Press Statement of Permanent Representative of DPRK to UN

Pyongyang, October 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Song, permanent representative of the DPRK to the UN, issued the following press statement on October 29:

Despite the unanimous desire and demand of the international community to reform the UN into a genuine multilateral center where justice and impartiality are realized, retrogressive acts are still being committed.

In the venue of the 3rd Committee of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly where the report of the "special rapporteur" on human rights issue in the DPRK was discussed, the "special rapporteur" and the ROK, Japan and other anti-DPRK forces committed serious politically-motivated provocations against the DPRK, malignantly slandering its policy for ensuring genuine human rights and its actual situation.

I express extreme contempt at the repeated malicious practice of encroaching upon the dignity and sovereignty of a sovereign state in the sacred UN arena and denounce and reject it in the strongest tone.

The UN, which regards peace, development and human rights as its core pillar, is now faced with the worst trust crisis and structural crisis unprecedented in its 80-year history. This is mainly attributable to the connivance at the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the specific forces who are abusing the UN organizations and office regulations for their sinister political purposes.

A typical example is the system of the "special rapporteur" on human rights issue in the DPRK, which has existed as a tool of the U.S. and its vassal forces to antagonize the DPRK for over 20 years.

As for the "special rapporteur", he is a political servant who has been active as a "special class hero" in confrontation with the DPRK while frequently flying to the ROK, our invariable hostile state, to meet human scum. So, it is impossible to expect any reasonable thinking and fair judgment from him.

Establishing the public order in society and enhancing the function and role of the law-enforcement organs, irrespective of any country on earth, is regarded as an essential process for ensuring social stability and human rights.

However, the "special rapporteur" deliberately turned away from the lawful course of state management, the most elementary and universal one, and viciously slandered the DPRK's policy of strengthening the discipline and enhancing the role of its law enforcement organs. It highlights again his morbid repugnancy and inveterate hostility toward the DPRK.

In particular, the "special rapporteur" branded the efforts of our state to defend the people's rights to life at the highest level with scientific and preemptive emergency anti-epidemic measures during the world health crisis as a "violation of the right to life". His hysteric behavior clearly proves his identity as a heinous confrontation maniac.

The most serious threat to the right to life comes from the war moves of the U.S. and its vassal forces which unhesitatingly encroach upon the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries in order to realize their exclusive ambition for hegemony.

They openly violate the state sovereignty of other countries on the basis of the jungle law "Strength precisely means justice", target educational, medical and sports facilities with ultra-modern military hardware and wage the hideous unethical war of massacring civilians on a daily basis.

The present miserable reality, in which a weak country becomes a victim of aggression and war, being deprived of its sovereignty and territory and exposed to merciless violation of human rights, intuitively shows the validity and vitality of the policy on ensuring human rights of the DPRK that reliably defends the national security and provides the best human rights to the people by dint of its powerful deterrent for self-defence.

No matter how often those including the "special rapporteur" on human rights issue in the DPRK may resort to human rights farce according to the order of the hostile forces, nothing will change and no false rumour and vituperation can cover up the true picture of the human rights situation in the DPRK where the people have become the masters of everything.

Human rights apart from state sovereignty are nothing but an armchair argument, and human rights are an absolutely inviolable domain for us.

We will never pardon the vicious anti-DPRK "human rights" farce of those seeking to hurt the Korean-style socialist system centered on the popular masses chosen by all the Korean people, but defend the dignity of the state and the rights and interests of the people in a responsible manner. -0-

Press Statement of Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence

Pyongyang, October 30 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following press statement on Friday:

In recent days, the provocative frenzy of the enemy states aimed to raise the level of war preparations against the DPRK has unprecedentedly escalated the military tension in the Korean peninsula.

The U.S. and the ROK military warmongers launched the provocative large-scale joint air drill Freedom Flag against our state on October 26 by mobilizing huge air forces, amid the large-scale field mobile war drill which is being conducted in a frantic way in the whole area of the ROK every day.

The drill involves fighters of the army, navy and marines, to say nothing of air force, and AWACS, air refueling tanker and attack drones. This clearly shows the difference between the "defensive character" of the drill advocated by them and their military purpose.

In particular, the Third Expedition of the U.S. marines, the advance force for overseas aggression, staged the multi-domain reconnaissance drill for the first time in the ROK, which had been conducted in Hawaii, and openly asserted that its main purpose was to support the anti-DPRK preemptive strike system Kill Chain of the ROK. The fact clearly shows the gravity of the military attempt pursued by the enemy states.

The frequent military moves of the enemy states at the doorstep of the DPRK are increasing the danger of inviting an unexpected armed conflict that will result in catastrophic consequences as the ROK military gangsters are deliberately aggravating the tension in the DPRK-ROK border area.

This clearly proves that the cause of endangering the security environment in the region day by day is none other than the U.S. and the ROK which are seeking to seize the superiority of strength through the expansion of the military alliance system and the joint military drills under various pretexts.

The grave situation, in which the national security environment is being exposed to an intolerable threat by the ever-undisguised close-to-actual war and preemptive attack-type hostile military acts of the U.S. and the ROK, demands the practical application of stronger counteraction forces to deter and remove all forms of dangerous elements.

Under the present situation, in which the enemy states' reckless demonstration of strength is becoming routine, it is an indolent idea to expect that the regional situation will be eased of its own accord with the passage of time, and it is the clear stand of our army that only the ready response to a potential new danger variable is a sure way to raise the national security index.

Any hostile act of violating the security right of the state is the target of the DPRK's armed forces' just exercise of its sovereign right.

There is no limit for the DPRK's option to maintain a strong deterrent posture capable of effectively coping with all threats posed by the military moves of the U.S. and its vassal forces and to increase the control of the situation in the Korean peninsula and the region.

The most obvious confrontational intention is bound to invite the most obvious will to respond to it.

Our armed forces will thoroughly deter threats with force and only act in such manner that the enemy states can understand.

No one can put a veto on the DPRK's legitimate exercise of its right to self-defence. -0-

Exhibition "Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Development-2026" Held with Splendour

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Pyongyang, October 30 (KCNA) -- The outstanding leadership of the ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea leading the sacred and historic cause of building a rich country with a strong army to great victory and steady prosperity is ushering in an era of radical development in national defence, the greatest heyday of the military muscle of the DPRK when the absolute strength of our state and people is proudly put on the highest peak of the world.

An exhibition "unmanned aeronautical technology development-2026" was held with splendour on Oct. 29, adding another brilliant page to the history of the struggle for steadily boosting the modernity and military and technological strength of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

On display at the exhibition were combat systems showing the latest achievements made in the field of unmanned aeronautical technology and the prospect of its development, including strategic and operational and tactical multi-purpose drones and suicide attack drones of various kinds.

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 an opening ceremony for the exhibition.

He was greeted courteously by leading officials in the field of munitions industry and the Ministry of National Defence.

All the participants paid the highest tribute to Comrade Kim Jong Un, the ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander who has illuminated the clear path to the modernization of the armed forces with his rare military strategic ideas, far-sighted wisdom and energetic leadership and energetically guided the efforts for putting the military and technical might of our army on the highest level.

Present there were secretaries of the C.C., WPK and other members of the Party central leadership, leading officials of the Party Central Committee, senior officials of the Party committees of the Cabinet, commissions and ministries, scientists, technicians and meritorious persons in the field of munitions industry, commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and services and corps of the Korean People's Army, division and brigade commanders of the army, and teachers and researchers of military educational and scientific research institutes at all levels and major universities.

The national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was played solemnly.

Jo Chun Ryong, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, made a speech at the commemorative event.

The current exhibition is an aggregate of recent achievements made in carrying out the Party Central Committee's policy on developing the unmanned and intelligent combat systems of our own style, he said, introducing the drones of various kinds newly developed in the field of unmanned aeronautical industry.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made an important speech of historic significance.

Referring to the significance of the exhibition intuitively showing the development potential in the field of unmanned aeronautical technology, a key component in the military strength of the state, Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed great satisfaction with it.

Saying that to aim to seize the absolute superiority in the drone technology is an indispensable option in the light of the ever-changing patterns of modern warfare, he mentioned the WPK's national defence development strategy for rapidly expanding and strengthening the unmanned aeronautical technology and the important state measures for its implementation.

Noting that peace and strength are inseparably related to each other, peace is not for sale at any price and therefore even a rich country cannot gain peace with money, Comrade Kim Jong Un said: Strength precisely means peace and peace is guaranteed only by strength. This is a matter of common sense needed to survive in the present noisy world. The scientists of our country should go all out for obtaining miraculous results in development of unmanned aeronautical technology and AI for national defence, too, as we had access to the function of a nuclear weapons state and have made new leaps forward in upgrading conventional weapons.

The senior officials of the Party, government and national defence organs and all those from educational and scientific institutions fervently supported the great historic programme for national defence development, set forth by Comrade Kim Jong Un, and firmly pledged to faithfully carry into practice the plan and decision of the Party Central Committee to reliably defend the security, wellbeing, independent dignity and development environment of the country and its people by dint of absolute power.

Comrade Kim Jong Un went round the exhibition hall with the participants.

Watching the unmanned combat systems on display, he stressed once again the importance and military significance of the development of unmanned aeronautical technology in developing the DPRK's armed forces into the ultra-modern elite army well-versed in modern warfare.

Given the on-going development trend in which unmanned military hardware have emerged as the main assets for military activities in war and their utility scope is expanding with each passing day, it is needed to rapidly develop key technologies in this regard, put unmanned weapon systems on a high-level AI basis and optimize their operational capability, regarding it as a top-priority task for building modern armed forces, he stressed.

The defence science research field should as ever accelerate an important change in the bolstering of the military muscle by dint of mightiness of our Republic's armed forces and sustained and unique development of the self-supporting defence industry reliably supporting the armed forces, he said, underlining the need to push ahead with steadily enhancing their strategic position and role in our own way to the extent that they outpace the world.

The participants looked round the exhibition hall with pride, realizing the epochal development of national defence science.

Then various drones and major weapon systems demonstrated their power to mark the event.

The demonstration involved firepower strikes by various tactical suicide attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, multi-purpose drones and a 600mm-calibre multiple rocket launcher battalion.

Tactical suicide attack drones, air-to-surface missiles from multi-purpose drones and cruise missiles hit the islet target with 100 percent accuracy.

The 600mm-calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launcher, which is called "sniper", opened fire before the public for the first time.

Watching the great power of the core strategic weapon system of the DPRK, the one and only weapon system in the world, all the participants enthusiastically applauded with great pride.

The creditability and effectiveness of all the major weapon systems were successfully verified.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed once again the unshakable and immutable will of the WPK and the DPRK government to further build up the most powerful and righteous war deterrent in order to firmly defend the security of the country, the peaceful life of the people and the environment for socialist development.

This event will greatly encourage the development of the national defence capabilities aimed at building the most powerful army in the world and give greater confidence and courage to the people all out in the historic struggle to implement the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK. -0-

 

Vitality of Korean-style Advanced Farming Method Proved in Agricultural Production

Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- In recent years, the DPRK has vigorously pushed ahead with its scheme to introduce the Korean-style green cultivation and fish farming method, an advanced organic farming method capable of increasing grain and fish production, presenting spectacular scenes of bumper harvest of catfish farming as well as rice-field farming in the rural areas across the country.

The rice fields which introduced the method of paddy-field fish breeding on a trial basis reached a total of more than 2 000 hectares in the rural areas across the country this year. The farms that applied the method are foreseeing the crop estimate of an average of 7 tons, a maximum of 13 tons per hectare.

Under the guidance of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is always paying deep attention to the development of agriculture and the improvement of the people's standard of living, a bright prospect has been opened for introducing the Korean-style green cultivation and fish farming method to agriculture and a model created in introducing organic farming through fish farming.

The energetic guidance of the respected Comrade General Secretary, who gave instructions on the benefits of the combined system of green cultivation and fish farming and the issues of putting paddy-field fish breeding on a scientific, regulated and standardized basis, served as a driving force to make paddy-field fish breeding brisk across the country.

On the basis of the experience gained by the supply base of a unit of the Korean People's Army in harvesting more than 10 tons of rice per hectare in the low-yielding paddy fields by introducing organic farming through fish farming, the scientific farming promotion team has intensified its activities to establish a comprehensive system of green cultivation and fish farming of our own style.

Amid the growing public interest in paddy-field fish breeding, a vigorous campaign was waged across the country to expand and introduce green cultivation and fish farming method of our own style.

The Agricultural Commission and agricultural guidance organs at all levels set model units and organized demonstrations and passing-on-technique meetings to intensify technical guidance to raise the scientific level of paddy-field fish breeding.

Enthusiastic agricultural workers concluded the selection of right soil and the remaking of paddy fields in a short span of time.

The validity and vitality of the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on expanding and introducing green cultivation and fish farming method of our own style have been proved in practice since the first year's farming.

The paddy fields that introduced the method of paddy-field fish breeding across the country not only had an unusual bumper crop but also saved hundreds of tons of fertilizer and thousands of kilograms of agrochemicals.

They also witnessed a good harvest of catfish farming.

At the time of the harvest, the young catfish, which were 7-10 centimeters in size when they were released in paddy fields, grew to an average of 0.8-1.3 kg, a maximum of over 3 kg, swarming in paddy fields. -0-

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Participants in Third Meeting of Company Leaders of KPA

Pyongyang, October 28 (KCNA) -- 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, had a photo session with the participants in the Third Meeting of Company Leaders of the Korean People's Army on Oct. 27.

He was accompanied by Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the WPK Central Military Commission.

Present there were Kim Song Gi, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Ri Yong Gil, chief of the General Staff of the KPA, Yu Kwang U, first vice-director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, and commanders of all services and large combined units.

All the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers with deep reverence for the great iron-willed brilliant commander who indicated the bright path for firmly guaranteeing the absolute might and eternal victory of the armed forces of the Republic with his outstanding army-building idea and energetic leadership and placed the company leaders in the vanguard of it, repeatedly showing great trust and warm love for them.

Comrade Kim Jong Un waved back to the cheering participants as a token of his encouragement to them who fully demonstrated the staunch revolutionary spirit and militant mettle of the commanding officers of the new generation shouldering the future of the KPA through the meeting, a historic occasion for accelerating the fresh innovation and simultaneous development of the entire army.

Saying that the current world-startling mightiness of the KPA is attributable to the fact that all its companies, the grass-roots units and cornerstone of the army, are steady with their inexhaustible political and ideological might and matchless combat capabilities, incomparably stronger than any ultra-modern military hardware, he highly appreciated once again the brilliant feats of the company leaders who take charge of their companies, the bases of soldiers' life and main combat units of the armed forces of the DPRK, to become the engine for performing countless military exploits and achievements with ardent loyalty, revolutionary spirit of service and devoted efforts.

Noting that the unique role of the company leaders in the building of a strong army intended by us is so important that it can never be classified according to the ranks of commanding officers and the number of stars on collar badge, he stressed that it is the firm determination and will of the Party Central Committee to courageously carry out the gigantic historic task for strengthening the entire army and accelerate the military revolution in the new era, along with the strengthening of companies, by relying on the company commanders.

The primary revolutionary task of the company leaders is to round off the combat preparations of their units for getting fully ready for fighting a war and the way for its implementation is to bring about a radical improvement in the strenuous and intensive training, he said, adding that their loyalty to the Party and the revolution, the country and the people, and their ability as organizers and commanders should be proved by proud successes in turning their companies into a-match-for-a-hundred ranks with firm revolutionary faith, patriotic spirit and matchless heroic mettle and fighting efficiency.

He said that the foundation of our armed forces would be further cemented by the ardent and reliable company leaders with transparent revolutionary spirit and the future of the cause of building a strong army be immensely rosy thanks to them. Expressing expectation and belief that all the participants in the meeting would redouble their efforts to strengthen their companies and thus bring about a successful result without fail, he had a photo taken with them.

The participants in the Third Meeting of Company Leaders of the KPA renewed their firm determination to demonstrate the heroic spirit peculiar to the KPA and its tradition of invincibility by thoroughly implementing the original line of the Party Central Committee on attaching importance to companies and strengthening them and live up to the great trust and loving care of Comrade Kim Jong Un by dedicating themselves to the sacred struggle for defending the eternal prosperity of the country and the well-being of the people in every way. -0-

Morgan Censored: What “Freedom of Speech” Looks Like in the West-An article by the Chairman of the People’s Korea Initiative

A few days ago, on the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” channel (or, more accurately, “Piers Morgan Censored”), Piers Morgan hosted Dr Dermot Hudson, Chairman of the Korean Friendship Association UK, a great friend of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and of our Initiative. The interview provided us, friends of People’s Korea, with yet another textbook example of what we have to contend with in the Western media landscape: a barrage of lies and provocations served up by people with malicious intentions, a category to which Morgan most certainly belongs.

Morgan was not interested in having a discussion. He came to act out a script he had prepared before the cameras even started rolling. His “questions” were, in fact, pre-packaged assertions dressed up with question marks, deliberately framed to leave his guest no room for any substantive discussion. The entire exchange was built around stereotypes, with the legendary “twenty permitted hairstyles” leading the way. Anyone with even a basic understanding of the world around them knows that such fabrications are deliberately manufactured and circulated by anti-Korean, American and, more broadly, Western media outlets to demonise the DPRK. Rather than challenging these myths, Morgan made them the foundation of his “interview”.

As if that were not enough, the presenter attempted to lecture and patronise a man who has visited the DPRK twenty times and is an undisputed authority on the country. Where does this arrogance come from? Certainly not from his own knowledge, as Morgan demonstrated no such knowledge in the studio. Instead, we heard the mechanical repetition of tabloid headlines on which he has built his career. He looked pathetic, like a little yapping dog.

Dr Hudson, meanwhile, demonstrated absolute class. He remained courteous towards the viewers and showed the presenter a degree of patience he had done nothing to deserve. It is precisely this contrast between a calm, knowledgeable guest and a nervous presenter that Morgan presumably finds so difficult to tolerate. We would not be surprised if this also explained why comments supporting Dr Hudson beneath the interview are being deleted. This is what an “uncensored” programme looks like: inconvenient voices disappear as soon as they no longer fit the host’s narrative.

We, the People’s Korea Initiative, which, together with KFA UK, forms part of the European Regional Committee For Friendship with the Korean People, fully support the work of Dr Dermot Hudson.