Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Destroyer Choe Hyon and Observes Test of Assessing Its Maneuverabilit

Pyongyang, May 8 (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, on May 7 visited the Destroyer Choe Hyon and observed the test to make a general assessment of its maneuverability before its commissioning.

Accompanying him were Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau, and leading officials in the national defence and warship-building sectors.

Comrade Kim Jong Un boarded the Destroyer Choe Hyon to learn about a navigation plan for the test.

He highly appreciated the successes made by the crew members of the destroyer in their training to fully equip with the professional qualifications to operate the new-type destroyer, a combination of modern military and technical capabilities.

He went round the combined control center, weapon system control room and other combat duty spaces and elements of the destroyer to learn about its operational preparations.

A navigation test to assess various maneuvering elements of the destroyer was conducted with Comrade Kim Jong Un in presence in the West Sea of Korea 120 n·miles away from the shore.

The crew members of the destroyer were in full excitement and high morale as they had the honor of making a voyage in the presence of Comrade Kim Jong Un again.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction over the fact that the combat maneuverability of the warship agreed with the operational requirements and the advantages of the warship control system of our own style were proved.

Appreciating that all the tests for the operational commissioning of the destroyer were progressing smoothly, he ordered to hand over it to the navy in oncoming mid-June as planned.

He laid down the position, disposition and operational duty of new-type destroyers under construction and clarified a series of tasks to be carried out by the Navy for them.

He specially stressed the important tasks related to the establishment of a new naval base.

At a consultative meeting with officials in the warship-building sector on the day, Comrade Kim Jong Un received a report on the results of examination over the design changes and the newly-planned weapon system of the warships Nos. 3 and 4 under construction and made an important conclusion. He particularly stressed the meaning that our new decision on the revised and changed warship building plan is of a crucial strategic nature and such decision will fundamentally update the readiness of our army's strategic action while bringing about a great change in the building of war deterrent.

He said that we have reliable and powerful defence research group and the shipbuilding industry, expressing great expectation and belief that new decision tasks will be carried out without fail by their irresistible might of self-reliance.

Reaffirming the steadfast will of our Party to build a powerful navy at any cost, he mentioned the long-term plan for navy building and some planned work.

On the same day, he sat together with all the seamen of the destroyer and encouraged their unusual pride and self-confidence in carrying on the honorable duty, stressing the need to continuously put spurs to the training with a sense of important duty and a high sense of responsibility in order to remarkably increase the combat capability.

He had a significant photo taken with the seamen of the destroyer on the deck of the warship.

The seamen, who were honored to see Comrade Kim Jong Un and received great glory and trust from him again, made a firm determination to reliably defend our country's maritime sovereignty and remain faithful to their original and sacred mission of taking charge a part of war deterrent by actively conducting intense training to possess the tremendous capability for an actual war as befitting the brave seamen of our Party. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.05.08.)

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Major Munitions Industry Enterprise

Pyongyang, May 8 (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, on May 6 visited a major munitions industry enterprise and acquainted himself with the production of major weapons and combat equipment in the first half of the year.

Accompanying him were Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the C.C., WPK, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, and Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences.

Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about the production of new-type self-propelled gun-howitzers for three battalions to be deployed at the long-range artillery unit in the southern borderline within this year under the decision of the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK.

He heard in detail the opinions of experts on the results of various traveling, topographical overcoming and submergence crossing test of the new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer carriage and the test-fire of improved shell conducted under the supplementary test plan.

He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the research group and the working class in the field of defence sciences have made signal successes in manufacturing new-generation artillery weapon with very high mobility and striking power.

He extended militant encouragement to the workers at the enterprise who are waging a dynamic labor struggle to attain the set artillery weapon production goal, registering high results every day with the bold creation stamina and revolutionary spirit, true to the idea and decision of the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee.

Appreciating the advantage of the new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer system being produced at the enterprise for the first time, Comrade Kim Jong Un mentioned about its military and strategic value.

He said that the striking range of this large-caliber rifled gun for the frontline units to newly equip themselves, along with various operational and tactical missile systems and powerful multiple rocket launcher systems, is over 60 km and such rapid extension of striking range and remarkable improvement of striking capability will provide a great change and advantage in the land operations of our army. And he added that we should redefine the operational concept of the use of forces and equipment on the basis of the actual conditions in which new weapons and equipment are being introduced.

He said that the new-type artillery weapon system with superior mobility, high combat environment information processing capability and automatic firing system will bring about a radical improvement in the composition of our artillery force and have an important significance in implementing the Party's military strategic policy on bolstering up the long-range artillery force.

Referring to some defects latent in the composition of production system, processing district and arrangement of equipment at the enterprise, he gave an instruction on working out a plan to introduce an automatic streamlined production system based on a more efficient and innovative idea.

He stressed the need to always pay deep attention to constantly improving the production conditions and environment.

That day, Comrade Kim Jong Un inspected a new-type main battle tank and various launchers which are being produced by the Armored Weapons Institute and several munitions industry enterprises.

He said that it is urgent to technically remodel into an ultra-modern level in the shortest period the major munitions industry enterprises, which are in a key position in the work to improve the modernity of our armed forces, and to build up a modern production and management system, adding that the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK will examine and approve the plans for technical renovation of the relevant munitions industry enterprises and the related budget.

He reaffirmed that the year 2026 will also record an unprecedented upgrade in the course of struggle for bolstering up the national defence capability of the country, calling for achieving signal successes every day by making strenuous efforts to bolster up the national defence capability, the most vivid expression of patriotism.

Comrade Kim Jong Un's on-site guidance over the defence field on the day is an important occasion in increasing the country's defence capabilities in a practical way. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.05.08.)

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Juche Beyond Borders and into the Modern World-Ly Kimlong

 

Most of the foreign people often assume that Juche is an ideology that exists only inside the DPR Korea. Foreign medias portrayed it as an outdated and rigid ideology that is fully dependent on the Korean state government for survival. However, this view is not only false, but it is harmful to not only the credibility of the ideology but also the many scholars in many countries who are researching and studying Juche and called it a political theory.

While Juche is still very much a smaller theory compared to other mainstream thinkings in the field of political science and international relations, it has been slowly gaining international recognition and attention. Not in a dramatic, headline-grabbing way, but in a quieter form that are easy to miss if you are not looking at it closely. One of the many signs of this is the existence of the many localised and international groups and institutions that are dedicated to learning and discussing Juche as a political theory. These organisations are not only beneficial to the survival of Juche, but they are important as they are treating Juche seriously and thus the content of Juche can be studied and more developed. These groups have been around for years, some for decades. They are the home of political scientists, thinkers, and philosophers who are interested in other forms of political theories that are overlooked and discredited by the mainstream capitalist media. Although these groups are not large in terms of memberships, they are active and dedicated.

What draws people into studying Juche and niche political ideologies is not always what you might expect or what the mainstream media describes. It is not necessarily admiration for the DPRK, but it might be curiosity about the idea of self-reliance, a love of studying political philosophy, or even a desire to look beyond what is usually accepted as normal and right in society. For many Juche scholars, in a world full of uncertainty and constraint, this theory might offer a unique perspective on the global order.

Juche study groups do not only exist in socialist countries, but they can be easily locate in many other regions of the world. From Asia to Africa and to Europe, Juche study groups and other similar institutions operate in public and interact freely with available materials on the theory. In parts of Africa, the idea of self-control and autonomy connect deeply to the African people who have experienced colonialism or foreign interventions. In these places, Juche can appear more like an ideological response to external forces and domination. In this case, Juche almost appear like the theory of post-colonialism in politics and international relations.

The internet has also played a big role in Juche’s rise and the formation of the many newly established study groups and research institutions. In the past, access to Juche study materials and texts was very limited. But now, thanks to the internet, many translated texts, discussion, and study materials are available online for free or at very little cost. This has increased the accessibility to the theory and has been a big reason behind the rising trend of informal discussions and debates on Juche. In addition, this also means sometimes people accidentally stumble upon Juche too. A student who studies social science might come across this theory alongside the many more studied theories like the mainstream socialism, Marxism, and Leninism. It is almost ironic that the technology invented by the capitalists has given people exposure to many socialist ideologies and theories.

These developments are significant for Juche and in a way for many other smaller ideologies. It shows that no ideology has gone extinct or is completely restricted to its place of origin. In the case of Juche, it is everywhere. A few clicks on the internet, and one will find themselves hundreds or thousands of materials to read from. This also shows that while the audience may be small, Juche has continued to spread and evolve internationally.

In the end, Juche growing reputation and attention speaks loudly about how ideas travel across borders. People are constantly looking for new knowledge and new theories that might better address the many issues that are rising every day in this very unstable world. Juche in this case not only survives but thrives.

Essay by Kimlong Ly

Assistant Researcher, British Study Group for the Study of the Juche Idea

Press Statement of Permanent Representative of DPRK to UN

Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- Kim Song, permanent representative of the DPRK to the UN, issued the following press statement on May 6:

At the 11th NPT review conference now under way at the UN Headquarters, the U.S. and some vassal countries are dampening the atmosphere of the conference, groundlessly taking issue with the present position and exercise of sovereign rights of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a nuclear weapons state outside the treaty.

The NPT review conference, which should contribute to addressing the international issue of nuclear disarmament and the root cause of the danger of nuclear conflict, fails to fulfill its original mission and turns into a place of malicious accusation against the sovereign states, pursuant to the sinister political attempt of the U.S. and Western forces. This is the fundamental reason why the global non-proliferation system is weakening.

I denounce and reject in the strongest tone the brigandish and shameless acts of certain countries including the U.S. which are taking issue with the DPRK's realistic and just access to nuclear weapons through the legal channels and exercise of its inherent defensive rights as a sovereign state.

The wrong behavior of the U.S. and Western countries forcing the DPRK, which transparently exercised the right to withdraw from the treaty according to Article 10 of the NPT, to fulfill the treaty obligations is a wanton violation of the spirit of the treaty and a total disregard of the purpose and principle of international law.

Before insisting obstinately on the observance of treaty obligations of the DPRK, which legally withdrew from the NPT decades ago, the U.S. should answer first whether the same criteria apply to the implementation of the obligations of various international treaties and international organizations conventions it had quit.

The soundness and legality of the NPT are not challenged by the exercise of the rights of a sovereign state existing outside the treaty, but are eroding from inside due to the defection by some treaty member states including the U.S. which are arbitrarily abusing the nature and application scope of the treaty.

It should be the essential point in implementing the NPT and the main agenda item of the current review conference to rectify the violation of treaty obligations of the U.S. and some countries which are now neglecting the obligations to nuclear disarmament as the signatories to the NPT and resorting to such proliferation acts as offer of "extended deterrence" and transfer of nuclear submarine technology to non-nuclear states.

The position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state does not change by rhetorical assertion or unilateral desire of outsiders.

Clarifying once again, the DPRK is not bound by the NPT in any case.

The DPRK will make a positive contribution to the efforts of the international community to ensure international peace and security and promote global strategic stability by remaining faithful to the law on the state nuclear force policy, which clarifies the mission of nuclear force, the principle of using nuclear weapons and the obligation to prevent proliferation in a most transparent way, and to the implementation of its obligations under the national constitution which fixes its legal position as a nuclear weapons state. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.05.07.)

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Crime of Japan, Sworn Enemy of Korean Nation

Pyongyang, May 6 (KCNA) -- The pent-up grudge and resentment of the Korean people toward the Japanese imperialists' cruel and brutal military rule erupted into a nationwide anti-Japanese resistance on March 1, 1919.

The March First Popular Uprising, started with a mass demonstration in Pyongyang, swept the whole of Korea and spread to the areas abroad where Koreans lived.

The panic-stricken Japanese imperialists mobilized all the repressive forces in Korea at that time to suppress the peaceful demonstration. Not content with this, they even shipped huge forces into Korea from the mainland of Japan.

They fully revealed their true colors as beasts in the suppression of the March First Popular Uprising.

Japanese imperialist murderers rushed to a young schoolgirl, who participated in the demonstration march, and cut her two arms with knives and killed her by hacking her body to pieces.

They committed all sorts of thrice-cursed atrocities. They broke the skulls of uprisers by striking the back of their heads with metal bars and hooks, stabbed their whole bodies with short swords to ensanguine and tore the mouth of a young boy with a knife and killed him mercilessly as he shouted a slogan of independence.

More than 100 000 Koreans lost their lives during the March First Popular Uprising alone due to the barbarous massacre of the Japanese imperialists.

As regards the crucial and atrocious massacre of the peaceful demonstration participants, even a government-patronized scholar of Japan confessed that the Japanese were hell-bent on the suppression too cruel to see.

A foreign witness said that the wild beating and crucial atrocities perpetrated by Japanese against an innocent Korean were so heinous and brutal that reminded him of an act of beast against human being, adding that the Japanese, though they committed such extreme atrocities, felt sorry for the lack of more extreme method.

During the March First Popular Uprising, the Japanese imperialists dyed the whole of Korea with the blood of innocent people. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.05.06.)

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From Voice of Korea- Skiing Ground at Hot Spring Resort

From Voice of Korea.

http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee260413001/57/en

Skiing Ground at Hot Spring Resort

  One day in April 2019, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort under construction to learn about the situation.

  He said to officials that it snows a lot in the Yangdok area and the weather is also favourable for building a skiing ground.

  The officials looked around at the surrounding mountains, picturing to themselves a hot spring resort with a skiing ground.

  There was a peak suitable for building ski runs in the steep mountain ranges.

  But the officials wondered what the meteorological and climatic conditions would be like in the area, Researcher Ri Hye Suk at the Academy of Social Sciences said and continued:

  "Reading the minds of the officials, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said the analysis of the successive meteorological and climatic data of the Yangdok area shows that it snows three days longer and the temperature is lower than the Masikryong area. Therefore, the Yangdok area is better than the Masikryong area for building a skiing ground, he added.

  He had studied lots of meteorological and climatic data in detail in order to build a skiing ground at the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort."

  Thanks to the painstaking efforts of Comrade Kim Jong Un to provide the people with all blessings, a skiing ground arousing another conspicuous emotion came into being along with the scenic hot spring resort sending up clouds of spray in winter.

 

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 10th anniversary of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN as chairman of the Workers Party of Korea

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                                                5 May  2026
The British Group for the Study of the  Juche Idea(BGSJ)) and the UK Korean Friendship Association(UK KFA) issued a joint statement on the occasion of the 10th  anniversary of the election of  dear respected leader Marshal KIM JONG UN as Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea(WPK)
     The election of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN as Chairman of the WPK  at its 7th Congress , ten years ago , reflected the unanimous support ,deep respect  trust of the members of the Workers' Party of Korea and entire Korean people.
   The election as Chairman  of the WPK fully confirmed the fact that  Dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN is the great successor, the one and only successor , to the great leaders generalissimos KIM IL SUNG and KIM JONG IL who faithfully follows in their footsteps carrying out their behests most loyally.  Indeed dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN is identical to President KIM IL SUNG and KIM JONG IL.
    The election to the position of Chairman was  profound manifestation of the continuity. of the great Juche and Songun revolution started by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and matured by eternal Chairman KIM JONG IL.

     The DPRK during the past 10 years has battled against the sanctions imposed by the hostile forces and achieved great success in socialist construction .

   We are sure that the Korean people will under the leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN implement the decisions of the 9th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea .

Long live the great leader Chairman KIM JONG UN !
Long live the Juche Idea !
Long live self-development first and self reliance !
Long Live the Workers' Party of Korea !


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