Neo-Militarists' Moves Will Bring Terrible Disaster to Japan: Int'l Security Affairs Analyst

Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- Kang Won Chol, an international security affairs analyst of the DPRK, released the following article "Neo-militarists' moves to turn the Japanese archipelago into an 'invincible aircraft carrier' will bring terrible disaster to Japan":

The neo-militarists of Japan, who have emerged as a warlike force after putting off the veil of "pacifist state", are bringing a whirlwind of building a war-capable state and reviving an aggressor nation to the archipelago. This pushes peace and security environment in the Northeast Asian region to a seriously critical phase.

As made public, Orient Shield will reportedly be staged by the Japan "Self-Defense Forces" in the largest-ever scale with the U.S. and Australian forces in and around Hokkaido of Japan from September 8 to 24, timed to coincide with the U.S.-Japan-ROK multi-domain tripartite joint military exercises that will be staged from September 7 to 11 in the Korean peninsula region.

Orient Shield is the military drill the ground SDF and U.S. army have staged since 1982 almost every year. Australian army joined it last year.

Asserting that the drill codenamed "Orient Shield" is aimed at "strengthening solidarity for coping with various threats in East Asia", Japan has openly pursued military confrontation with other regional countries.

3 700 troops from Japan, the U.S. and Australia will reportedly take part in the exercises to be staged around Hokkaido. The exercises involve live-ammunition firing, airborne dropping and the use of U.S. intermediate missile system Typhon deployed in Japan for Valiant Shield, large-scale mobile exercises of the U.S. Pacific forces held in June.

The Typhon system, composed of Mk41 vertical launching platforms, is capable of launching Tomahawk long-range cruise missile and SM-6 ship-to-air missile with each range of 1 600 km and 300 km, which means that it can be used to strike naval and ground targets.

Japan, which has focused on deploying long-range strike means in recent years by lavishing a huge amount of money as military expenditure, resorts to bilateral and multilateral joint military exercises with the U.S. and its vassal forces more eagerly than ever. This is a manifestation of their sinister scheme to round off its real war capabilities against the DPRK and other neighboring countries.

Japan, a defeated nation banned from possessing war capabilities, the right to participate in war and the right to belligerence, conducted the first test launch of Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles from a warship in the Pacific Ocean at the end of July in violation of its constitution. It is seeking to introduce even the U.S. forces' Typhon system into the war rehearsal. This is just targeting the regional sovereign countries and it is bad enough to amplify due concern and vigilance.

Moreover, the present Japanese regime seeks to stage a series of war games at the doorstep of neighboring countries with the backing of their American master seriously destroying and violating the existing international order through illegal and arbitrary practices and tyranny. Therefore, their dangerous military maneuvers indicate the present address of Japan evolving in an offensive manner with the passage of time.

The neo-militarist warmongers of Japan, who have added an item of "new combat mode" to the 2026 Defense White Paper, are persistently pushing ahead with such militarist policies as the determination of the highest-ever military expenditure, development of underwater-launched hypersonic missile and unmanned submarine capable of long-distance navigation, introduction of AI into the SDF commanding system and an attempt to reorganize the mechanism of the Ministry of Defense. Due to their moves, the hot air of reinvasion in the archipelago is reaching to an extreme.

In the past 80-odd years since its defeat, Japan has put its whole territory of archipelago ranging from Hokkaido to Kyushu into a nuclear forward base and a logistic base of the U.S. for aggression on the DPRK, clamoring about a "unsinkable aircraft carrier". Even now, it threw away the yoke of the defeated and is rushing headlong along neo-militarism. The international community should never remain a passive onlooker to this grave situation.

All the facts prove once again that the only prescription for controlling the descendants of militarism who inherited the genes of aggression is to have overwhelming and unparalleled war deterrent.

The more Japan tries to largely expand the scope of preemptive attack and secure actual war capability while giving off powder fumes in front of the nuclear weapons states, the more clearly the mainland of Japan will be in the sight of the neighboring countries.

The attempt of the neo-militarists of Japan to turn the whole archipelago into an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" will inevitably bring about enormous misfortune. -0

KFA UK and BGSJI support the press statement of the Minister of National Defence of DPRK

 BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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London  8th  of September 2026 
The  British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK  )  , issued the following joint statement in support  of the press statement of  Kim Song Gi, minister of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) that was issued on Monday 7th of September;

Recently the US imperialists together with the ROK puppets and Japanese militarists began the multi-domain war exercises aimed at the DPRK and regional countries bordering the DPRK .On top of this the U.S. military is planning to stage Orient Shield, the largest-ever joint military drills, with Japan and Australia, from September 8 to 24 and to deploy in Japan the Strategic Mid-range Fires System Typhon.

The US is also planning to bring in an army multi-domain mobile  task force within a year .

As the press statement of the DPRK Minister of National Defence correctly observes "The U.S.-led war rehearsals are being staged one after another with no time gap now that the U.S.-Japan-ROK tripartite military cooperation system is being transformed into a dangerous offensive entity with nuclear elements. This constitutes a grave security threat pushing the instability on the Korean peninsula and beyond the region to the critical point."

The DPRK Minister of National Defence duly warns the US and its satellite states not to allow their reckless military moves to create conflict on the Korean peninsula and states that " we will express our will and ability to respond to the enemies' moves through more powerful and resolute action."

We support the resolute stance of the DPRK to defend its sovereignty and peace . We would also stress that more should be done to bring to the attention of the peace and anti-imperialist movement as well as the wider public the dangers of the continuous war mongering of the US , ROK and Japan and the false nature of the peace talked about by the US imperialists !

We believe that the US led war exercises should be completely cancelled !

BGSJI 
KFA UK 

Tuman River Motor Bridge Named after Yakov Nobichenko Inaugurated

Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- At a time when multi-faceted cooperation and exchange between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation are further developing with each passing day on the basis of the comprehensive strategic partnership and the relations of invincible alliance, the Tuman River Motor Bridge linking Rason Municipality with Khasan, border cities of the two countries, has been successfully completed.

True to the noble intention of Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, the governments and builders of the two countries successfully built the bridge, in keeping with designing and construction needs, in a short span of 495 days with a single mind to demonstrate the durable and future-oriented friendship and contribute to promoting the wellbeing of the two peoples.

The completion of the motor bridge, which can ensure the safe passage of various kinds of vehicles and personnel traffic, provides a guarantee for building up and reinforcing an important infrastructure for economic cooperation between the two countries and revitalizing multi-faceted cooperation including human exchange, tourism and commodity circulation.

The monumental edifice to be brilliantly recorded in the history of the DPRK-Russia friendly relations was named after Yakov Nobichenko, an officer of the Red Army and an internationalist soldier. This is a manifestation of the steadfast will of the leaderships and peoples of both countries to invariably develop the good-neighborly relations between the two peoples into genuine comradely relations of trust.

The inauguration ceremony of the Tuman River Motor Bridge named after Yakov Nobichenko took place simultaneously in Rason Municipality, a border city of the DPRK, and Khasan, a border city of the Russian Federation, on Monday.

Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, and Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, prime minister of the Russian Federation, attended the inauguration ceremony in Pyongyang and Moscow on TV.

Present there were Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations and chairman of the DPRK side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Yang Yong Jin, minister of Land and Environment Protection, Sin Chang Il, chairman of the Rason Municipal People's Committee, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned, builders and working people in Rason Municipality.

Vladimir Topekha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here, and Oleg Kosheev, Russian consul general in Chongjin, were on hand.

The national anthems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation were played.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, prime minister of the Russian Federation, made a congratulatory speech.

He said that the cooperation on the construction of transport objects between the two governments was an item of the agreement reached at the meeting between Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in Pyongyang two years ago, adding that they are witnessing a historic event of inauguration of the motor bridge.

The relations between Russia and the DPRK have been put on an unprecedentedly high level of comprehensive strategic partnership, he said, adding that the two countries are actively cooperating with each other in all fields and directing their efforts to ensuring the regional peace and stability.

He said that the long-standing friendship, good-neighborliness and mutual assistance between the two countries are irrespective of the international situation, adding that Russia would as ever do its utmost for the multifaceted development of the bilateral relations.

Pak Thae Song, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, made a congratulatory speech.

He expressed sincere thanks to the designers, builders and those of relevant institutions of the two countries who devoted their inexhaustible enthusiasm and efforts to bringing earlier the inauguration of the Tuman River Motor Bridge.

The completion of the bridge is a significant event adding a new dynamic movement to the overall bilateral cooperation, he said, stressing that the eye-opening reality, in which the monumental wealth of the DPRK-Russia friendship and cooperation is growing, gives pleasure and joy to the peoples of the two countries while injecting vitality to the development of the bilateral relations.

He noted that the governments of the two countries would as ever continue to achieve substantial fruitions in cooperation for the common development and prosperity, based on the valuable successes and experience accumulated through the construction of the bridge.

As instructed by the heads of governments of the two countries, Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, and Vladimir Topekha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy to the DPRK, cut the inauguration tape at the venue of the inaugural ceremony in Rason Municipality and Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia who is chairman of the Russian side to the Russia-DPRK Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin, Minister of Development of the Far East and Arctic Aleksei Chekunkov and DPRK Ambassador to Russia Sin Hong Chol at the venue of the inaugural ceremony in Khasan.

Trucks of both sides passed through the bridge amid the let-off of fireworks to congratulate the completion of the bridge and the loud applause of the participants.

The heads of governments in their concluding speeches said that the Tuman River Motor Bridge is a new symbol and proud creation of friendship between the two countries, expressing the steadfast stand of the two governments to actively implement the agreement made at the historic meeting between the top leaders of the DPRK and Russia.

Then the participants went round the bridge.

The inauguration of the bridge serves as a significant occasion in designing and actively implementing the equally-beneficial bilateral exchanges and long-term cooperative plans in all fields under the outstanding foresightedness and strategic guidance of the top leaders of the DPRK and Russia. -0-

 

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's Speech at Commissioning Ceremony of Destroyer Kang Kon

 

Pyongyang, September 7 (KCNA) -- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech at the commissioning ceremony of the destroyer Kang Kon.

The full text of his speech is as follows:

Admirable workers of Chongjin and Rajin shipyards and talented persons of the technical teams in the shipbuilding and defence science sectors,

Sailors of the destroyer Kang Kon and brave officers and other sailors of our Navy,

Dear Wonsan citizens,

Comrades,

Today we are greeting another noteworthy moment in the course of our advance for accelerating the buildup of our powerful naval forces.

Three months ago, the destroyer Choe Hyon sounded a whistle of its commissioning on the West Sea of Korea, and today a ceremony for commissioning another destroyer is being held in splendour here on the East Sea of Korea.

This is a remarkable reality that showcases the speed of change of our Navy.

I would like, first of all, to pay my heartfelt tribute to the workers of Chongjin and Rajin and the sci-tech teams in the shipbuilding and defence industry sectors who have unsparingly devoted their patriotic sweat and passion for this significant day of etching new coordinates in the course of strengthening our maritime sovereignty in the new era.

Comrades,

The excitement and emotion I feel today is beyond description as a ceremony that injects new strength into our Navy is being held not anywhere else but at this historic port.

If there is a most heart-gladdening and emotive historic moment in the history of building our nation and our armed forces, that will be today.

In this September, 81 years ago, the ranks led by Comrade Kim Il Sung landed here at Wonsan Port by a warship on a triumphant return to their country which they had so missed.

Mooring now at the harbour, where the Kaeson put into on that historic day, is a destroyer of a new generation that gives a glimpse into our naval capability and its development.

At the port, where the anchor of national liberation was dropped with a cheerful dream, our destroyer will raise its anchor with a far-reaching ambition of sailing to the ocean.

From this very moment, not just in the near future, that powerful naval combat complex will put out to sea to defend the national sovereignty and write the first page of its log, reflecting the desire of the great people.

As the great ambition for a prosperous country with a strong army harboured by the small Kaeson is now to be carried forward to the vast ocean by this ultramodern warship at this very memorable port, this emotion will remain in my memory forever.

I am really glad to share this historic emotion with you comrades.

The forerunners, who, at this port, stepped on the soil of their country, are not here now, but they would share their desire with us today, I am sure.

The primary significance of the commissioning of the Kang Kon, held in splendour in the meaningful September, is that we are proudly raising the anchor of building a maritime power at the place where the anchor of national liberation was dropped.

Today this port has gained a new significance as a historic place, where the warships of our Republic will raise anchor one after another to defend our national sovereignty and security in every way, and as an area, which will exhibit the uninterrupted improvement of our naval combat capability.

Comrades,

We are now seeing historic things symbolically showing the past and present of our naval combat capability.

That warship at the quay by the museum over there is just the Kaeson.

That warship represents our past and this one before us, our present.

Nothing can explain more impressively than this what turn has been brought about now by a history in which it was impossible to hold the esteemed man, benevolent liberator of a country and nation and founder of a state, in all respect and sincerity.

What we should pay attention to is that a more important thing than this historical comparison or the dramatic contrast that is clearly visible is the fact that such a change has been made in only two or three years.

As I have already stated, the workers, scientists and technicians of our generation have accomplished the thing, which had failed to be done for nearly 80 years since the founding of our Navy, with the enthusiastic support of all the people and amid their expectations.

Modernization of the naval armaments has always been an essential requirement for the geopolitical factors of our state, and the efforts of the Korean people desirous of a powerful navy have never stopped, but until a few years ago our Navy failed to have warships commensurate with its mission and military achievements.

Of course, it may also be attributed to the military and strategic demands of the past and present times, but this is not the only reason.

To tell the truth, this is related with our history.

It reflects the peculiarities and arduousness of our revolution and the history of hardship which we were compelled to experience inevitably for that, and contains a myriad of stories beyond what we know and have seen.

It is by no means easy to arm the Navy this much under the situation in which everything is difficult as it is now.

But by transcending everything, we evaluated the needs of history and the present times with a responsible attitude and viewpoint towards the thoroughgoing security of the present and future, and valiantly confronted challenges in our own way of calculation.

Such attitude and new awareness doubled the self-consciousness and sense of mission of our generation never to pass over to the coming generations the great historic cause of building a powerful navy in line with the position of a maritime nation that is bounded by the sea on both sides.

The course of naval modernization can be said to be a process of adhering to the principle of bringing ability in step with a goal set by the times, instead of setting a goal based on the calculation of ability, and a process of attaining the goal without compromise or delay under any circumstances.

But for the viewpoint, stand, courage and calculation method that there should be the will to attain an aim before a guarantee for the attainment of it is provided, our Navy would have still remained in the past.

Our future cannot be bought with financial resources.

We are a people who cannot wait.

The Kang Kon is a manifestation of the sense of self-respect and will of this Korea and the crystallization of its indomitable spirit to defend its rights and interests, before being an ensemble of our economic, defence and sci-tech strength.

The commissioning of the new-type destroyer here today will be an important occasion for redoubling our will of, and our motive power for, transformation amid genuine recollection.

Comrades,

Our Navy has eagerly waited for the moment when a new-type destroyer of ours would leave its wake just here on the East Sea, not elsewhere.

Today we are witnessing with our own eyes how the aspirations and dreams the Korean people have cherished for ages are coming true.

In the past, because of the limitations of our military equipment, we had no other alternative but to leave the enemy warships move rampantly around our territorial waters as they wanted, although we had such great courage and mettle to defend the seas of our country firmly. Such a thing of the past shall never be repeated.

The security of our country is exposed to constant and direct threats from all sides–on the land, in the air and on the sea–and the first and foremost of them is what comes from the East Sea of Korea and the neighbouring waters.

No waters can be found around any other country than ours where warships of the belligerents appear any time to move and deploy nuclear assets and conduct joint war rehearsals freely, using our waters as a theatre for tracking and inhibiting even our legitimate exercise of the right to self-defence.

These days we have often witnessed here the tireless efforts of our enemies to improve their readiness for war against us.

Our national security is now under serious threat posed by the open hostile military actions of the enemies to wreck the regional stability.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea can never allow such phenomena to go unheeded any longer.

Dangerous shadows must be removed as early as possible.

We must cope with these threats resolutely by employing quite a professional and overwhelming power, with a willingness to use it and a sufficient ability for it.

In this sense, the commissioning of the Kang Kon has virtually incomparable significance, although it is identical in terms of class and weaponry to the Choe Hyon which was already delivered to the West Sea Fleet.

The proclamation of the commissioning of this virtually attack destroyer itself is enough to inform the world of our views and attitudes.

The fact that the warship has officially been commissioned to the naval group on the East Sea, and the information that naval bases are under construction on the East Sea will give a clear signal to the enemies, who will inevitably find themselves in deep distress.

It is high time we exercised our sovereignty properly both on and under the sea.

We have become able to use stronger and more deadly power.

We will exercise the legitimate right to self-defence and respond as much as necessary.

The results of our views and efforts are successfully preventing the geopolitical threat from the enemies.

We need to change faster.

As I mentioned at the previous commissioning ceremony for the Choe Hyon, the change of our Navy does not simply mean that its vessels are becoming larger and that the shipborne weapons systems are getting further modernized.

The most important change and the most significant progress worth mentioning is that it is a source of the greatest fear for the enemies.

It means that the programme of equipping our Navy with nuclear weapons has been realized so as to become more suitable, diversified and practical for the use of their deterrence.

By further bolstering up the powerful and reliable nuclear war deterrent, we should develop for an actual war the multifaceted and efficient operation of nuclear combat systems and make clearer the military activities for maritime defence and war deterrence.

It is the constitutional duty of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to safeguard the absolute security of the state, maintain the strategic stability and the balance of forces in the region and contain geopolitical threats.

The responsible activities and important role of our Navy will strictly restrain the enemies' aggressive fleets and surely result in forcing them to make a strategic retreat.

As was proved yesterday and is proved today, there is no other option for safeguarding peace than maintaining the balance of forces.

Our stand is clear.

We should make the enemies fear us.

Only when the enemies fear us, can they never dare provoke us, and can we defend the peace and development environment of our country.

In order to cope thoroughly with the existing, lurking and prospective threats, we must continue to build up overwhelming military muscle.

I emphasize once again.

We will deploy the most powerful strategic assets in the most important waters in order to show our principled and responsible will to defend the maritime sovereignty of our Republic, the security environment in Northeast Asia and the global peace, and also make a great contribution to this end.

Comrades,

Our state's security and our national interests have never been separated from the defence of maritime sovereignty, and a powerful navy is a stout pillar for national defence and a reliable means for exercising national sovereignty.

Like the goals all maritime countries pursue, we must put the modernized naval weapons systems on the axis for deterring and fighting a war so as to defend today and the future.

We should make the world know what we are doing and how we are preparing ourselves to defend our rights and interests with a bolder decision and a faster and perfect result.

The appellation for the strong and for a power in the 21st century can be obtained only by making ceaseless efforts and can be won without any regret only by bringing about vigorous innovations and upsurge.

Our massive plans include the building and commissioning of warships of various types which are compatible with the two aspects of war deterrence and fighting of war and which can satisfy such needs, the modernization of shipyards and the construction of infrastructure, the reorganization of the naval forces and the establishment of new units. These are great undertakings our generation must accomplish without fail.

We should make clearer our courageous stance and efforts to implement these tasks of the present times and push ahead with them at top speed.

Today marks another new start in the relay which should continue uninterruptedly.

We are now carrying out an important plan for the buildup of the naval forces.

I will prove this to the world once again eight months later.

Comrades,

Our warships going out to wider waters must sail across the boundless ocean valiantly at full throttle.

Let us dash unremittingly until we can satisfy our steadfast will to defend our national sovereignty and lofty self-respect.

Commanding officers and other sailors of the destroyer Kang Kon,

You will soon be assigned with a strategic mission.

It is because this warship is a means and force included in the country's nuclear counteraction system.

You ought to play an important role through your responsible service.

As the first crewmen of the destroyer, you, with the pride and mettle of standing in the most responsible position in safeguarding the country, should prepare and train yourselves thoroughly to perform various tasks in different circumstances and in this way you can record only victorious battles in the history of the destroyer.

If our enemies dare to have recourse to armed force against us, I will order you to use our absolute strength, which would deal the most fatal blow to them.

You must deal an annihilating retaliatory strike to the enemies if such an order is issued at any time.

The professionalism and bravery you would display and the unlimited strength you have possessed will further boost the fighting efficiency and fame of our East Sea Fleet.

I hope that the ensign fluttering over the Kang Kon will always shine radiantly as a symbol of dignity and honour, a banner of victory and feats, of our Navy.

Brave sailors of the destroyer,

Forward for our great motherland! -0-

From Voice of Korea.-Founding Father of the DPRK

http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/scomde/iee260813001/39/en

  September 9 is the day when the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded.

  The DPRK was built by the Korean people according to their will for the first time in history.

  The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, father of socialist Korea, founded the DPRK and made the Koreans a powerful and dignified people who take their destiny into their own hands and shape it independently.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  The name of a country is the official name of a state.

  It is the most important national symbol representing the class character of a state and its form and the form of a government. And the institution of the name of a country plays the role of milestone of state building.

  The Korean people put an end to the Japanese imperialist colonial rule and liberated the country on August 15, 1945.

  Although the country was liberated, there were a lot of different assertions and opinions at that time on the issue of what kind of government should be built in Korea.

  Comrade Kim Il Sung made clear that the state to be built in the liberated country is a democratic, sovereign and independent state and that is our line of nation building and the path desired by the masses of the people.

  He saw that the name of the country reflected the unanimous aspiration and desire of the entire Korean people.

  One day in July 1948, he called officials and said some people still argue about the name of the country and it should be put right.

  Lecturer Ri Yu Jong at the Korean Revolution Museum said that after liberation Comrade Kim Il Sung founded a party and put forward its political line on founding a democratic people's republic in Korea and energetically led the work for its realization. She continued:

  "The name of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea already enjoyed absolute support and approval of the entire people through the discussion about constitution.

  But the factionalists, who had hindered the government building and the institution of the name of the country in every way, said the name of the country with nine letters after Korea is too long. And they talked nonsense that our country could be named the people's republic or the democratic republic without the word of people.

  The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung made clear that we should name the country as its masters according to the actual conditions of the country and the demand of the people and so it is not necessary to read others' faces and we should institute the name of the country demanded by its people with the mind of our own."

  On September 9, 1948, Comrade Kim Il Sung declared all over the world the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, an independent and sovereign state earnestly desired by the Korean people.

His Noble Intention for the National Flag

  The national flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a symbol of the country and officially represents the dignity and sovereignty of the Republic.

  It was the intention of Comrade Kim Il Sung that the national flag of the DPRK should be completely new and Korean style different from any other countries in terms of its form and content.

  It was a long-cherished national desire of the Korean people, the erstwhile ruined people, to have their genuine state and its symbol--national flag.

  In the days of building a country, Comrade Kim Il Sung clearly elucidated the fundamental orientation and stand of instituting the national flag of the Republic to be founded in the future and taught in detail the ideological contents to be reflected on the national flag and the way how to express them.

  One day in January 1948, he met designers of national emblem and flag and said it is very important state affairs to institute the national emblem and flag and that making them well is of great significance in glorifying the dignity and honour of Korea eclipsed on the world map in the past and increasing the national pride and self-confidence of the Korean people.

  That day, he said it is good to make the national flag with red, white and blue colours and added that if a five-pointed star is drawn in the white circle of the national flag, it can show in a representative way the tradition carried forward by the DPRK, the resourceful spirit of the advancing Korean people and the rosy prospect of development of the country.

  Like this, the flag of the DPRK could be completed under his direct guidance.

Bright Prospect Reflected on the National Emblem

  National emblem is an official mark representing the mission of a country concerned, which reflects the feature and aspiration of the country.

  Comrade Kim Il Sung was so concerned about even a line and a dot of the national emblem so that it could reflect the feature of a new prosperous country to be built in liberated Korea.

  One day in February 1948, he said the issue of electrification of the country should be reflected in the national emblem so as to show a bright prospect of the country which would be changed into a developed, rich, powerful and civilized one in the world in the future. He taught that in our country there is a world's leading hydroelectric power station associated with precious labour of the people and if we draw it well in the national emblem, it will be able to show the prospect of electrification of the country intuitively.

  And he ensured that a five-pointed red star in the national flag was drawn with its beaming light in the upper part of the power station, ears of rice forming an oval frame bound with a red ribbon and the name of the country written in the middle of the ribbon.

  He also said the design of the national emblem should be drawn to clearly show the unity and cohesion of the broad masses of the people based on the worker-peasant alliance with the working class as the core and the prospect of development of a powerful and modern industry and an advanced agriculture.

  Thanks to his outstanding foresightedness and wisdom, the design of the national emblem could represent the bright future of the DPRK to shine as a powerful socialist country and the Korean people who would enjoy a happy life in the paradise generation after generation.

  The name of the DPRK and its national flag and emblem are shining as a symbol of the dignity and glory of the Republic, telling forever the exploits of Comrade Kim Il Sung for state building.

Press Statement of Minister of National Defence of DPRK

Pyongyang, September 7 (KCNA) -- Kim Song Gi, minister of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, issued the following press statement on Monday.

The U.S., Japan and the ROK are staging Freedom Edge, the provocative tripartite multi-domain joint military exercises, under the pretext of countering the so-called "nuclear and missile threats" from the DPRK again.

Timed to coincide with this, the U.S. military is planning to stage Orient Shield, the largest-ever joint military drills with Japan and Australia, from September 8 to 24 and to deploy the Strategic Mid-range Fires System Typhon with the regional countries in the striking range during the drills.

Moreover, the U.S. is trying to bring into the ROK the U.S. Army multi-domain mobile task force, a special unit formed with the aim of militarily controlling the neighboring countries within the first island chain in the Asia-Pacific region, within this year.

The U.S.-led war demonstrations are being staged one after another without any gap in time and space under the situation that the U.S.-Japan-ROK tripartite military cooperation system is being transformed into a dangerous offensive entity accompanied by nuclear elements. Such reality is a crucial security threat pushing the instability on the Korean peninsula and beyond the region to the limit.

If the U.S. and its allies attempt to provoke a new military confrontation with the DPRK, the latter will take strong and reflective countermeasures from the standpoint of power.

The most proper way to strongly control the daily-growing danger of fierce conflict and thoroughly defend the sovereignty and security interests of the state is to constantly apply the evolved new force.

It is the consistent principle of military activities of the armed forces of the DPRK not to hesitate in the least to fulfill its constitutional duty to deter the hostile sources threatening national security and punish the provocateurs.

I sound a note of warning against the reckless military moves of the U.S. and its satellite countries to create a serious military confrontation and possibility of conflict on the Korean peninsula, and solemnly warn of the consequences to be entailed by them.

If necessary, we will express our will and ability to respond to the enemies' moves with more powerful and resolute action practice. -0-

Ceremony for Marking Commissioning of Destroyer Kang Kon Held with Splendor

Ceremony for Marking Commissioning of Destroyer Kang Kon Held with Splendor

Pyongyang, September 7 (KCNA) -- At a time when the era of eye-opening transformation in strengthening the Juche-oriented naval forces is being ushered in thanks to the outstanding military strategic ideas and energetic leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, another powerful warship, which will reliably defend the inviolable maritime sovereignty and interests of our state, was commissioned into the Navy of the Korean People's Army.

The destroyer Kang Kon is the second Choe Hyon-class destroyer possessed of the complex combat capability to perfectly complete the operational mission assigned to it even in any waters by accepting the original conceptions for bolstering the naval combat power in a Korean way. Its commissioning serves as a significant occasion in demonstrating the steadfast will of the Party Central Committee to build an ocean fleet with the ardent desire and aspiration for a rich country with a strong army and its nonstop progress towards the modernization of the Navy.

A ceremony took place at Wonsan Port on September 6 to commemorate the commissioning of the destroyer Kang Kon.

The port, which shows the past and present development of our naval forces as a whole, was filled with the boundless gratitude to Comrade Kim Jong Un who is translating into the present reality the long-cherished desire of the people who had longed for the powerful navy and is injecting the vitality of sure victory into our navy.

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, attended the ceremony.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the ceremony amid the welcome music, the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers out of their absolute trust and boundless reverence for him who set forth the original development orientation for building the modern naval forces and has powerfully guided the struggle for its realization to usher in a new stirring heyday of the navy capable of fully demonstrating the strong strength and spirit of the DPRK in ocean.

The KPA Navy courteously greeted Comrade Kim Jong Un, the outstanding leader and great defender of our state and people, with the highest respect.

There took place a ceremony of greeting the head of state.

Comrade Kim Jong Un reviewed the glorious flag and guard of honor of the KPA Navy.

There was a march-past of the guard of honor of the Navy.

Present there were senior Party and government officials including members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, officials of the WPK Central Committee, leading officials of ministries and national agencies, commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and the KPA large combined units, officers and men of the Navy, sailors of the destroyer Kang Kon, naval generals of the former generation, workers, scientists, technicians and officials in the field of shipbuilding industry and citizens, youth and students in Wonsan City.

The sacred flag of the DPRK was hoisted amid the solemn playing of the national anthem.

An art performance was given to commemorate the commissioning of the new-type destroyer.

Put on the stage were pieces of music dealing with the militant course of the Navy of the Republic, which has demonstrated the matchless heroism, bravery and spirit of annihilating enemies to defend the inviolable sea of the motherland, and the life of sailors shining on the voyage of loyalty and songs on the theme of patriotism.

The performance showed through wonderful artistic depiction the high ideological and moral world of the officers and men of the Navy, who are determined to invariably remain faithful to their sacred mission assigned by the Party and the country, setting the coordinates of their life on the voyage of defending the country forever and adding eternal shine to the immortal ennobling name of Comrade Kim Jong Un's navy and its history of victory. It added pleasure to the significant and auspicious event in September.

Then followed a commissioning ceremony of the destroyer.

Jo Chun Ryong, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the WPK Central Committee, made a report on the preparations for the commissioning of the destroyer Kang Kon.

He said that the destroyer Kang Kon will be formally commissioned into the KPA Navy at a historic time when a new heyday of strengthening the Juche-oriented naval forces is being put on a higher stage, adding that after its launching, the destroyer's combat efficiency and reliability have been comprehensively verified through several-stage professional assessment and test.

On behalf of the workers, scientists and officials in the field of defence industry including Chongjin Shipyard and Rajin Shipyard, he courteously declared that the destroyer Kang Kon with the mission to defend the sea of the DPRK was ready to be delivered to the Navy of the KPA.

Thanks to the outstanding and correct guidance of the Party Central Committee, the rapid growth and development of the naval forces of the Republic has been put on a firm track, he stressed.

Saying that it is the firm faith and high enthusiasm of the workers in the shipbuilding industry and the national defence scientific research group to glorify the great era by building and launching more powerful warships every year, he expressed the determination to ensure the radical development of the naval forces of the DPRK by making more responsible efforts and struggles true to the line of developing the national defence clarified by the Party Congress.

Minister of Shipbuilding Kim Kwang Il handed over the document of delivery of the destroyer Kang Kon to the Navy of the KPA.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made a meaningful speech.

Expressing his historic emotion over the fact that with the high ambition for ocean navigation the destroyer of a new generation came to commence its operation at the port, where the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters led by President Kim Il Sung dropped anchor of liberation to return home in triumph in September eighty one years ago, he said that the great ambition to build a rich country with a strong army reflected in the small boat "Kaeson(triumphal entry)" has now come to reach the ocean from this memorable port with the latest warship.

Noting that now when everything is insufficient, we have appreciated the requirements of history and present era from the responsible attitude and viewpoint on security in the present and future and courageously challenged with our own style system of calculation, and it was started from the consciousness and mission of the generation never to shift to rising generations the historic great cause of building a powerful navy in conformity with the geographical conditions of a maritime country, he said that the destroyer Kang Kon is an outcome of the DPRK's self-respect, will and strong spirit to defend its rights and interests before being an aggregate of its economic, defence and scientific and technological capabilities.

We should make sure that the diversified and effective operation of nuclear combat systems is conducted for an actual war through developing our navy into a nuclear armed force and military activities for maritime defence and war deterrence are more clearly conducted, and this is the constitutional duty of the armed forces of the DPRK, he said, stating that the responsible activities and important role of the Navy of the DPRK will strictly restrain the enemies' aggression fleets and definitely bring about a result of making them retreat strategically.

Saying that there is no other guarantee for defending peace but to ensure the balance of force and we will show our principled and responsible will to defend the maritime sovereignty of the Republic, the security environment in Northeast Asia and the world peace by deploying the most powerful strategic assets in the most important waters, he clarified again the invariable stand of the WPK and the DPRK government to continuously develop the overwhelming military muscle feared by the hostile forces.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un finished his speech, all the participants expressed their firm pledge to uphold with the most thoroughgoing practical successes the unshakable will of the Party Central Committee to defend the national sovereignty and its policy of building a powerful army, breaking into thunderous cheers of "Hurrah!"

Upon authorization, Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, read out the order of the WPK Central Military Commission on commissioning the destroyer Kang Kon into the KPA Navy, and handed it to Senior Vice Admiral Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the KPA Navy.

On the order of the WPK Central Military Commission, the destroyer will be commissioned into the East Sea Fleet of the KPA Navy to fulfill the responsible mission of defending the maritime sovereignty of the DPRK as the nuclear war deterrent.

On behalf of the sailors of the destroyer, Senior Commander Choe Chol Jin, captain of the destroyer, made an oath-taking speech.

Referring to the great honor and pride of commanding the powerful new-type warship, the captain extended high tribute and thanks on behalf of the warship to the workers of the Chongjin and Rajin shipyards and the relevant sectors of defence industry faithfully upholding the Party Central Committee's grand plan for building the naval forces.

He said that they will sail along the course indicated by the Party Central Committee without an inch of deviation as befits the sailors of the destroyer Kang Kon, a capital ship of the Navy in the new era which shoulders a heavy responsibility of defending the maritime sovereignty with the immortal soul of the army-founding generation, and exercise in a responsible manner the invincible defence capability and tremendous deterrent assigned by the country and the people to the warship.

The captain expressed the will of sure victory of the sailors of the destroyer to vigorously make the voyage of ocean the course of the most brilliant feats, always cherishing the pledge made before Comrade Kim Jong Un and the country and its people at the commissioning ceremony, and thus more highly and fully demonstrate the dignity and honor of the glorious DPRK.

Then, amid the enthusiastic encouragement and cheers of the participants in the ceremony, the sailors of the destroyer got on the warship with the honor of being sailors of the Republic, holding high the fleet flag and the ensign in the van.

There took place a ceremony of hoisting the flag of the KPA Navy on the destroyer Kang Kon.

Amid the boom of a 9 gun-salute, the Navy flag was solemnly hoisted on the warship with the wish and militant salute of all the participants.

Comrade Kim Jong Un got on the destroyer.

The captain greeted Comrade Kim Jong Un with the great honor of having the head of state on his warship again before leaving the port.

Going round various combat spaces of the warship, Comrade Kim Jong Un extended warm congratulations and militant encouragement to all the commanding officers and sailors who start their honorable military service together with the DPRK's new-generation destroyer No. 2, which was named after the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighter, with the sacred and important mission of defending the inviolable national sovereignty.

Comrade Kim Jong Un met the sailors on the bow of the destroyer.

The destroyer Kang Kon was awarded the binocular in the name of Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that today's ceremony of transferring the warship held with splendor amid the blessing of the country and the people constitutes a historic event of making another step forward in improving the operational capability of our navy to the strategic level and a clear proof of the inevitability of our cause of ushering in a heyday of the navy.

He said that once ordered anytime, the new-generation destroyer should deal a deadly retaliatory blow at the enemies as it is a force involved in the state nuclear counteraction system. He expressed belief and expectation that the commanding officers and sailors of the destroyer Kang Kon possessed of the might, spirit and courage of the DPRK would win only victory, covering the militant course of the Navy of the Republic with greater glory, and had a significant photo taken with them.

All the commanding officers and sailors of the destroyer solemnly pledged to glorify the honor of the Navy of the Republic with a record of proud victory, holding fast to the steering of invariable faith and sailing the ocean along the course indicated by the Party Central Committee.

Comrade Kim Jong Un got off the warship and met with the navy commanding officers of the former generation who took part in the ceremony.

The commander of the Navy ordered the destroyer Kang Kon to leave the port.

All the warships of the Navy staying in the port raised the code flags of congratulation at once amid the gong of departure of the destroyer and the let-off of fireworks and balloons.

The participants extended their warmest and enthusiastic congratulations to the sailors of the destroyer, waving their hands.

Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a militant salute to the destroyer, hoping that it would demonstrate only the honor of invincibility.

On the same day, senior Party and government officials and other participants went round the venues of the exhibition of warship military hardware and the photo exhibition of the history of the Navy and realized with deep emotion the rapid development of our Navy being accelerated beyond precedent and limits thanks to the energetic around-the-clock leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The KPA Navy hosted a reception in commemoration of the commissioning of the destroyer.

The commissioning of the destroyer Kang Kon clearly proved the epoch-making progress and development of the building of the modern naval forces led by Comrade Kim Jong Un and gave redoubled strength and encouragement to the ranks of the all-people general advance working heart and soul for the successful implementation of the grand revolutionary programme set forth by the historic Ninth Congress of the WPK.

Only traces of victory and glory will always be recorded in the future of our Navy thanks to Comrade Kim Jong Un, the symbol of the mightiness of the great DPRK and the invincible and iron-willed commander. -0-