Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Reply Message to General Secretary of C.C., LPRP

Pyongyang, March 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, sent a reply message to Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, on March 10.

The reply message said:

Respected Comrade General Secretary,

I express deep thanks to you for sending warm and encouraging congratulations to me on my reelection as the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

Your warm congratulations are valuable support and encouragement to our people's cause of struggle facing new goals.

Expressing belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries will be further developed thanks to the common efforts and will of all the members of the two parties and peoples of the two countries, I wish you good health and bigger success in fulfilling your important duty. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.11.)

The KAL 858-Mayumi case -old lies revisited

Some friends of KFA UK in Turkey told us that on Turkish social media some reactionaries brought up the old case of the ‘disappearance of KAL Flight 858  and Mayumi ‘which occurred in 1987 ,some 39 years ago . 

In those days the anti-DPRK propaganda tended to have a different focus whereas these days it is focussed on the nuclear question , ICBMs and the ‘human rights issue ‘  back in the 1980s one of the main anti-DPRK propaganda tropes was “terrorism “ with the DPRK being blamed for a number of incidents . One such incident was the disappearance of a south Korean airliner , flight KAL 858 disappeared over the Andaman Sea near Myanmar on the 29th of November 1987 . .Although most of the wreckage of the aircraft was not officially recovered at the time and apparently the “black box “ flight recorder was not recovered . However the south Korean puppets lost no time in blaming the DPRK for the incident which was used to frame the DPRK as a ‘state sponsor of terrorism ‘ and add the DPRK to the US list of “state sponsors of terrorism “.

Looking at the history of south Korean airlines , KAL , it is noticeable that the airline has a bad safety record with numerous crashes and incidents . Back in 1999 a KAL cargo plane exploded in the air above Stansted Airport in Essex , UK , are the south Korean puppets going to blame the DPRK for that ?

The case of KAL 858 was mysterious right from the start . For one thing apparently little wreckage and bodies were found at the time . However around the same time another plane crashed in the Indian ocean as a south Korean researcher pointed out  “ In fact, the South African Airways Flight 295 accident, in which all 159 people (47 Japanese) on board were killed, crashed into a deep trench at a depth of 3,600 meters, but the wreckage of the plane and its belongings, especially the black box, were recovered. In comparison, the KAL858, which disappeared with 115 people on board in the much shallower Andaman waters (about 60 meters), left suspicions as it hastily stopped the search without recovering any debris or black boxes”

So basically there was no real evidence that a ) Flight 858 had been bombed b) that the DPRK was responsible .

However , the south Korean puppets dramatically produced out of nowhere a so-called “north Korean terrorist “ or secret agent  ‘Mayumi’ or  ‘Kim Hyun-hee’ . Ms Kim’s case is very fishy . Supposedly she confessed to planting a bomb on the KAL aircraft after being shown around Seoul ! . Of course this is nonsense. This kind of thing might happen in films and TV but in real life it would take weeks or months or even years to break down a trained agent and force them to confess .

At the time the DPRK itself pointed out that there was no such person called Kim Hyun Hee with the same age and biographical data as suggested by the south Korean puppets. It was also very clear that the picture of the woman captured in Bahrain and the picture of the so-called secret agent Ms Kim were in fact different women . Later a former south Korean politician Jong Hui Son said that ‘Mayumi/Kim Hyun Hee’ was actually an actress .

Another detail is that supposedly the bomb on the aircraft was planted in a transistor radio and a bottle of liquor . However experts say that this would not be enough to destroy a Boeing 707 aircraft . Moreover , how was Ms Kim and her accomplice(who conveniently committed suicide ) able to smuggle the bomb on board to the aircraft but then leave the aircraft at a stopover but leave the bomb on board without anyone noticing ? This does not add up .

At the time the DPRK was committed to peaceful reunification with south Korea so would have no motive to bomb a south Korean airliner . Moreover the DPRK has always opposed individualistic terrorism 

In short the KAL 858 case was a frame up and a false flag operation against the DPRK  that was partly used for internal south Korean reasons namely to secure the election of south Korean puppet fascist Roh Tae Woo and to divert attention from internal problems but it was also used by the US to frame the DPRK as a “terrorist state “ and impose sanctions on the DPRK .

No one should be dredging up old worn out propaganda like the KAL 858 case !

Dr Dermot Hudson

KFA UK Chairman

Answer Given by Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry

Pyongyang, March 11 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by a journalist on March 10 as regards the fact that the U.S. and its vassal forces are getting undisguised in their intervention into the internal affairs of Iran over the recent election of its new leader of the Islamic Revolution:

We express serious concern over and strongly denounce the acts of aggression by the U.S. and Israel that are destroying the regional peace and security foundations and escalating instability worldwide by mounting illegal military attack on Iran.

Any rhetorical threats and military action, which violate the political system and territorial integrity of the relevant country, interfere in its internal affairs and openly advocate the attempt to overthrow its social system, deserve worldwide criticism and rejection as they can never be tolerated.

With regard to the recent official announcement that Iran's Assembly of Experts elected the new leader of the Islamic Revolution, we respect the rights and choice of the Iranian people to elect their supreme leader. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.11.)

Destroyer Choe Hyon Conducts Test-Fire of Strategic Cruise Missiles

Pyongyang, March 11 (KCNA) -- Amid the continued tests of operational efficiency of the Destroyer Choe Hyon of the Navy of the Korean People's Army, a strategic cruise missile test-fire was conducted again on March 10.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un observed the test-fire on TV.

The test-fire on the destroyer was aimed at evaluating the reliability of the national integrated control system of strategic weapons and the destroyer's detection and weapon systems and verifying the combat effectiveness of the integrated combat system in technical aspects, Kim Jong Un said, adding that on the other hand, it is to demonstrate the Navy's strategic attack posture and make sailors well versed in relevant military activities.

The Destroyer Choe Hyon received target information, and the launch was approved according to relevant procedures and cruise missiles launched simultaneously to hit several targets.

The launched cruise missiles flew along the flight orbit set in the sky above the West Sea of Korea for 10 116s to 10 138s and hit the individual island targets.

Kim Jong Un expressed his great satisfaction over the verified reliability of the national integrated control system of strategic weapons and superiority of the destroyer's integrated combat system.

He gave important instructions on reexamining in our own way the organization of weapon systems of the destroyer, to be built in the future, in the light of the actual requirements in military aspects and from the development-oriented view.

Underlining the need to examine the military efficiency of the naval automatic gun installed on the warship in the light of our specific conditions, he expressed his view that it is more favorable to enhance the anti-warship and strategic attack capabilities, as required by operational features, by equipping high-speed warships of below 3 000 tonnage with such naval automatic guns and additionally installing supersonic weapon systems instead of those guns on the 5 000-tonnage, 8 000-tonnage destroyers in the future.

He gave an instruction on examining the plan of organizing such Korean-style weapon system and applying it to the warships to be built, including the third destroyer under construction.

Saying that it is a very important strategic task to maintain and expand the powerful and reliable nuclear war deterrent, he said:

"The components of our war deterrent are now being included in the very sophisticated operational system in an effective and accelerated manner continuously and the country's nuclear forces have made a switch to the phase of multifaceted operation.

Important successes have been recently made in putting the strategic and tactical strike means on a practical basis and deploying them for an actual war.

Such successes have updated the readiness of our army for strategic action and enhanced the confidence in it.

Our belief and confidence based on those verified capabilities make it possible to take the initiative in the military activities for national defence and will play an important role in further developing our potential."

He stressed that the DPRK's offensive weapon systems undergoing constant development constitute an indispensable factor for self-defence literally.

He set forth a series of important tasks for rapidly increasing the fighting efficiency of the Navy, including the issue of delivering the destroyer to the Navy within the set time by finishing the assessment of its maneuverability and the operational capabilities of its such other weapon systems as anti-air, anti-submarine and torpedo weapon systems, the issue of stepping up the building of another destroyer to finish it before the founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea this year and the issue of reinforcing the existing infrastructure of the naval base and building new one. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.11.)

 

BGSJI and KFA UK support the statement " "Strong is the will of our state to defend peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the region"

    BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA

 email juche007@yahoo.co.uk
                                
                                                 

    London  10th  of March 2026

The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI) and the Korean Friendship Association of the UK ( KFA UK) issued the following joint statement in support of comrade Kim Yo Jong ,department director of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea titled "Strong is the will of our state to defend peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the region"  which was made public on the 10th of March ;

Yesterday on the 9th of March the US imperialists and ROK puppets began the 10 day long "Freedom Shield " war exercises which target the  Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)-People's Korea. The drill, involving more than 18 000 troops of the ROK and the U.S. forces, is to be staged day and night for  across the territorial ground, sea, air, outer space and cyberspace of the ROK. As comrade Kim Yo Jong states "  It is not a "military game" but provocative and aggressive war rehearsal of those simulating and planning the confrontation with the DPRK." . The fact that the war exercises are being staged is indicative of the deep hostility of the US and ROK towards the DPRK and demonstrates their unchanging hostile policy towards the DPRK.

"Freedom Shield " is being held at a time when the international situation is rapidly deteriorating and wars are breaking in different parts of the globe owing to the actions of what comrade Kim Yo Jong terms correctly as " outrageous international rogues". The war exercises of the US and ROK can only contribute to the spiral of international tensions, conflicts and wars . 

Comrade Kim Yo Jong warns that "The recent global geopolitical crisis and complicated international events prove that all military maneuvers of the field warfare troops, to be conducted by the enemy states, assume no distinction between defence and attack, training and actual warfare, and that they should be suppressed through an extraordinarily overwhelming and preemptive super-offensive, rather than a responsive or proportional action, in order to get fully prepared to cope with them."

The US and ROK should heed this warning of the DPRK made by comrade Kim Yo Jong . "Freedom Shield " should be immediately cancelled.

Our organisations take this opportunity to denounce " Freedom Shield " .War exercises can easily go over to actual war . Such exercises are carried on the premise that there will actually be a war , they are not a deterrent but aggressive in intent .The Freedom Shield drill is a rehearsal for invading People's Korea and colonizing the northern part of Korea. Freedom Shield is aimed at overthrowing the socialist system of the DPRK!

We support the statement of department director comrade Kim Yo Jong  and believe that it should be given wide publicity .

NO TO FREEDOM SHIELD !

DEFEND PEOPLE'S KOREA !

KFA UK
BGSJI

                  
       

Respected Marshal Kim Jong Un Receives Letter of Pledge from Congratulatory Group of Koreans in Japan

Pyongyang, March 9 (KCNA) -- The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un received a letter of pledge from the members of a congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan on March 7.

The letter said that the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was a political event that demonstrated once again the leadership ability of the WPK to the world and a grand meeting that called on tens of millions of Korean people to achieve a brilliant success in socialist construction.

It extended the greatest glory and warmest congratulations, in reflection of the sincerity of all Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan, to Kim Jong Un who glorified the Ninth Party Congress, recorded in history as a great review on strenuous struggle and the start of a new journey, as the congress of victory and glory.

Seeing the grand epic scenes of single-minded unity at the celebrations, the brilliant edifices built across the DPRK and the happy laughter of the people during the days of visit to the homeland, we were able to harden again our confidence in certain victory and optimism that no one in the world can match our homeland advancing in the spirit of self-sustenance, rallied close around the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, it said, adding:

We clearly grasped the might of our homeland, seeing the benevolent image of the respected Marshal who visited the workers at the Sangwon Cement Complex after the Ninth Party Congress and is continuing his field guidance to strengthen the national defence capability.

In the letter, the members of the congratulatory group pledged to dynamically advance along the road of patriotism, always remembering that the eye-opening reality in the socialist homeland is just the might of Kim Jong Un and the might of the homeland and that the victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche and the great new history of the movement of Koreans in Japan are guaranteed when they follow him only. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.09.)

Respected Marshal Kim Jong Un Receives Letter of Thanks from Congratulatory Group of GAKC

Pyongyang, March 9 (KCNA) -- The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un received a letter of thanks from the members of the congratulatory group of the General Association of Koreans in China on March 7.

In their letter they expressed their gratitude to Kim Jong Un for inviting them to the celebrations of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, reflecting the unanimous mind of all the members of the General Association of Koreans in China.

Seeing with reverence, together with the people in the homeland, the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un proudly reviewing the great victory in the past five years and indicating the bright future of the country that will eternally prosper on the high platform of the Ninth Congress of the WPK, we have hardened our faith in sure victory that our socialist homeland is unshakable and victory is always in store for our people as we are led by the Marshal, no matter what formidable enemy may attack, the letter noted, adding:

Visiting the Central Cadres Training School of the Workers' Party of Korea, Hwasong Street, Pyongyang General Hospital, Kangdong County Hospital, etc. under the care of the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, we could be convinced of the victory of the socialist cause to be achieved under the long-term plan of the Workers' Party of Korea and the future of the eternally prosperous country full of happy laughter of the people.

The letter expressed the will to steadily develop the General Association of Koreans in China, which is valued by Kim Jong Un as a precious patriotic legacy of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, into a powerful organization to be valued and followed by the compatriots, and concentrate their efforts on preserving and glorifying the sacred relics of the peerlessly great men and anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners in the northeastern area of China.

In the letter they pledged to become a patriotic organization and compatriots that make tangible contributions, sharing mind and keeping step with the people in the homeland in the sacred course of comprehensive national rejuvenation, a new period for national prosperity, indicated by the Ninth Congress of the WPK. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.09.)