues brought up for discussion.

Acknowledging that the comradely relations of friendship between the heads of state of the two countries serve as the most powerful driving force for guaranteeing the durable and future-oriented development of the DPRK-Russia relations, the two sides reaffirmed their steadfast political will to accelerate the long-term multi-faceted development of the bilateral relations, irrespective of the changing situation, under the strategic guidance at the highest level.

The side of the Russian Federation expressed full support for all efforts and measures of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to oppose all hostile acts posing a serious threat to its present position and the right to development and defend its national sovereign rights and security interests.

The DPRK side expressed invariable support for all the internal and external policies of the Russian Federation to eliminate the root cause of the Ukrainian dispute and defend its national sovereignty, territorial integrity and international justice from the imperialist moves for hegemony.

To cope with the development of the situation having negative influence on global peace and stability, the two sides agreed to defend the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and other international law with sovereignty equality and non-interference in internal affairs as the core, find solutions to effectively counter the regional and global security challenges and continue the exchange of views between the external policy organs of the two countries including the strategic dialogue at ministerial level.

The third strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of the DPRK and Russia serves as a significant occasion for further accelerating the comprehensive expansion and development of the bilateral relations and making positive contributions to ensuring regional and global peace and security in conformity with the spirit of the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership. -0-

US Weaponry Exhibited in Pyongyang

  

      

Report of The Livestream “ Confrontation Between the Rifle and the Atomic Bomb “ 18.07.2026

To mark the 73rd anniversary of the victory of the Korean people in the Fatherland Liberation War against the US imperialists , the Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK ) and the British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea held a livestream via Youtube under the title “Confrontation Between the Rifle and the Atomic Bomb “ on the 18th of July at 1530 hours BST . This attracted the participation of KFA UK and British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea members from London ,Scotland , the north west and the south of England as well as international guests from many countries including overseas Korean compatriots in the USA .

A message of congratulations from the DPRK Embassy in London was read out which stated that “July 27, 2026 marks the 73rd anniversary of victory of the Korean people achieved in the Fatherland Liberation War by repulsing the armed invasion by the US imperialists.

In that war, the then two year old DPRK defeated the US, which boasted of being the “strongest” in the world and its satellite forces. It was a miracle unprecedented in history.

The victory in the war was the fruition of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung’s Juche-oriented military ideas, brilliant strategies and tactics and outstanding leadership, as well as the will to defeat the enemy , unparalleled bravery and mass heroism displayed by the Korean, who were firmly rallied around him.”

A message from KFA Switzerland said “The Great Fatherland Liberation War is a model for all struggles of peoples against imperialism and for national liberation and for the defence of independence and sovereignty.

The Korean people encouraged other peoples in their just struggles.

The Korean people became the hero of progressive mankind!

The KPA commanded by the great Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG, the invincible Supreme Commander and strategist of Mt. Paektu, was the first army in history which won a military victory over the "super power" United States!”

Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman of KFA UK and Chairman of the British Group For the Study explained that in the West the Fatherland Liberation War , which is referred to as the Korean War , is often referred to as the “Unknown War “ or” Forgotten War “.

Dr Hudson  in his presentation said in part    “Respected comrade KIM JONG UN said that “a  confrontation between rifle and atomic bomb.". The Fatherland Liberation War which is referred to as the Korean War in the West even though it was not a war between Koreans but between a small country and an imperialist superpower the US, was truly a David and Goliath struggle of a small and young country against a big country which had been undefeated in many world wars.

July 27th 1953 was the day when the US imperialists finally admitted they could not militarily defeat the DPRK and signed the Korean Armistice Agreement which actually contained a clause stipulating the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the Korean peninsula but the US reneged on this later. Mark Clark the commander of US forces in the War wrote `` "In carrying out the instructions of my government, I gained the unenviable distinction of being the first United States commander in history to sign an armistice without victory.’  and US General Bradley admitted that it was ‘ The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy’. These were confessions of US commanders that they were defeated in the Fatherland Liberation War.”

Questions and discussion followed with questions about the defeat of internal counter-revolutionary traitors , the sinking of US warships and the role of the USSR in the war.

The picture exhibition “Leading the Fatherland Liberation War to Victory “ was shared with the participants . Also the video "Celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War “ was shown .

The event concluded at 1700 hours BST

Crime of Japan, Sworn Enemy of Korean Nation

Pyongyang, July 19 (KCNA) -- The Japanese imperialists, who illegally occupied Korea in last century, committed all sorts of vicious crimes to prevent the Korean people from building a new country before their defeat.

Among them is the crime of deliberately destroying the industrial establishments in Korea.

The Japanese imperialists completely destroyed tens of major equipment and converters, including more than ten compressors at the then Hungnam Fertilizer Factory.

They pulled down 19 hydroelectric power stations and exploded power and transformer facilities at various power stations.

They submerged or destroyed 164 coal mines including Kowon Coal Mine and 178 mines including Unryul Mine. They also mercilessly destroyed railway factories, tunnels, railways, locomotives and wagons.

A typical example is that they drove a train carrying blasting powder into a tunnel of Saenggi Hill in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province and exploded it and throw into the sea all the machinery and equipment of the then Rajin Railway Factory.

They took away all the available vehicles when they run away.

Soon after the liberation of the country on August 15, 1945, there was no vehicle and facilities in the railway sector, and the railway operation came to standstill.

Such situation of railway transport, which accounted for over 90 per cent of the total passenger and freight transport, seriously hindered our people’s struggle for building a new society and the overall development of the national economy.

The Korean people can not rehabilitate the destroyed factories and enterprises because of the shortage of transport and operate the factories owing to the failure of the transport of raw and other fuel and other materials to the production places in time.

The Japanese imperialists thoroughly destroyed water transport facilities.

At the time of their defeat, they buried 70 machine ships amounting to 99 000 tons at sea in various ports and destroyed facilities including Chongjin and Rajin ports and small ferry facilities used in river transport.

The destruction of the industrial establishments in Korea is a hideous criminal act to prevent the Korean people from using them as an economic basis for political independence and as material means for creating a new life and improving their well-being after the liberation of the country. -0-

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 73rd anniversary of victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War against the US imperialists

   

BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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               20th July 2026
The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI)and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK( KFA UK )  ,) issued a joint statement on the occasion of  the 73rd anniversary of the victory of the Korean people, led by great Generalissimo Kim Il Sung, in the great Fatherland Liberation War against the US imperialists;

The Korean people led by great Generalissimo Kim Il Sung defeated US imperialism on the battlefield some 72 years ago. July 27th  is celebrated by the Korean people as their second liberation day. It is an inspiration not only for the Korean people but for Juche idea followers, Songun idea followers and anti-imperialist fighters the world over so July 27th is celebrated across the globe from Bogotá to Belfast! 

Dear respected Chairman Kim Jong Un said "Our July 27 is the second Day of Liberation when our people defended with honour their country's dignity and sovereignty from the brigandish aggression by the U.S. imperialists, and also the day of proud victors that put the U.S. imperialists, who were recklessly attempting to gain hegemony in the world and enslave it, on a downhill march towards ruin."
                                     
                               

                          

  The heroic and glorious KPA commanded by the great leader Marshal Kim Il Sung tore the guts out of US imperialism. The US imperialists lost over 1,567,128 men including 405,498 US soldiers, 1,130,965 south Korean puppet troops, and 30,665 soldiers of their satellite states were killed, wounded or captured; 12,224 aeroplanes including "air fortress B-29" were downed, damaged or captured, 7,695 guns, 3,255 233 tanks and armoured cars were lost; and 564 warships and vessels including the heavy cruiser Baltimore and the flagship of Seventh Fleet Missouri were sunk or damaged. The loss suffered by the US imperialists was nearly 2.3 times greater than what they had suffered in the four years of the Pacific War during World War II. Even official US statistics showed during each of the three years of the Korean war they lost double the troops for each year of the Vietnam War.
    US General Mark Clark lamented mournfully that he was the first US commander to conclude an armistice without a victory.
   The Fatherland Liberation War of the Korean people was an unequal battle as the US imperialists threw in huge armed forces plus the troops of 15 of their satellite countries as well the Japanese militarists not to mention the south Korean puppets. The US imperialists used barbaric methods of warfare exceeding those of the Hitlerlite Nazis. They used germ and chemical warfare and carried out horrendous massacres. All these failed to subdue the Korean people who under the wise leadership of the great revolutionary leader Marshal Kim Il Sung achieved a great victory. The forces of the heroic KPA defeated the so-called "Invincible US 24th Division", taking its commander General Dean prisoner. Dean was the first US general to be captured by an opposing side. The KPA turned Height 1211 into a hill of heartbreak for the US imperialist aggressors.
                                   
                                             

   The KPA and Korean people fought in the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance based on the Juche Idea. The great revolutionary leader Marshal Kim Il Sung stated that “We must solve our problems no matter who is helping us and what help we get......Victory must be won by our strength” " It was their efforts that were primary in defeating the US imperialist aggressors"
   In the Fatherland Liberation War commanded by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung, the reactionary bourgeois military theory was smashed by the Juche- orientated revolutionary military strategy and theory. Generalissimo Kim Il Sung continually stressed that the outcome of war is not determined by weapons or technology but by those who wield the weapons. . The victory of the Korean people led by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung shattered  revisionist and pacifist theories about peaceful co-existence and 'non-violence'
 The Korean People's Army commanded by the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung was a true people's army, an army of justice and liberation. It assisted the people. A strong spirit of Army-People unity prevailed throughout society. Summing up the significance of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. The great revolutionary leader Marshal  Kim Il Sung said
"In this great struggle our people fought determinedly as one in mind under the correct leadership of the party and government and thereby withstood the harsh trials of war honourably and won a historic victory inflicting an ignominious defeat on US imperialism and its running dogs"

                                                           

                                                                      
The great leader comrade Kim Jong Il said
 "It was a great revolutionary war of worldwide significance, a war in which our people defended their motherland and inflicted the first-ever defeat on US imperialism, the ringleader of world imperialism, by waging a national, heroic struggle."
 Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un said that the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War " was a military miracle unprecedented in the war history of mankind and a great feat of historical significance never seen before in the nation's history spanning 5 000 years."
     The Fatherland Liberation War ended in victory due to the Juche-orientated military tactics, Juche-orientated military thought and brilliant commanding art of the great leader supreme commander Generalissimo Kim Il Sung and the sublime heroism of the KPA. The myth of US invincibility was smashed to smithereens in the Fatherland Liberation War.  The victory in the Fatherland Liberation War inspired national liberation and revolutionary movements all over the world to struggle against the colonial system of the US-led imperialists bringing about an era of decline for  US imperialism an era of anti-imperialism. US imperialism's defeat in Korea preceded its defeat in Vietnam and elsewhere. The Korean people's victory in the Fatherland liberation war was a great contribution to the world revolutionary movement as it showed that US imperialism could be stopped in its tracks and beaten.               
   July 27th, the Day of Victory will shine eternally not only in the hearts and minds of the Korean people but the world progressives! The spirit of July 27th will inspire the Korean people to march onward and smash the sanctions of the hostile forces .
 US OUT OF KOREA!

BGSJI
KFA UK 

BGSJI and KFA UK support statement of DPRK Ministry of National Defence

   BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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                         London 19th of July 2026

The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and Korean Friendship Association UK issued the following joint statement  in support of the Press Statement of Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence which was issued on the 18th of July;

The press statement of the DPRK Ministry of National Defence of the 18t of July highlighted the fact that the US , Republic of Korea (ROK ) and Japan on the 15th of July agreed to further strengthen military co-operation against the DPRK . This three reactionary states ganging up on the DPRK to threaten and browbeat it . The US , ROK and Japan plan to hold the Freedom Edge war exercises against the DPRK .

The DPRK Ministry of National Defence  duly " cautions about the danger of the provocative trilateral military cooperation that creates a possibility for worrisome military confrontation and conflict in the Korean peninsula and gives a stern warning about its negative consequences for the regional security environment."

The US along with 30 other countries is currently staging the RIMPAC exercises which are slated to end on the 31st of July . On the 13th of July the US and ROK  staged the "Buddy Squadron " exercise with 4,400 . The US has also stationed a nuclear submarine in Guam .

The DPRK Ministry of National Defence is absolutely right to draw attention to these dangerous developments which threaten peace on the Korean peninsula and Asia-Pacific region. Moreover the DPRK is correct to take relevant measures to deter aggression and threats by the US , ROK and Japan .

BGSJI
KFA UK

Leading the Fatherland Liberation War to Victory

  

                                                       

                              

                                  

                              

                               

                                 

                               

                              

                             

                             

                              

                              

                                         

                             

             

                                          

                                                

On the 73rd anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War July 27, 2026 marks the 73rd anniversary of victory the Korean people achieved in the Fatherland Liberation War (June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953) by repulsing the armed invasion by the imperialist allied forces headed by the United States. 

 The then two-year-old Democratic People’s Republic of Korea defeated the United States, which had been boasting of being the “strongest” in the world, and its satellite forces, in the three-year war. It was a miracle unprecedented in history. 

 The victory in the war was the fruition of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung’s Juche-oriented military ideas, brilliant strategies and tactics and unexcelled leadership, as well as the will to defeat the enemy, unparalleled bravery and mass heroism displayed by the Korean people, who were firmly rallied around him. 

 Regarding the great spiritual strength of the masses as a decisive factor in achieving victory in the war, Supreme Commander Kim Il Sung put forward the slogan Everything for Victory in the War! and aroused all the people and soldiers for the sacred struggle for defending their motherland. 

 He created unique strategies, tactics and art of war, including immediate and decisive counterattack against the enemy’s surprise armed invasion, formation of the second front by regular army units, powerful general counteroffensive, positive positional defence, night action, tunnel warfare, aircraft- and tank-hunting team movements and snipers’ team activity, paralyzing the enemy’s numerical and technical superiority. 

 He also met the soldiers of the Korean People’s Army and other people, instilling confidence, courage and wisdom in them. His affection and trust served as a source of strength for them in performing heroic feats and achieving victory in the war. 

 Thus he not only defended the prestige, honour and sovereignty of his country and its independent development environment but also firmly safeguarded the peace of humankind by checking and crushing the US strategy for world domination and preventing another world war. His exploits will shine generation after generation.