Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesperson

Pyongyang, June 14 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following press statement on Saturday:

The U.S. and its satellite countries had such confabs for nuclear war as a "nuclear consultative group" meeting and "extended deterrence dialogue" and repeated their nuclear threat against the DPRK and assertion about someone's "denuclearization".

It is an unreasonable act and fantastic daydream to call for nuclear disarmament of the other belligerent party in meetings intended to set the use of nukes targeting the DPRK and other regional countries as a policy and design a detailed plan for carrying it out.

The DPRK Foreign Ministry resolutely denounces and rejects the U.S.-Japan-ROK moves for collective nuclear confrontation and the sinister attempt of Western countries to force a sovereign state to violate its constitution in the international arena, and warns of the consequences to be entailed by their repeated provocations.

The U.S. and its vassal forces' absurd accusation against the DPRK and their collaboration for posing a nuclear threat to it can never affect the irreversible position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state.

The "denuclearization" is an irreversibly finalized agenda.

The U.S. is now busy with plot-breeding moves for a war simulating the use of nuclear weapons while massively delivering various kinds of military hardware, including latest air-to-air missiles, to the ROK and Japan. The reality clearly proves the reason and justness for our state to concentrate its efforts on bolstering up the capacity for self-defence essential to ensuring its security.

The building up of nuclear shield on the part of the DPRK is a legitimate process for deterring interference and threat from outside, guaranteeing the national sovereignty and security and ensuring the regional peace and stability.

In coping with the enemy countries' daily-growing nuclear threat, our state is taking military and technical countermeasures involving the possible capabilities and means of every category in an all-round way.

The DPRK is firm and unshakable in its determination to control and counter with nukes, on the principle of ensuring security and defending peace by dint of powerful strength, the nuclear threat by the enemy countries aimed to encroach upon its absolute and inviolable sovereignty and security.

No matter how hard the U.S., Japan and the ROK may tone up their rhetoric, it is impossible to change the present position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state.

No one can recover the "denuclearization" permanently disappeared in the current of the times.

The expansion of the DPRK's nuclear capacity and its self-defensive capability based on it are irreversible, and this is a strong security guarantee for the regional stability and peace. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.06.14.)

KCNA Commentary on Japan's Distortion of History

Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- Japan has recently got more vicious in its moves to distort history, irritating its neighboring countries.

According to report, Japan is going to update the exhibition boards at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum within 2026. What merits attention is that it is trying to delete the word "massacre" in the board dealing with the Nanjing Massacre and write the words "Nanjing Incident" in it.

The Nanjing Massacre is a horrible crime the Imperial Japanese Army committed by massacring more than 300 000 people in the region between December and January 1938 during their aggression on China. It has been deeply recognized by the world people as the greatest tragedy in the 20th century.

This atrocity in Nanjing was defined as "massacre" even in the decision of the Far Eastern Military Tribunal, held to judge Japan's aggression war crimes, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) registered it as the Memory of the World Regional Register.

However, Japan is making desperate efforts to describe as a trifling "incident" such hideous past crime that can never be concealed or distorted. The fact shows to what extent the neo-militarists' moves to distort history have reached.

As well known, the Japanese imperialists killed more than one million people in Korea alone and forcibly drafted more than 8.4 million young and middle-aged people for battle sites of aggression and slave labor sites.

In particular, they abducted and drafted 200 000 Korean women for the sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese Army. Such atrocity is the hideous state-sponsored crime unprecedented in the history of wars.

But, the Japanese politicians imposingly organized what is called "Society for New History Textbook Reform" long ago to cover up the reality and distort history.

Moreover, they adopted a decision of the Cabinet meeting that considers "improper" such expressions referring to Japan's past crimes as "forcible conscription" and "comfort women for the Imperial Japanese Army", claiming that teaching the history of aggression as it is means "self-tormenting outlook on history".

Under this decision, the Japanese textbooks do not mention about the massacres committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during their occupation of Korea and neighboring countries and the death toll, and the victims of the sexual slavery are insulted in those textbooks as "prostitutes" and "volunteers for money".

The expression "aggression" had gradually disappeared in textbooks as Japan's aggression upon Asian countries in the past began to be described with such sophistic expression as "liberation of Asia", and at present the phrase "aggression" was totally erased.

The past crimes of Japan, which left incurable wounds to the Korean people and neighboring countries in Asia, are now being distorted in all aspects.

Then, is it right to think what the Japanese government intends while so desperately trying to distort the truth of history, which can never be concealed, is to merely deny its past crimes and evade making apology and settlement?

No.

In fact, the "Self-Defense Forces" of Japan have completed all preparations for overseas aggression and is now emerging the most dangerous aggression forces in the region, advocating "threat from outside".

Owing to Japan, an emergency is being created in the Asia-Pacific region, a situation where there will be nothing unusual even if a war breaks out at once.

What is most important for Japan at this time is to prepare the younger generation to be those in direct charge of war and those who are engaged in it.

Herein lies the reason why Japan persistently clings to infiltrating wrong view on history through exhibition and curriculum.

Japan should be mindful that the more desperate efforts it makes to distort history, the earlier such action will bring its self-destruction. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.06.13.)

BGSJI and KFA UK support the statement titled "As expected, the ROK is an invariable enemy state obsessed with hostility and confrontation"

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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  London 13th June 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 today in support of the press statement of  a spokesperson of the Tenth Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued on the 13th of June which was titled "As expected, the ROK is an invariable enemy state obsessed with hostility and confrontation":

The ROK puppet regime has made a pretence that that does not seek regime change and that it wants "peace " with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) however the mask came off when the boss of the ROK puppets visited Europe and had talks with the leaders of the European Union (EU ). A joint statement was issued that denied the DPRK 's nuclear status and refused to recognise the DPRK as a nuclear power . The ROK-EU joint statement also denounced the DPRK's military co-operation with the Russian Federation.

The spokesperson for the Tenth Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry correctly brands this as a "  clear infringement on the sovereignty of our state and a grave hostile act, and it is little short of throwing away such camouflaged signboards as "respect for social system" and "no-seeking after hostility" which the ROK has talked so much."

The talk of peace from the ROK puppets is just nonsense . Now they have shown their true face . It shows that the ROK is the No  1 enemy state of the DPRK.

The statement concludes that "Whatever the Seoul rulers say and do, the DPRK will deem it a challenge and remain unchanged in its principle of confronting the enemy aimed to definitely treat the ROK as a hostile state."

There can never be co-existence with the ROK which is permanently hostile and confrontational towards the DPRK . The DPRK is correct to maintain a strong posture against the ROK.

BGSJI

KFA UK

Mangyongdae Children's Union Camp

From Voice of Korea.

http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee260523002/57/en

Politics - Devoted Service for the People's Well-being 

Mangyongdae Children's Union Camp

  There is the Mangyongdae Children's Union Camp at the foot of the scenic Mt. Ryongak in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

  The camp established in May 1957 was rebuilt in 2016.

  Campers frequent the folk games ground, hall and library where they can enjoy diverse cultural and emotional life and acquire rich knowledge.

  The camp also has a cooking practice room where campers can cook rice and various other foods by themselves, animal sheds, boating ground and outdoor swimming pool. The campers like them very much.

  Everything of the camp was wonderfully built for the convenient living of schoolchildren and according to their mind.

  The respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un visited the remodelled Mangyongdae Children's Union Camp in June 2016.

  That day, he learned in detail about the remodelling of the camp and preparations for its operation.

  After looking round different places of the camp, he dropped in at the boating ground.

  Saying there were only rowing boats at the camp, he noted that he would send pedal boats.

  He added that the children prefer such kind of boats.

  Like this, he wants to give more to the children.

  Thanks to the meticulous love of Marshal Kim Jong Un who is so concerned for the rising generations, the future of the country, schoolchildren are enjoying themselves at the camps built in all parts of the country.

 

Press Statement of Spokesperson for Tenth Department of DPRK Foreign Ministry

Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Tenth Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry on June 13 issued the following press statement titled "As expected, the ROK is an invariable enemy state obsessed with hostility and confrontation":

The chief executive of the ROK threw off the bothersome mask of "peace".

The president of the ROK, on a visit to Europe, had talks with top leaders of the European Union and made public a joint statement employing provocative words that the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state and its exercise of sovereign rights including the DPRK-Russia military cooperation are "illegal" and that they would never "recognize", but "strongly denounce" them.

This is a clear infringement on the sovereignty of our state and a grave hostile act, and it is little short of throwing away such camouflaged signboards as "respect for social system" and "no-seeking after hostility" which the ROK has talked so much.

It has already been highlighted at home and abroad that the ROK regards hostility and confrontation as its foundation and it can not exist even a moment without them.

The ROK is the first enemy state, which can never exist without pursuing hostility toward the DPRK, and the U.S. "dagger" for invading the DPRK and the rest of the Asian Continent. This is just the entity and destiny of the ROK.

As its inevitable consequence, the U.S. favorite "dagger" finally stuck out from the silk kerchief called "peace".

Through the above-said confrontational declaration, the chief executive of the ROK voluntarily proved before the world that there can never be "peaceful coexistence" between the DPRK and the ROK and the hostile relations will be maintained between them forever and that the ROK is an accomplice with same ulterior motives as the Ukrainian puppet forces.

That the chief executive of the ROK displayed his unusual "frankness" shows that he lost his face to resort the deceptive farce about "peace declaration" and "theory on two peaceful states" any more.

Whatever the Seoul rulers say and do, the DPRK will deem it a challenge and remain unchanged in its principle of confronting the enemy aimed to definitely treat the ROK as a hostile state. -0-

Chief of External Policy Office of DPRK Foreign Ministry Comments on U.S. Sale of Military Hardware

Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- The chief of the External Policy Office of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Saturday gave the following answer to a written request of KCNA to comment about the U.S. approval to the sale of latest air-to-air missiles and associated equipment to the ROK:

Despite reasonable concern of the international community, the U.S. and the ROK are systematically tightening their military collusion and nexus to drive tensions in the Korean peninsula and its vicinity to an extreme.

It is a typical example that the U.S. Department of State approved the sale of latest air-to-air missiles and associated equipment worth nearly 300 million U.S. dollars to the ROK in the way of "Foreign Military Sales".

Earlier, the U.S. administration approved the sale of new-type helicopters for naval operation, attack helicopters, precision guided bombs and other military hardware worth billions of U.S. dollars in less than a month, more openly revealing its intention to increase the ROK's military potentials and thus drive it to the advanced post for intensified confrontation with regional countries.

This is only a part of the U.S. strategic attempt to deliver various kinds of weapons and military hardware worth 25 billion U.S. dollars to the ROK till 2030 and thus incite it to military confrontation with the DPRK and other regional countries.

The DPRK Foreign Ministry strongly denounces the U.S. and the ROK for rapidly accelerating arms buildup in a very worrisome direction to destroy the military balance in the Korean peninsula and threaten the regional security environment, warning of the grave consequences to be entailed by it.

The U.S. arms export just means war export and the introduction of U.S.-made weapons is little short of the accumulation of tension and confrontation.

In fiscal year 2025 alone, the export scale of weapons, the U.S. administration licensed through the "FMS" and direct commercial sale mode, amounted to more than 330 billion U.S. dollars and the number of arms transactions approved through the "FMS" reached more than 16 000.

The massive arms supply by the U.S. to the ROK, Japan and Taiwan is the root cause of aggravating military tension in the Asia-Pacific region including the Korean peninsula and the Taiwan Strait, and its scope is expanding worldwide, forecasting the unstable prospect of global peace.

The gradually escalating U.S.-ROK military conspiracy and the U.S.-led arms buildup of collective character invite due vigilance and awakening among regional countries and serve as a sufficient reason for reinforcing corresponding defensive measures.

Clear is the stand of the DPRK to remove new threats and maintain the balance of strength in the region by steadily updating and bolstering its deterrent for self-defence to cope with the provocative arms buildup of the U.S. and its allies, and the DPRK will redouble its responsible efforts to defend peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in the region in the future, too. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.06.13.)

Plenary Meeting of DPRK SPA Standing Committee Held

Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) -- The First Plenary Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on June 11.

Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, presided over the plenary meeting.

Present there were Vice-Chairman Kim Hyong Sik, Secretary General Ko Kil Son and other members of the SPA Standing Committee.

Present as observers were officials concerned of the SPA Standing Committee, the Secretariat of the Cabinet, and ministries and national agencies.

The plenary meeting discussed as agenda items the issue of deliberating and adopting the Law of the DPRK on Academic Degrees and Titles and the issue of electing judges and people's assessors of the Supreme Court.

There was a report on the main contents of the draft law examined at the Legislation Committee of the SPA.

On the basis of study and discussion of the draft law, the plenary meeting adopted with full approval the decree of the SPA Standing Committee "On Adopting the Law of the DPRK on Academic Degrees and Titles".

The plenary meeting elected judges and people's assessors of the Supreme Court of the DPRK. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.06.12.)