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

Pyongyang, June 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following statement on June 18:

The miserable position of the West, which has to remain faithful to the customary practice of shouting "denuclearization" in chorus although they admit the fact that it is an empty goal that can never be realized, has been clearly revealed once again.

At the G7 summit held in France, the U.S. and other Western countries repeated their anachronistic assertion about "denuclearization" while slandering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with unfounded politically-motivated rhetoric.

G7, the chief culprit of destroying global peace and security and the international nuclear non-proliferation system, has neither qualifications to discuss the sovereign option of the DPRK nor right to deny it.

I express strong dissatisfaction and regret at the excess of authority of G7, a direct violation of the constitution of our state, and resolutely denounce and reject it in the most explicit tone.

They must be aware of the fact that "denuclearization", which is an irreversibly finalized agenda, can never be realized, and if they really do not know, it will only reveal their lack of political discrimination and lack of sense of the reality.

Obviously, the argument about "denuclearization" has gone completely out of date and this can by no means be changed even though the voice of accusation of any group goes louder.

Due to its destructive power, the nuclear weapon can be turned into the means of tyranny to harm the mankind if it is in the hands of injustice but it will be tremendous deterrent to contain injustice if it is in the hands of justice.

It is impossible to defeat injustice only by advocating justice, peace, international order and principle, and nothing is more foolish than to sit with folded arms in the face of military threats accompanied by nuclear weapons.

The DPRK got access to nuclear weapons to defend itself as it has constantly and persistently been the target of nuclear threat from its enemies and, therefore, the DPRK's nukes will lead to concern of no one but the enemies who are trying to harm the DPRK. And the illogic nature of the assertion about our "nuclear threat" should be considered focused on this.

Nuclear weapons are powerful means of defending sovereignty and cornerstone for ensuring peace, defined by the law of the DPRK.

The DPRK's nukes as a means for self-defence and countermeasures will remain unchanged in their identity and persistence.

The DPRK's access to nuclear weapons is its core interests to be preserved without fail and "denuclearization" is the line of no retreat that can never be crossed.

In any case, anyone who tries to hurt the core interests of a nuclear weapons state would make the worst option of inviting disaster. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.06.18.)

Calling at the Venue of Farm Machine Exhibition

                                                           

From Voice of Korea .

http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee260513008/57/en

Calling at the Venue of Farm Machine Exhibition

  The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, always pays concern to increasing the proportion of mechanization in the agricultural production of the country.

  One day in January 2024, he called at the venue of farm machine exhibition.

  On display were hundreds of kinds of farm machines including different types of tractors, rice-seedling transplanters, unmanned helicopters for agriculture, wheat and barley seeders and portable maize combine.

  What he specially emphasized while examining those farm machines on display one by one was the issue related to the farm machine institute which plays an important role in laying a new foundation of the farm machine industry.

  Comrade Kim Jong Un said to the accompanying officials that it is necessary to build up the farm machine institute properly and added that the farm machine institute plays an important role in implementing the Party's rural revolution programme in the new era.

  As a matter of fact, whenever opportunities permitted, he gave precious instructions on the farm machine institute. Paying attention to the problems arising in remodelling the institute and fixing the location of the farm machine institute to be built, he took necessary measures.

  That day, he said to the officials that he is going to build a new farm machine institute well and that the institute should solve all the technical problems arising in the mechanization of agriculture as well as the development of farm machines in the future.

  Like this, he expressed his determination to build the farm machine institute anew wonderfully and made clear its mission.

  He convinced the officials of his noble intention to strengthen the farm machine institute to bring about a fresh change in the farm machine industry as early as possible.

The Sun Strikes Again... by the KFA-UK Media Monitoring Unit

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Those of us unfortunate enough to be living in the ever more authoritarian UK know only too well the disgusting history of the establishment's rabid attack dog for the simple-minded, The Sun, or The Stun as it should more accurately be known. Not content with leaving behind an endless slug slime trail of stupefying smears against the progressive forces working in the UK, the rag that disgraced itself forever with its outrageous lies against the Hillsborough Disaster victims, now has chosen to point its online muck spreader against those who seek peace and normal relations between the UK and Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea; the Korean Friendship Association - UK.

No doubt you can search online for the virtual turd for yourself, but if you do so you are well advised to use a privacy focused ad-blocking browser, lest your device becomes stained by unwanted ambush advertising. However, as with everything capitalist, your online privacy is a commodity which can be purchased for a fee which is required to 'forget' the information the website has gathered on you. As the Americans so often remind us, 'Freedom Isn't Free', and the Sun proves it so.

So having hacked your way through the the overgrown digital jungle of splash screen pop-ups, and leaped over the cookie consent wall, what was it that an obviously desperate for copy Joe Manion came up with as a reserve story, due to the fact other demonstrations in central London at the same time were passing off with little disorder? It was the KFA-UK delegation peacefully picketing the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, which a few days before had shown the 'development' part of its grandiose title to be a farce as it announced sanctions against that well-known centre of weapons production, the Songdowon Children's Camp.

Not content with denigrating those who thought that a regressive step even for Starmer's regime, Manion then labels those brave enough to carry their convictions to the heart of Whitehall as 'delusional loyalists', 'useful idiots', and 'disillusioned hobbyists', whatever that means. If one gets bored with gardening or stamp collecting, does one suddenly develop an urge to join the KFA? Further on in the diatribe a discredited would-be informant and video creator is quoted suggesting those who support People's Korea on do so because they they crave respect, and want to be treated like 'diplomats' if they visit the country, as well as the desire to earn 'medals'. His world-twisting views become even more bizarre when he suggests KFA members come up with 'bad excuses' as to why they've not emigrated to the Juche State; in addition to the practical issues such as cost involved in moving to a different nation, the 'retirees' might  find the DPRK does  necessarily  not allow migrants from hostile nations to settle there.

There is more; there is always more; the usual litany of tired cliches along with excruciating  alliterations are thrown about like confetti. But frankly it's not worth the effort. Your time would be better spent learning the truth about People's Korea wherever it can be found. 

In the days before online news the paper version of The Sun, its disgraceful work done for the day, would at least be recycled as fish and chips wrapping, used lighting coal fires, or in a dire emergency function as painful improvised toilet paper. Sadly there seems to be nothing that can be done with the digital version except consign it to the deleted history bin, and hold those responsible for producing it to account.

Answering the slanders of the “ Sun “

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“You cannot hope                            

to bribe or twist,

thank God! the

British journalist.

But, seeing what

the man will do

unbribed, there's

no occasion to.”

Humbert Wolfe 

The online edition of the “Sun “ newspaper (the infamous tabloid ) recently carried a hitjob on the Korean Friendship Association of the UK because we picketed the Foreign , Commonwealth and Development Office on the 6th of June . They also used images of KFA UK members and supporters without permission . Our KFA UK media monitoring unit has already posted an excellent piece in response . Additionally we would add the following remarks ;

Firstly , the article claimed without any evidence that “Ukranian children had been abducted “ and taken to the Songdowon International Children’s Camp . However , the children who went to the Songdowon International Children’s Camp were citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics which are now part of the Russian Federation according the 2022 referendum on joining the Russian Federation .There were no Ukrainian children at the Songdowon International Children’s Camp .

Secondly , the article falsely alleged that there is an “atrocious record of abuses” and citiing “satellite images “ . Satellite images of the DPRK are a stock in trade of imperialist mainstream media propaganda against the DPRK .Satellite  images are used to prove whatever the media wants them to prove and prove nothing at all . In fact the supposed satellite images of “prison camps” in the DPRK have been debunked as they in fact show ordinary villages , farms and factories . Also there is no such thing as a “gulag “ in the DPRK , this is a Russian word and was something that exited in the former USSR until the early 1960s .

Thirdly , the article cities “defectors “ and tries to hide the fact such “defectors “ (actually traitors and criminals ) lie for money  .The celebrity "defector" Ms Yeonmi Park or to give her proper name Park Yeon Mi apparently appears wearing dressed completely in a Chanel outfit and Bvlgari  Jewellery costing over $100,000 dollars and is paid $10,000 per performance (sorry we mean presentation ) . Lying about People's Korea is very profitable so this is why defectors make up outlandish stories . In the West telling the truth about People's Korea can cost you your job but lying about it gets you big money .It is a fact south Korea pays people from the DPRK  $890,000 to defect!

Fourthly , the article quotes the spy and infiltrator “Ulrich Larsen “ (which may not be a real name ) .”Larsen “ was a complete scumbag who infiltrated KFA in another country and illegally filmed KFA members .  The “Sun “ article quote  “Larsen “ trying to deny he was a spy but we can reproduce a picture of Mr “Larsen “ in Danish Naval uniform proving that indeed he was in the Danish armed forces and connected to the Danish state . If “Larsen “ was simply an undercover journalist he would have left KFA after one or two years or sooner once he got the material he wanted and stayed in KFA for 10 years. We would add that members of the intelligence services(CIA and MI5 ) appear in Mr “Larsen “‘s so-called “documentary “.

Fifthly , the “Sun “ journalist twists and misquotes our KFA UK Chairman Dr Dermot Hudson . Dr Hudson never said the self-reliance made the DPRK isolated , what he actually said was that self-reliance was the  basic strategy of the DPRK and was applied consistently whether there were sanctions or not .

Finally , the “Sun “ claimed that KFA UK members are “delusional loyalists “ , “retirees “ and “ disillusioned hobbyists “( everyone is still trying to work out what a disillusioned hobbyist actually is ) . However KFA UK has members from a wide range of backgrounds and occupations and age groups . In fact hundreds of young people have signed for the KFA UK email list and KFA UK telegram channel.

The fact that KFA UK was subjected to an insulting and defamatory article by the “Sun “ shows that we are defending People’s Korea with No Ifs or Buts.

KFA UK and BGSJI denounce "Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 4" !

   BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

 juche007@yahoo.co.uk

                          

   London 16th June 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 denouncing the planned release of "Call of Duty ; Modern  Warfare 4" 

We have learnt that the US plans to release an anti-DPRK computer game called " Call Of Duty  -Modern Warfare 4 " which is about a fictional war on the Korean peninsula between the socialist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK ) and the reactionary fascist puppet ROK.  The aim of these computer game is to falsely portray the DPRK as an aggressor state and demonise the DPRK on behalf of US imperialism.

The DPRK does not threaten the ROK or anyone else . It is the US that is keeping 30, 000 troops as well nuclear strategic weapons in south Korea as well as troops in Japan, Okinawa , Guam and the Philippines ..It is the US that since 1945 intervened in more than 150 countries and being involved in dozens of conflicts. Recent examples of US intervention are Venezuelan and Iran The US has a massive network 700  overseas military bases straddling the globe.

The game slanders the idea, system and policy of the DPRK. The DPRK's foreign policy is underpinned by the concepts of independence, peace and friendship. .The DPRK weapons are for self defence. They are weapons of justice defending the independence of the DPRK and its dignified socialist system.

The "Call of Duty -Modern Warfare 4 " game is reminiscent of earlier anti-DPRK propaganda of the 2010s such as the game "Homefront " and the film "Red Dawn " .

"Call of Duty -Modern Warfare 4 " is deliberately aimed at indoctrinating young people ,gamers , with anti-DPRK ideas and a war psychosis against the DPRK in order to prepare them for an actual conflict with the DPRK. It is also about moneymaking and profiteering by the giant US capitalist entertainment monopolies .

KFA UK and the British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea strongly denounces "Call of Duty 4 -Modern Warfare "  and calls for a boycott of the game !
Down with "Call of Duty -Modern Warfare 4"!

Down with US imperialism ! 

KFA UK

BGSJI

KCNA Report on Miracles and Innovations Made in Implementing New Five-year Plan

Pyongyang, June 16 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency Monday released a report on the fact that the working class and all other people across the DPRK are going all out for the implementation of the new five-year plan, true to the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea and the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Party Central Committee.

All sectors and units of the national economy have turned out under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, waging a vigorous mass technical innovation movement and in the course, the overall industrial production showed 5 percent increase in the past 100 days since the Party Congress, the report said, and went on:

At the Ninth Congress of the WPK, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un clarified the direction of advance and the policies of struggle to boost the overall socialist development with confidence and aroused all the people to the grand revolutionary advance once again, with firm belief in the working class who has devotedly defended the Party Central Committee with proud labor achievements by displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance in every decade of the revolution.

The fighting morale of the people out in the general advance for attaining the new long-term goals has been high from the beginning.

Workers of the Sangwon Cement Complex carried out their production plan at 107 percent on a daily average in March and attained highly-set cement production plan in April and May, too, thus giving vitality to the socialist construction sites.

Those of the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine under the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex showed six percent increase in production than the same period of last year.

The workers of the February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine produced a thousand and hundreds of more tons of coal than planned in May alone through various mass movements.

The Sunchon Cement Complex turned out tens of thousands of more tons of cement for 100 days. And other cement production units brought about an unprecedented upsurge in production, thus showing increase in cement production than planned on a nationwide scale.

The Musan Mining Complex over-fulfilled its production plans of concentrated iron ore in March, April and May and workers and technicians of the Unnyul Mine provided a guarantee for revitalizing the production of iron ore and concentrated ore.

The chemical industry sector, in which technological innovation is being turned into the work of the masses themselves, has increased its production.

The Namhung Youth Chemical Complex over-fulfilled its highly-set fertilizer production plan by finding reserves for increased production in technical innovation and actively introducing original inventions.

The Hungnam Fertilizer Complex produced a thousand and hundreds of more tons of fertilizer than planned by applying the operating method suited to the conditions for supplying raw materials and taking technical measures to increase the output of gas per hour.

The number of units boosting the production by dint of science and technology has increased in the electrical power industry, too.

The Pukchang Thermal Power Complex updated technical and economic indices of generating equipment such as increasing combustion efficiency by introducing the method of building the ignition bands of boiler fire boxes with far-infrared heating element as a whole and thus boosted electricity output, saving a large amount of coal.

Suphung, Jangjingang and Sodusu power stations increased the electricity output by controlling load dispatch according to the technical specifications of generators and ensuring the high-water level and high-efficiency operation based on scientific water control.

The workers in the machine-building industry conducted the April 15 technical innovation shock brigade campaign to improve the technical performance of equipment and increase production both in quality and quantity.

The Pyongyang Electric Cable General Factory 326 has made innovations in the production of various kinds of quality electric cables by pushing ahead with the technical upgrading of plastic mixer, rolling mill, large-size elongation machine and others.

The Anju Insulating Material Factory increased the production of paints and insulating materials by ensuring the normal operation of already-built production lines while stepping up the work to build up its own technical force and modernize the production process of insulating varnish.

The mining and light industrial sectors, too, conducted a mass technological innovation movement, giving importance to science and technology and creating economic levers in every way so that all the working people have a keen interest in preparing themselves as intelligent and technical personnel.

The railway transport workers, timber producers and fishery workers, too, have carried out their monthly plans for rail freight transport, timber production and seafood production.

The report said that thanks to the struggle of the heroic working class who have made strenuous and confident efforts to carry out the tasks for the first year of the new Five-Year Plan, the overall industrial production has been increased by far than planned to provide a sure guarantee for steady and sustained growth of the country's economy. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.06.16.)

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BGSJI and KFA UK on the 62nd anniversary of the start of work of comrade KIM JONG IL at the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea.

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

 juche007@yahoo.co.uk
                                           

                                   

                                                        

                                     

                                            

London 15th June 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 on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the start of work of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea:

                                                        

 The start of work of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL  62 years ago on the 19th of June 1964  was  truly a great landmark in the development of the Korean revolution and the history of building the Workers Party of Korea. Comrade KIM JONG Il after starting work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea(WPK) devoted his tireless energy to the cause of Juche-orientated party building which had been started by the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG the eternal president of the DPRK and founder of the glorious Workers' Party of Korea.  

  Since comrade KIM JONG IL started at the Central Committee of the WPK, a thoroughgoing and qualitative change took place in the work of the Party.                   

     When comrade KIM JONG IL started work at the Central Committee of the WPK many communist and workers parties of the world were experiencing difficulties due to the emergence of modern revisionism. Comrade KIM JONG IL rebuffed attempts to undermine the leading role of the WPK, the vanguard party by emphasizing the great Juche idea authored by President KIM IL SUNG  as the iron guiding ideology of the Party.

         

   Comrade KIM JONG IL stated that "The Workers’ Party of Korea will shine for ever as the Party of Comrade Kim Il Sung"   and built up the WPK into  an ideologically integrated whole.      
                           

                                        

    Thanks to the guidance of Party work by comrade KIM JONG IL  successes in all fields such as the economy, culture, science and defence great victories were scored and a stunning leap forward in the building of Juche socialism took place. The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL wrote many works of genius such as "On the Art of the Cinema " which expounded the seed theory.

  Comrade KIM JONG IL always stresses that the WPK had a mass foundation and mixed with people giving on -the spot guidance. He was against the abuse of power and bureaucracy in Party work.
 Comrade KIM JONG IL fully embodied the idea of "The People are my God" of President KIM IL SUNG and built the WPK into a motherly party that took care of people's lives. He adopted a modest and popular style of work and fully developed the people-orientated policies on such as the abolition of taxation, free health care, free education and low-cost housing. Under the benevolent and all-embracing politics of comrade KIM JONG IL, the DPRK developed into a harmonious socialist family, the like of which is not seen in any other country.

  It was thanks to the dynamic and untiring leadership of comrade KIM JONG IL that the WPK could win victory after victory even in the most adverse circumstances in which the odds were stacked against it .

                                 

 In the 1990s due to the frustration of socialism in some countries, owing to modern revisionism, the imperialists stepped up efforts to stifle socialism in People's Korea by applying sanctions . Comrade KIM JONG IL affirmed the validity and scientific accuracy of socialism by authoring works such as  'Abuses of Socialism Are Intolerable ' , ' Socialism Is A Science '  and Giving Priority to Ideological Work is Essential for accomplishing socialism ". He rallied the people of the DPRK to defend socialism. Moreover comrade KIM JONG IL countered the imperialist's attempts to overpower People's Korea by administering Songun (army first ) politics, the treasured sword for defending independence and won victory in the confrontation with the imperialists . Firm foundations were laid for a powerful, prosperous socialist country based on single-hearted unity. 

Comrade KIM JONG IL exploits in Juche party building shine brightly .  We join with the Korean people in marking this significant occasion.

BGSJI
KFA UK