Peoples Korea Today' Issue 67 ( July 2026 ).pdf

 

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Construction Projects for Regional Development Policy in Ragwon County

 

Pyongyang, July 5 (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, gave field guidance at the construction projects for the regional development policy in Ragwon County of South Hamgyong Province on July 3.

He was accompanied by leading officials of the Central Committee of the WPK and the Ministry of National Defence and officials of the designing organs.

This year, modern regional-industry factories, an advanced public health facility and a multi-functional leisure complex, which will contribute to the development of the regional economy and the promotion of the inhabitants' health and their material and cultural life, are being built in Ragwon County, which is undergoing a radical change into the fairyland like its name along with the new era of regional change opened up by the Party, under the third year's plan for implementing the regional development policy.

The construction of regional-industry factories, hospital and leisure complex in Ragwon County is now progressing at 67.5 percent, 47 percent and 54 percent of the total construction projects respectively, thanks to the soldier-builders who are leaving traces of worthwhile creation and feats day by day to uphold the cherished desire of the Party Central Committee with honorable fruits of patriotic devotion and efforts.

First, Comrade Kim Jong Un gave field guidance at the construction sites of regional-industry factories in Sepho-ri, Ragwon County.

He was greeted on the spot by Ri Jong Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, and commanding officers of the construction units involved in the construction projects for the regional development policy in Ragwon County.

He went round foodstuff factory, daily necessities factory and garment factory under construction to learn in detail about the construction.

Praising the fact that the quality of construction for all the architectural spaces and elements is being ensured on a high level, he said with great satisfaction that the specialization and technical equipment level of construction units have been certainly improved to a higher stage as compared with last year and the environment around the construction site arranged in a clean way.

Saying that the construction quality and speed have been improved in the overall construction projects for the regional development policy as a result of the sustained efforts made to increase the proportion of mechanization in construction and strengthen the ranks of skilled workers, Comrade Kim Jong Un stressed the need to continue to reinforce construction equipment and, at the same time, make effective judgment on technical skill rating for the builders and properly evaluate according to them.

Enjoying a bird's-eye view of the area of Sepho-ri showing the traction and vitality of the Party's regional development policy, he said with pleasure that this was a shabby place when he made up his mind to build the Ragwon County Offshore Farm but there sprang up an advanced offshore farm and an ideal modern fishing village. He added that the construction of modern regional-industry factories and a greenhouse farm is turning the area into an industrial zone.

Acquainting himself with the operation of the offshore farm in the county, he said that since a good asset has been provided to lay foundations for the improved material and cultural life of its residents and independent economic development, the County Party Committee and the County People's Committee should hold fast to the main link and carry out all the tasks in a responsible manner and thus turn the county into a place with its own characteristics as a coastal area good to live in while creating and leading the civilization in the new era. He advanced detailed tasks and ways to do so.

He also called for making the struggle for the implementation of the Party's regional development policy an important political occasion cultivating the working spirit and voluntary revolutionary consciousness of all the residents who are determined to carve out their future by themselves.

He went round the hospital and leisure complex being built in the township of Ragwon County.

Learning about the construction, he highly praised the soldier-builders for thoroughly ensuring the quality of construction, aware that every structure will be associated with the leadership feats of our Party and conscience of the service personnel.

Although structures have the same purposes, their characteristics as the mountainous, coastal and flat areas have to be preserved and new things applied steadily and they should be harmonized with surrounding natural landscape, he said, adding that this is an important requirement of the Party's regional construction policy. And he stressed that the whole construction sector should have a proper understanding of this and create a new standard and a new record every year and steadily renew them.

Since new hospitals, leisure complexes and regional-industry factories have to be built in 20 cities and counties every year, it is needed to supply sufficient material and technical means for designing and building and steadily develop the builders' activeness and creativeness so that all the structures can be successfully built to fully embody the Party's idea on architectural aesthetics and meet the architectural engineering requirements, he said.

Saying that the important significance of construction work is being more highlighted in bringing all-people struggle for the overall development of socialism to a steady upsurge at present, he expressed his idea to further accelerate the regional transformation by expanding and deepening the regional development policy in a gigantic way in the future.

The epoch-making changes in local areas at which even we admire are historic miracles that can be created only by our army, he said, adding that the entire Party, the whole country and all the people should give full play to the spirit of assisting the army with sincerity.

He called upon construction units at all levels to put constant efforts into the political and ideological education so as to firmly prepare all the soldier-builders to be staunch defenders and implementers of the Party's policies and make them fully display their excellent political awareness and morality and patriotism in the fields of socialist construction.

He clarified the important tasks arising in the completion of the construction and the operation of objects, including the issue of strictly meeting the requirements of the method of construction at the finishing work and intensifying supervision, the issue of conducting the designs for afforestation well and giving precedence to the afforestation and greening in time, the issue of building up the county's own construction forces and directing primary efforts to improving urban management including the provision of domestic water for inhabitants and the removing of sewage, the issue of preparing the ranks of medical workers to run modern hospitals without any deviation, the issue of taking responsible measures for the supply of raw materials to regional-industry factories and the issue of paying deeper attention to the living conditions of soldier-builders.

He expressed expectation and belief that all the soldier-builders involved in the construction projects for the regional development policy would invariably remain faithful to their honorable duty and vanguard role, with the awareness that they are the core and engine leading the comprehensive development of socialism, and thus glorify the first year of implementing the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK as a year of proud victory in which regional areas are making another leap forward in their transformation.

Encouraged by the field guidance and the greatest trust of Comrade Kim Jong Un, all the soldier-builders pledged to uphold the Party's policy on regional development with high results at the level required by the new era of comprehensive development. -0-

Destroyer Kang Kon Has Performance Test of Its Weapon Systems

 Destroyer Kang Kon Has Performance Test of Its Weapon Systems

Pyongyang, July 5 (KCNA) -- The destroyer Kang Kon on Friday conducted a test-fire of strategic cruise missile and a test of major weapon systems such as naval artillery, automatic machine guns and electronic warfare means under its plan to assess and test the performance of its combat systems.

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, oversaw the tests.

Among the spectators were Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, and Kim Kwang Il, minister of Shipbuilding, and other leading officials in the field of national defence and shipbuilding industries.

The relevant tests are part of a process for examining and confirming the ability to apply various kinds of weapon systems on board the destroyer in combat.

Prior to the tests, Comrade Kim Jong Un heard from members of the weapon systems assessment group detailed reports on the stepwise plan to examine and test the performance of weapon systems on board the warship.

Then there took place the inspection of the warship's target-detecting and information-processing capability and combined firepower system and the test-fires aimed to assess the performance of warship artillery and automatic machine guns in accordance with the plan to assess and test the performance of weapon systems.

They were followed by the launch of a strategic cruise missile from the destroyer.

Noting that the combat power and creditability of anti-warship, anti-submarine and anti-aircraft weapon systems and strategic offensive weapon systems on board the destroyer Kang Kon are being verified in a responsible manner, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that it is enough to have confidence in potential for the development of naval combat system of our own style in view of the recent trend of development of our weapon systems and this provides the great possibility to bring on a change in the readiness posture of our army's strategic action.

He clarified the tasks to be carried out by stages in developing various surface and underwater combat systems and deploying them in the waters for military action under the crucial strategic idea of our Party for national defence.

Noting that it is necessary for us to further speed up the projects to maintain and steadily expand the reliable war deterrent and capability to fight a war, he affirmed that we will demonstrate through more obvious actions our political will and determination to have an absolute power.

Recalling the fact that the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK adopted a decision to build naval fleet bases into a hub of naval command, culture and combat capability and expand the capacity of the shipyards at all levels, he expressed his determination to take national steps to build up our Navy which plays an important role in defending the maritime sovereignty of the country and exercising the war deterrent.

He encouraged the warship and weapon system institutes to achieve greater success in their efforts to implement the Party Central Committee's idea and line of building a powerful army, deeply mindful of their historic mission.

He gave an instruction to complete the trial process of the destroyer in a responsible manner and commission it for the Navy within two months.

That day he convened an important consultative meeting for the development of the warship building industry. -0-

Happiest Children in the World

2026.7.1.
http://www.mfa.gov.kp/view/article/24604
Five years have passed since the new childcare policy was adopted thanks to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un ’s noble view on younger generations.

At the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea five years ago, he proposed the renewing of the childcare policy as a key agenda item. He saw to it that a policy was adopted for supplying all the children throughout the country with dairy products and other nutritious food at the expense of the state.

The new childcare policy was a bold decision made by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un with fatherly love for the children during a period of unprecedented hardships, as he hopes they grow up well on a good diet in a favorable environment.

The policy institutionalized the daily supply of fresh dairy products to all the children in the country so that nutritious food can reach every child on a regular basis.

Thanks to the great motherly care and affection, our children grow up healthier and more happily in good shape.

To be more dedicated to the rising generation despite more difficulties; to move dynamically towards the future of communism with the might of that love - This is our invariable approach to progress and development of the revolution.

Seeing the bright and cheerful appearances of the children, our people pride ourselves on making revolution and endeavoring for the children’s growth and happiness.

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 32nd anniversary of the passing away of President KIM IL SUNG

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA

 email juche007@yahoo.co.uk
                                                               

                                                              


                                             

2nd of July  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 32nd anniversary of the passing away of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG , the sun of Juche and eternal leader of the Korean people and Workers' Party of Korea;
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 We Juche Idea followers and true friends of People's Korea in the UK recall the great leader President KIM IL SUNG , who passed away 32 years ago on the 8th of July 1994.  His great exploits shine forever in our memory . 

A delegation of the then Juche Idea Study Group of England was the last British delegation to be in the DPRK shortly before President KIM IL SUNG passed away.                 

   President KIM IL SUNG worked all his life for the independence of the people. . He was a tireless fighter who battled against imperialism all his life, leading the Korean people first against the rapacious Japanese imperialists, then against the barbaric US imperialists . President KIM IL SUNG waged a 15 year long  armed struggle against the Japanese imperialists becoming a legendary general distinguished by his adroit guerrilla tactics .He gave the Korean people independence and liberation ,something that is so precious it cannot be bartered for billions of tons of gold bullion.
   President KIM IL SUNG was the ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander and gifted military strategist who defeated the US imperialist aggressors who had tried to crush People's Korea when it was in its cradle .Thus again he defended the independence of the people.
    Under the leadership of  the great leader President KIM IL SUNG ,two stages of revolution were carried out : the anti-imperialist ,anti-feudal democratic revolution and the socialist revolution .He founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) , an unique socialist state of Juche centred on the popular masses ,a peoples paradise. The DPRK is a most durable ,stable and harmonious socialist state.
                                   
          The great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG ensured that Rightist and Leftist deviations were avoided in the construction of socialism. Moreover socialism in Korea was not a copy of another country but Korean-style socialism, an independent Juche socialism. The DPRK upheld socialist principles when others introduced capitalist-style methods.

   Independence, independence and independence was the creed of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG . He authored the Juche Idea which lights the road of independence for the popular masses and teaches us that man is the master of everything .The Juche idea captivated the anti-imperialists and revolutionaries throughout the world .Thousands of seminars on the Juche idea have been held all over the world.
                                                          

    Comrade KIM IL SUNG always struggled uncompromisingly against US led world imperialism . He upheld unity against division when the international communist movement and socialist camp suffered from sharp differences. The great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG held high the red flag of socialism when others abandoned it. He was a great revolutionary true to his faith until the very last moments of his life. President KIM IL SUNG put forward the line of global independence and was known as the sun of the world revolution.

 We remember  great  President KIM IL SUNG as the eternal leader of the Korean people and WPK ,  the greatest of great leaders who was the author of the Juche idea, the benevolent liberator of the Korean people, the ever-victorious iron-willed commander and the outstanding leader of the world revolution. The ideas and cause of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG is being faithfully carried forward by dear respected leader  Marshal KIM JONG UN , who is identical to the great leader President KIM IL SUNG.
THE GREAT LEADER PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG IS ALWAYS WITH US !

BGSJI

KFA UK                                                                               

                                                                                                             

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 9th Anniversary of the test fire of the Hwasong 14 ICBM

    BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

 email juche007@yahoo.co.uk

                                   

2 July 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 9th  anniversary of the successful test fire of the Hwasong 14 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).

                                           

 9 years ago on the 4th of July 2017 the DPRK,  in the presence of supreme leader respected Marshal KIM JONG UN  , successfully test-fired the Hwasong 14 ICBM .  This event became known as the "July 4 Revolution' in the DPRK . The  test of the Hwasong 14  dealt a crushing blow to the US imperialists schemes to militarily overpower People's Korea . At the same time the Hwasong 14 test was an assertion of the DPRK's independence  and brave defiance of the imperialist sanctions against People's Korea .
 The Hwasong 14 test fire demonstrated fully the might of self-reliance , the might of Juche . Today the DPRK is raising higher the  banner of self-reliance and self-sufficiency .
 Guided by Juche and Songun and upholding the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance  and the spirit of the 'July 4th revolution ' the DPRK will defeat the US imperialists and win final victory  

BGSJI
KFA UK 

Holding Peerless Great Leader in High Esteem

Holding Peerless Great Leader in High Esteem

 2026.6.30.

http://www.mfa.gov.kp/view/article/24603

June 29 is a significant day marking the 10th anniversary when respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was elected as President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Thanks to the wise leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un who is the most prominent thinker and theoretician in the present world, great strategist of the state building and great master of the creation and change, a solid foundation for the comprehensive development of socialism has been laid in our country and national power and position have been remarkably enhanced over the past decade.

All sectors of the national economy have seen upward trend, ideal streets and houses for people are being built across the country including Pyongyang. Such socialist assets as Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm, Kangdong Greenhouse Farm, Yangdok Hot Spring Resort, Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area are mushrooming.

In line with the programme of the rural revolution in the new era and regional development policy, modern regional industry factories and leisure complexes are being built in 20 counties every year, thus creating eye-opening reality where the people in the capital city envies the other provinces and the regional prosperity represents the advance and development of our state.

Thanks to the daily-increasing socialist measures, our people are leading a genuine life and children are growing up to be the masters of the future with nothing to envy.

Comrade Kim Jong Un legalized the state nuclear force policy and strengthened the people’s army into the elite revolutionary army. Thus he consolidated the eternal foundation for ensuring the security of our Republic and defending national interests in the turbulent world of today where violence and arbitrariness are rampant, and transformed our country into an impregnable fortress.

Comrade Kim Jong Un is leading the cause of building a powerful socialist country to sure victory with his gifted ideological and theoretical wisdom and outstanding leadership. As our people hold in high esteem such a peerless great leader, they have firm faith and unwavering will to achieve without fail the victory of Korean-style socialism and accomplish the historic cause of building a rich country with a strong army.

Our people will surely build a socialist power that is independent in politics, self-sufficient in economy and self-reliant in national defense, advancing along the sacred and bold road of pioneering indicated by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.