Leading The People to Victory on the Two Fronts !-special article for the 14th anniversary of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN's supreme leadership

It is now 14 years since respected comrade KIM JONG UN assumed the mantle of supreme leadership in People’s Korea when he was elected on the 11th of April as the First Secretary of the Workers party of Korea and on the 13th of April as the First Chairman of the then National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK ) . Later  respected comrade KIM JONG UN was elected as Chairman of the Workers Party of Korea in 2016 and then as General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea in 2021 as well being elected as Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK in 2016 ,later becoming President of the State Affairs of the DPRK.

The 14 years of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN ‘s supreme leadership have been characterised by amazing growth and development . It is no exaggeration to saw that the face of Pyongyang has changed several times and that parts of Pyongyang are unrecognisable , in fact did not exist before. I have seen this with my own eyes when visiting the DPRK in 2024 and 2025 

Under the leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the DPRK has developed very rapidly on the two fronts of the economy and national defence . Of course it is not easy to simultaneously develop both the economy and national defence at the same time . Many people argue that if you develop national defence that the economy suffers or that to develop the economy rapidly then defence expenditure must be radically reduced . It said that the former USSR collapsed due to the burden of defence expenditure which damaged the economy and people’s living standards.

Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN put forward the line of building the economy and nuclear force in parallel, which is sometimes referred to as Pyongjin, at the historic March 2013 plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea . It is a unique revolutionary line based on the Juche idea idea.Only People’s Korea had the line of building the economy and nuclear force in parallel.

This proved to be very successful indeed . The DPRK crossed the nuclear finishing line becoming both a H-bomb power and an ICBM power . As respected Marshal KIM JONG UN said at the 9th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea “ I am sure to say: Ours is no longer a country that is susceptible to threats from others, and it has the power to threaten them, if necessary”.

Recent events such as the aggression against Venezuela , the US and Israeli attack on Iran and the threats against Cuba all prove the correctness of the DPRK’s line on developing the nuclear force along with the economy .

Thanks to Marshal KIM JONG UN’s line of developing the nuclear force and economy in parallel created   a stable and peaceful environment for economic construction and the raising of people’s living standards which otherwise would not exist .

Under the leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN a truly massive programme of construction has been carried out in the DPRK .Street after street has been built in Pyongyang such as Mirae Scientists Street , Ryomyong Street , Songwha Street, Hwasong Street and Jongwi street, to name just a few . All these new homes have been given to people free of charge , something that is unthinkable in the West. 

The target of 50,000 new homes in Pyongyang has been overfulfilled . At the same time new homes have been built in the countryside and an ambitious programme of development , the 20 x 10 regional development policy has been launched .

There have also been big developments in the socialist public health service under Marshal KIM JONG UN’s leadership . New hospitals such as the Ryugyong Dental Hospital ,the Okryu Children's Hospital , the Taesongsan General Hospital and the new Breast Tumour Institute of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital were built and last year the state of the art Pyongyang General Hospital was completed .

Thus the 14 years of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN’ supreme leadership have seen achievements that many thought were not possible . 

Glory to the supreme leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN !

Dr Dermot Hudson

Chairman Korean Friendship Association of UK

Chairman British Group For The Study of the Juche Idea

Hon General Secretary Global Farmy Study for KIM JONG UN’s People First Policies

Glory to the 14th Anniversary of the supreme leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN

 

Today is the 14th anniversary of the supreme leadership of  respected Marshal KIM JONG UN.

 14 years have passed since respected Marshal  KIM JONG UN was elected to the positions of First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on the 11th of April 2012 and First Chairman of the former National Defence Commission of the DPRK (now the State Affairs Commission ) on the 13th of April 2012.  These momentous decisions placed dear respected comrade KIM JONG UN  at the head of the state ,party and army and at the helm of the Korean revolution, basically the supreme leader of the DPRK.

The past 14 years have been years of victory and glory for the DPRK

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Chinese FM

Pyongyang, April 11 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade 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 Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and foreign minister of the People's Republic of China, on a visit to the DPRK, on April 10.

Present there was Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the WPK Central Committee and director of its International Department.

Also present were Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and Hua Chunying, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC.

Comrade Kim Jong Un gladly received Wang Yi and exchanged warm greetings and had a talk with him in a comradely atmosphere.

At the talk, Wang Yi courteously conveyed the warm greetings from Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and president of the PRC, to Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks for it and asked the Chinese foreign minister to convey his greetings to Comrade Xi Jinping.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that it is important for the DPRK and China to further intensify the visits and contacts at different levels and boost mutual support and cooperation for the protection of the common interests and the multi-faceted and sustained development of the bilateral relations, in view of the present international geopolitical situation and the long-term strategic interests of the two countries. And he expressed the stand of the WPK and the DPRK government on the issues of regional and international situation of mutual concern.

Wang Yi expressed the steadfast stand of the Chinese party and government to successfully develop the China-DPRK friendly relations, which have greeted a new phase of development in accordance with the important common understanding reached at the summit meeting and talks between the top leaders of the two countries held in Beijing last September, in keeping with the desire and interests of the peoples of the two countries, and the view on the regional and international issues.

Affirming that it is the steadfast stand of the WPK and the DPRK government to place the greatest value on, give top priority to and further develop the DPRK-China friendly relations with socialism as their core, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the WPK and the DPRK government would fully support all the internal and external policies of the Chinese party and government for realizing the territorial integrity of the country on the basis of the "one-China" principle and building a fair and just multi-polar world.

Comrade Kim Jong Un exchanged warm farewells with Wang Yi, wishing the Chinese party, government and people greater success in the course of accomplishing the cause of socialist modernization and national prosperity under the outstanding leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.04.11.)

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BGSJI , KFA UK and the UK Preparatory Committee for the Day of the Sun on the 114th anniversary of the birth of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG

   BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA  

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9th of April 2026
 The  British Group for the Study of the  Juche Idea(BGSJI), the Korean Friendship Association of the UK( KFA UK) )and the UK Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the Day of the Sun today issued a statement on the 113th  anniversary of the birth of the great leader President Kim Il Sung.
  On the forthcoming  15th of April, the Korean people and world progressive people will celebrate the 114th anniversary of the birth of the President which is known as the  Day of the Sun. The respect for the great leader President Kim Il Sung from the world Juche idea followers and friends of People's Korea grow deeper with each passing year and indeed each passing day. Celebrating the birth of President Kim Il Sung is act an of practical solidarity with People's Korea.
                                                     
                                             

   We remember the great leader President Kim Il Sung,  on the day of his birth not only as the eternal president and fatherly leader of the Korean people but as an outstanding leader of the international communist movement and a great teacher of the world revolution and the oppressed and toiling peoples of the world.               
    The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung was born into the family of a poor peasant but rose to become a great leader of the people and a world statesman of great renown. He not only liberated Korea from the shackles of Japanese imperialism but turned the country into a formidable power, a socialist power of Juche, which defeated the US when it tried to invade the country.
                         
                                   

   The great leader President Kim Il Sung authored the Juche Idea, the idea that the popular masses are the masters of revolution and construction and have the ability to promote them. Juche is expressed in day-to-day terms by the idea of independence and the idea of self-reliance and self-defence. All the lines and policies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were and are profoundly permeated with the idea of independence.

The great leader President Kim Il Sung built a new independent Korea on the ruins of Japanese colonialism, he built a new Juche Korea which was not only free from the domination of imperialism but free from the intervention and pressure of big powers.
    By putting forward the line of armed struggle in the 1930s  the great leader President Kim Il Sung created the basis of the Songun Idea and Songun politics. Today the Songun Idea is the cutting edge of the anti-imperialist struggle for independence.
    The very name of the great leader President Kim Il Sung is associated with militant anti-imperialism as he taught that there should be no compromise with imperialism and that the anti-US, anti-imperialist struggle should be intensified.

                                     
                                                 

                                                   

               

  The great leader President Kim Il Sung was the benevolent father of the people who built a socialist state where the masses are the masters of everything. He built a socialist paradise in which there is full employment, free medical care, free education, even free housing and no taxation.              

              The achievements of the great leader President Kim Il Sung are celebrated not only by the Korean people but the revolutionary and progressive peoples throughout the world. The four corners of the globe reverberate with praise for the great leader President Kim Il Sung.

    Today the legacy of the great leader President Kim Il Sung,  is precisely the DPRK, the Juche Idea and Korean-style, people-centred socialism. This legacy is defended and carried forward by the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un who follows the road of independence, Juche and socialism holding high the bright red banner of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and self-reliance. Under the leadership of respected Marshal Kim Jong Un , the Korean people are advancing towards higher goals under the banner of self-reliance.

              We join with the world's progressive people including the Juche Idea,  and true friends of People's Korea throughout the whole world in saluting the 113th anniversary of the great leader President Kim Il Sung!

Long live the memory of the great eternal leader President Kim Il Sung!

Long live self-reliance !


BGSJI

KFA UK


UK Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the Day of the Sun

DPRK Defence Science Research Institutes Conduct Tests of Important Weapon Systems

Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Academy of Defence Science and the Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted the tests of electromagnetic weapon system, carbon fiber sham bombs scattering, verifying combat reliability of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system and estimating combat application and power of cluster bomb warhead of tactical ballistic missile on April 6, 7 and 8.

The tests were guided by Full General Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.

He said that the electromagnetic weapon and carbon fiber bomb are special assets of strategic nature to be combined with and applied to various military means in different spheres.

The Anti-Air Weapon System Research Bureau of the Missile Administration conducted a test to verify the combat reliability of the mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system.

The Ballistic Missile System Institute and the Warhead Institute of the Missile Administration conducted a test of estimating the combat application and cluster munitions power of tactical ballistic missile warhead, and confirmed that the surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile Hwasongpho-11 Ka tipped with the cluster bomb warhead can reduce to ashes any target covering an area of 6.5~7 hectares with the highest-density power.

There was a firing for testing the maximum workload of engine using low-cost materials.

The Missile Administration said that the above tests are of great significance in the development of the armed forces of the DPRK and are a part of the regular activities of the administration and its affiliated defence scientific research institutes to constantly develop and upgrade weapon systems. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.04.09.)

BGSJI and KFA UK support the press statement of comrade Jang Kum Chol

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             8th of April 2026
  The British Group for the Study of the  Juche Idea(BGSJI)  and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK(KFA UK) ) issued the following joint statement in support of the press statement of comrade Jang Kum Chol, first vice-minister and director general of the Tenth Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry titled " The true colors of the ROK, the most hostile enemy state, can never change" which was issued on the 7th of April;

Recently comrade Kim Yo Jong department director of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea gave her appraisal of the apology issued by the ROK president with regard to the drone intrusion of the DPRK . The ROK puppet regime fundamentally misinterpreted the statement of department director comrade Kim Yo Jong .

In his statement comrade Jang Kum Chol  refutes the misinterpretations of the ROK puppets and fully clarifies the stance of the DPRK towards the ROK puppets. Basically the statement issued by comrade Kim Yo Jong was a warning to the ROK puppets and the ROK puppets are indulging in "hope-filled dream reading"

Comrade Jang Kum Chol states clearly that "The identity of the ROK, the enemy state most hostile to the DPRK, can never change with any words or conduct.". This reflects the stand of the DPRK .

We believe that it is correct and just that the DPRK regards the ROK as the most hostile enemy state of the DPRK .  We would add the ROK is the worst ever puppet regime in the world , a total colony and culturally decadent and degnerate.

BGSJI

KFA UK 

Press Statement of Jang Kum Chol, First Vice-Minister and Director General of Tenth Department of Foreign Ministry of DPRK

Pyongyang, April 7 (KCNA) -- Jang Kum Chol, first vice-minister and director general of the Tenth Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, issued the following press statement "The true colors of the ROK, the most hostile enemy state, can never change":

The department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea made public a press statement related to the ROK on Monday night.

Voices of Chongwadae and various circles in the ROK analyzing it are really something to see.

If the ROK side lets out nonsense, regarding the rapid response from our government as an "exceptional friendly response" and a "quick mutual confirmation of intentions by the top leaders," this will also be recorded as world-startling fools' "hope-filled dream reading"

The thematic core of the press statement was a clear warning.

As for the press statement of the department director of the Party Central Committee, she evidently gave a witty warning to the ROK with very short and gentle sentences and expressions.

As they have a bad ear and cannot understand, I would like to awaken them to the true meaning of the press statement I read.

"You did something good. If you want to live safely, you should candidly admit your sin like this. It is, indeed, beyond my imagination that there is such a quite frank man in a pack of brazen-faced ones. You should prevent recurrence if you want to be secure. You will have to pay dearly if you persist in rash acts before us. Do not irritate us if you want to live in comfort." This is the main idea of the press statement I read.

While referring to the so-called "resolution" cooked up a few days ago by the UN Human Rights Council, Department Director Kim Yo Jong told me today that those of the ROK are little short of the dogs affected by mange that blindly bark to the tune of neighboring dogs. She also asked me whether her last night's press statement was interesting.

Of course, I replied to her that the ROK side's "hope-filled dream reading" was very interesting.

The identity of the ROK, the enemy state most hostile to the DPRK, can never change with any words or conduct. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.04.07.)

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