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

Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on Sept. 17:

Violation of UNSC resolutions, threat to international peace and security, complete and irreversible denuclearization, honouring of international obligation…

As expected, such a string of nonsense we have so much heard was let out at the 70th Session of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) General Conference again.

They are all noises, not surprising and not new, as we can always hear them at this time every year, like the sounds from the automated teller machine.

Those who gathered to shout for changing the present position of our state should clearly understand what a foolish dream they have dreamed of and what a useless thing they are doing.

If they believe that it is really possible, they will be termed idiots knowing nothing of the world.

In fact, if there were no rogues behaving badly toward the DPRK, many countries would probably not need to waste time with empty talk but live in a safer and peaceful world.

No matter how loudly the IAEA and the West may cry out for denuclearization according to a ready-made script at their periodic meetings, they can have no impact on the determination and practical ability of the DPRK to take all necessary measures to defend the supreme interests of the state.

The DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state is something immutable, never to be reversed with anything, and its powerful existence makes a significant contribution to deterring the outrageous acts of international rogues and ensuring peace and security.

No matter the rhetorical denial by the hostile forces, the reality, in which the nuclear-armed position of the DPRK has been permanently fixed physically and legally, can never change.

Nobody and nothing can ever reverse the crucial change in the strength and position of the DPRK and deter it in the future, too. -0-

Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence Clarifies Stand

Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK clarified the following stand through KCNA on Wednesday as regards the fact that the U.S. military and the ROK puppet army have more openly revealed their scheme for military confrontation with the DPRK recently, talking about response to someone's "WMD threat":

The U.S. forces and the warmongers of the ROK puppet army on Sept. 10 held a meeting of the WMD response committee, at which they agreed to set up an information-sharing system to cope with "potential WMD attack" by the DPRK, enhance the joint counteraction capability and intensify joint counteraction training.

What should not be overlooked is that the U.S. and the ROK called for strengthened joint defense posture, the keynote of which is to use military muscle against the DPRK, hyping someone's "WMD threat".

This is an open declaration of confrontation to make the use of nuclear and biochemical weapons against the DPRK in case of contingency on the Korean peninsula a fait accompli and accelerate the war preparations for its execution. It is also a grave move of aggravating the situation to push the danger of the use of WMDs to extremes.

The U.S. and the ROK got familiar with the procedures of "WMD response" during the recent large-scale joint military exercises Freedom Shield. This time they agreed to intensify the training involving nuclear and biochemical weapons again. This fact goes to prove that the enemy's plan to use WMDs has entered an extremely reckless phase.

The U.S. stated in its past "strategy for coping with WMDs" that it would establish a joint force capable of fighting in a nuclear and biochemical warfare environment and increase its investment in the research and development of WMDs under the pretext of "threat" from the DPRK and other sovereign states. This provides full explanation for the confrontational design and ultimate goal pursued by them.

In recent years, the U.S. has set up a network of 30 biological weapons research institutes in the territory of Ukraine and established biological laboratories in its military bases in the ROK. Furthermore, it has been intensifying military biological activities and biochemical weapons development in over 200 different parts of the world. It has also specified in the bill on national defence right for fiscal 2026 that it would spend hundreds of millions of dollars for the development, test, maintenance and operation of biochemical weapons.

Such situation goes to prove that the rumor about someone's "WMD threat" spread by the U.S. is nothing but an ill-intended pretext to cover up its development and proliferation of WMDs.

Such a threat of WMD attack and use by the enemy against the DPRK may be considered a crucial security challenge that requires the latter to invoke the relevant provision of the law on the state nuclear force policy.

I recommend that the U.S. correctly interprets the meaning of the invoking of the relevant provision and accepts it as a grave warning.

The armed forces of the DPRK will always keep track of the new military attempts of the U.S. and its allied forces, regularly assessing their threat to its national security. -0-

BGSJ and KFA UK on the 77th anniversary of the passing away of Madame KIM JONG SUK

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16th of September 2026

 The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and  the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK  KFA  UK )  , issued a joint statement on the 77th anniversary of the passing away of the immortal anti-Japanese heroine and Mother of Korea Madame Kim Jong Suk

On the 22nd of September  1949 , some 77 years ago , Madame Kim Jong Suk the heroine of the anti-Japanese war passed away at the early age of 32 years after a life of arduous revolutionary struggle for the emancipation of women and the independence of the Korean people. We recall her great exploits .

                                                         

                                 

 Madame Kim Jong Suk was born into a humble working family in Hoeryong but took the road of revolution at the early age joining the struggle for the  independence of Korea from Japanese imperialism. Madame Kim Jong Suk became an ardent communist revolutionary and anti- imperialist fighter  in her youth. She joined the Anti-Japanese People's Guerrilla Army, commanded by the great leader generalissimo Kim Il Sung throwing herself into the sacred struggle for the liberation of Korea from the iron heel of Japanese imperialism.

  During the anti-Japanese armed struggle Madame Kim Jong Suk distinguished herself as a great partisan and crack-shot . She was also the bodyguard of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung. She was a paragon, a role model of loyalty .

    Madam Kim Jong Suk  was the pioneer of the communist revolutionary women's movement. Her teachings  offer profound inspiration and guidance  for the progressive and revolutionary women of the world.  Kim Jong Suk was a shining example of communist womanhood. After liberation Madame Kim Jong Suk built up the Democratic Women's Union of Korea, struggling against opportunism and factionalism. She led the work of freeing women from the shackles of feudalism.

Madame Kim Jong Suk made a profound contribution to the building of a new democratic Korea after liberation in 1945 . She worked hard to build a new Korea of Juche, without rest or let-up. She took part in the building of the people's armed forces of People's Korea , thus enriching the Songun revolutionary cause. Her life was most exemplary.

  Madame Kim Jong Suk gave a revolutionary upbringing to the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il  so that he would become a future great leader and great commander of Songun.

   The life of Madame Kim Jong Suk is an example to revolutionary and progressive women of the world . She was a role model for true proletarian feminism and Juche-orientated women's liberation.

   Despite the passing of time , the memory of Madame Kim Jong Suk , the mother of Korea, burns brightly in the hearts of Juche Idea and Songun Idea followers  and true friends of People's Korea.

BGSJI

KFA UK 

Int'l Security Affairs Analyst on Washington's Moves to Expand Nuclear Submarine Alliance

Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- Choe Ju Hyon, an international security affairs analyst of the DPRK, released the following article "Washington's moves to expand nuclear submarine alliance - an absolute factor of disturbing global nuclear security":

Washington is getting more pronounced in the nuclear proliferation moves with the approach of the fifth anniversary of the AUKUS, the U.S.-led exclusive nuclear security technology alliance that threatens the foundation of the international nuclear non-proliferation system.

Recently, the U.S. naval chief executive made remarks intended to instigate Japan and the ROK to possess nuclear submarines, saying that Japan with atomic power plants has been already possessed of technology, the basis of nuclear submarines, and that the ROK needs to set the purpose of possession of nuclear submarine with its characteristics of distant navigation as a premise and so it is wrong to purchase it symbolically.

This is another telling evidence showing eloquently who is the major chieftain of the worldwide nuclear proliferation.

The U.S. has already put the AUKUS, the nuclear submarine proliferation matrix, to the fore, increasing the danger level of nuclear proliferation by geometrical progression, to ensure the practical application of the "America first" that resorts to all sorts of means and methods in disallowing "dominance" and "seizure" of other countries over strategically important regions.

The U.S. made the confrontational address of AUKUS clear through the sale of nuclear submarines and transfer of nuclear technology to Australia, joint development of deep-sea unmanned submarine, and regularization of various kinds of joint military exercises among member states. And it is trying to generalize the experience to the ROK, Japan and other allies. Such dangerous behavior is raising serious concern from the international community

Seoul suggested to Washington the issues of securing enriched uranium for nuclear fuel and revising the "U.S.-ROK Nuclear Agreement" for the acquisition of the right to enrichment intended to carry on its nuclear submarine building plan. And the rulers of Tokyo have unreservedly advocated the theory of possession of nuclear submarines. The reality goes to prove that Washington's plan for "AUKUS 2.0", which allows the transfer of nuclear technology for munitions to non-nuclear allies, has entered the phase of full-scale expansion.

The reckless acts of the ROK and Japan seeking access to nuclear submarines show what dangerous extent the U.S. military adventurism to contain its rival states in the Asia-Pacific region by setting up its allies as shock brigades has reached.

The U.S. outwardly calls for defence of the nuclear non-proliferation system, but inwardly seeks to unhesitatingly offer nuclear attack means to its junior allies for handsome profit. Such hypocritical behavior of the U.S. is nothing but a cheap trick to cover up its criminal trace of nuclear proliferation.

The NATO-style nuclear sharing model and its variant U.S.-ROK "Nuclear Consultative Group" and the U.S.-Japan "extended deterrence dialogue" are in normal operation. This reality clearly shows the harmful aftereffect of the U.S. dangerous nuclear proliferation on the global security environment.

The U.S. continued irresponsible and malicious practice in the nuclear field is the top risk factor accelerating the erosion of the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and this more strongly highlights the need for our state to bolster up its nuclear war deterrent means both in quality and quantity without the slightest stagnation and stalemate.

The international community should make a fair and uncompromising assessment of the U.S. scheme to bring about a catastrophic nuclear domino happening while getting keen on the nuclear proliferation in different parts of the world, and make concerted and responsible efforts against it. -0-

Joint Firepower Attack Drill of Long-range Artillery and Missile Units of Combined Units at All Levels of KPA Hel

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Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- A joint firepower attack drill of long-range artillery and missile units of the combined units at all levels of the Korean People's Army took place on Sept. 12.

KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Major General Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff of the KPA, guided the joint firepower attack drill.

Subunits selected from the five artillery and missile joint units participated in the drill. The drill involved new combat systems such as attack drones of various kinds, tactical cruise missile, large-caliber thermal-pressure multiple rocket launcher and tactical ballistic missile.

Marshal Pak Jong Chon said that the drill is aimed at making the army do what it should do.

Director of the Artillery Bureau Yu Chang Son said that it is one of the training tasks prioritized by the army to get familiar with the procedure for the operation of the integrated firepower control system, the systematic component of the strategic weapons combined management system, improve the specialty of the integrated automatic firepower control of various combat systems and increase the efficiency of destroying the targets with concentrated fire.

He also stressed that such drills are very helpful to qualitatively enhancing the strategic counteraction posture of striking units at all levels and acquiring the rapid reaction capabilities of sub-units at all levels in case of emergency.

He said that the joint concentrated fire drill of the major missile subunits and the long-range artillery subunits would boost the militant morale of the soldiers and improve the level of specialization to bring down the enemy's armed forces organizationally and structurally once an order is issued. We will, in the future, too, steadily master the procedures for counterattack posture on the enemy through practical drills, he added.

All strike weapon systems demonstrated the huge destructive power of concentration fire by hitting the targets with 100 percent hit accuracy at a stroke, ensuring the unity and simultaneity of firepower attack. -0-

Powerful Independent Country

2026.9.9.
http://www.mfa.gov.kp/view/article/24958
Today our country and people are significantly celebrating the founding anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The seventy-eight years of the DPRK is a history of revolution and struggle associated with the life-long devotion of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, who founded and developed our Republic in an independent way.

On September 9, 1948 after the liberation, President Kim Il Sung founded the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by reflecting the will, aspirations and consensus of all the people and developed it into a socialist powerful country independent in politics, self-sufficient in economy and self-reliant in defense in a short period of history.

The idea and exploits of independence of President Kim Il Sung were firmly maintained and glorified by Chairman Kim Jong Il. During the grim period characterized by the extremes of tyrannical military threats and economic blockade of the imperialist allied forces, Chairman Kim Jong Il honorably safeguarded the national sovereignty and dignity under the banner of socialism.

Indeed, President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il are founders and patriots of our Republic who devoted their whole life to carve out and develop the destiny of the motherland and people independently.

Today the state-building ideas and exploits of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, who built on this land an independent, self-reliant and self-defensive socialist state, shine for all ages thanks to the outstanding ideas and leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un. Thus, our country and people continue to demonstrate their pride and glory of a great state and great people.

Under the leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, the DPRK will as ever demonstrate to the world the dignity and prestige of an independent power and vigorously advance towards the overall development of socialism.

Speech of Dr Dermot Hudson to the Online meeting for the 78th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK

 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea -DPRK will celebrate the 78th anniversary of its foundation tomorrow September 9th . The fact that the DPRK is 78 years old is itself a great achievement because the USSR which was regarded by some as the best model of socialism only lasted 69 years and the socialist states of Eastern Europe managed only 40 years of existence .

The DPRK was founded by President KIM IL SUNG and was the creation of the Korean people fully representing their interests and aspirations of the Korean people.

The 78 years of the DPRK’s existence have been 78 years of independence , sovereignty and self-reliance based on the Juche idea.

The very name Democratic People’s Republic of Korea reflects the independent and popular nature of the DPRK and show that the DPRK was not a copy of another country . It was President KIM IL SUNG who insisted on the name Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . Some factionalists tried to say that the name of the country should be “democratic republic “ or “people’s republic “ but not include the words “democratic “ and “peoples’ in the tile but President KIM IL SUNG opposed this .He had first put forward the name Democratic People’s Republic in his famous work “On building the party, state, and armed forces in the liberated homeland“ published on the 20th of August 1945.

After Korea’s liberation from Japanese imperialist rule in August 1945 various forces came forward each advocating a different road for Korea to follow but their theories and ideas did not represent the interests of the people or accord with the realities of the country . Some even called for the restoration of the feudal monarchy . Rightist capitulationists thought a bourgeois republic should be set up but this would exclude the workers and peasants the vast majority of the population and mean continuing with exploitation and oppression . Left opportunists called for immediate socialism and an instant dictatorship of the proletariat , basically the road of the Soviets, but this ignored the fact that Korea was a much smaller country than Russia and at different level of development than Russia in 1917.

Basing himself on the realities of Korea and the interests of the popular masses President KIM IL SUNG put forward the line of the anti-imperialist ,anti-feudal democratic revolution which aimed at eradicating the aftermath of decades of Japanese imperialist colonial rule as well as feudalism and landlordism . Advanced reforms such as the Agrarian reform which smashed feudal landlordism within the space of 20 days were carried out  . Moreover , women became equal with men according to the law on sexual equality , workers gained previously unheard rights with the passing of the Labour law and 90 per cent of industry was nationalised wiping out foreign and comprador capitalist ownership of the means of production .

Thus  the need arose to set up a new people’s democratic  state to consolidate and protect the gains of the revolution. In 1948 elections for the new Supreme People’s Assembly were held in August . On the 9th of September the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was founded according to the decision of the Supreme People’s Assembly and comrade KIM IL SUNG was elected as Premier of the DPRK .

At long last the Korean people had their own state and held state power in their hands.The foundation of the DPRK was a powerful inspiration to the oppressed peoples  of the world ,groaning under imperialist oppression, in their struggle for independence and national liberation. It was also a great inspiration to the international proletariat advancing towards socialism .

  The DPRK was founded one year before the People’s Republic of China was founded . In 1948 in Asia some countries had not gained independence , for example Malaysia , Laos and Cambodia . Others such as the Philippines were ruled by reactionary puppet regimes . India had on paper gained independence but in reality still had a lot of British influence and had reactionary social structures . This puts into context the massive achievement that founding the DPRK represented .

The DPRK is the most independent country in the world , a true state of Juche . As Chairman KIM JONG IL wrote "Our Republic is an independent socialist State that absolutely maintains its Juche character and thoroughly preserves its national identity in its development and activities.

  The Juche character and national identity are the independence and lifeline of a country, a nation and the masses of the people. The struggle of the masses for independence is waged with the country and nation as a unit, so the party, the government and the masses of each country should conduct the revolution and construction independently and creatively as masters."

The achievements of the DPRK have been truly massive . During the 1950s despite being bombed to the point where there was almost nothing left to bomb (this was said by a US air force commander) the DPRK was able to recover from the destruction using basically its own resources (although there was some aid from the socialist countries ) and then industrialise at an amazing rate with industrial output value increasing at 36 per cent per year and a flat was built in 14 minutes in Pyongyang . Between 1957 and 1970 industrial output value increased at 19.1 per cent per year.

The DPRK is the only country in the world to provide free housing. No one should be against this ! The DPRK enforces many other popular people-orientated policies such as free education and free medical care.

Now even the Wall Street Journal , the vile mouthpiece of US monopoly capitalism and high finance was grudging forced to concede the DPRK is now growing rapidly saying that the DPRK is “ World’s Most Surprising Economic Success Story “ and that the  DPRK “built 10,000 new homes in Pyongyang — more than either Los Angeles or Chicago.” Of course 62 years earlier the famous Cambridge economist Professor Joan V Robinson said that the DPRK was the “Korean economic miracle . 

Lastly I was privileged to be in the DPRK for its 64th anniversary in 2012, the 68th anniversary in 2016 and the 70th anniversary in 2018 . I would like to share briefly some recollections .  During my September 2016 visit the DPRK conducted its 5th nuclear test on September 9th . I was attending a concert at the Pyonghwa Art Theatre  . As we climbed the stairs to the theatre my guide Mr Han said quietly but with steely resolution in his voice “Our country has just conducted a successful nuclear warhead test “ ! .

In September 2018 I was able to participate in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK  . I recall the military parade held on the 9th of September . Leading the parade were troops dressed in the uniform of the anti-Japanese guerrilla's followed by

columns dressed in the uniform  of KPA soldiers of the Fatherland Liberation War .After that paraders from military academies marched past then . Gradually all branches of the Korean People's Army  marched past followed by tanks , artillery and missiles . Planes fly across the square and with fireworks made the number "70 " , this was extremely creative . Then  fighter bomber aircraft of the KPA roared across the sky trailing beautiful plumes of red , white and blue smoke , the colours of the national flag of the DPRK.

                 

The military parade was closely followed by a massive civilian demonstration . This of course symbolises the unity of the army and people which are unique to Juche Korea. It was a  veritable sea of colour as the marchers went past cheering enthusiastically and waving flowers .We could see watching the parade of the civilians that the people in the DPRK all support respected Marshal

KIM JONG UN and the great Workers' Party of Korea. It was like a great carnival of revolutionary ardour and militancy .There were beautifully designed floats , a real treat to look at. We saw slogans such as "Forward along the road of socialism ", "Lets us live our own way " and " Long live the revolutionary spirit of Mt Paektu ".

  When the parade finished, respected  Marshal KIM JONG UN came to the balcony and waved to the crowd . Everyone cheered , jumped up and down and waved.Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN looked happy and confident.

  The military parade symbolised the strength and durability of the DPRK.

So we congratulate the DPRK on its 78th anniversary and look forward to the 80th anniversary of the DPRK in 2028 !

Glory to the 78th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK !
Long Live People’s Korea.