Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Several Munitions Industrial Enterprises

Pyongyang, May 13 (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 several munitions industrial enterprises on May 11.

Accompanying him 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, 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 visited several munitions industrial enterprises to learn about the implementation of munitions production assignments for the first half of the year 2026.

He expressed thanks for the patriotic devotion of the workers in the munitions industry, who are making a great contribution to strengthening the combat power of our armed forces by achieving record growth in the production of various shells and bullets in hearty response to the decisions of the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK, and gave encouragement to them.

Referring to the defects still latent in the structure, production system and facilities of our munitions industry, he stressed the need to concentrate on the modernization such as practical upgrading of production structure and rational arrangement of production lines and to wage a dynamic struggle intended to optimize the technical control and the management of talents and workforce and steadily increase the efficiency of production.

He also underlined the need for the munitions industrial enterprises to further modernize the product inspection system and to subdivide the inspection indices in a more scientific way and thoroughly establish a habit of strictly adhering to them.

He said that it is important to consistently hold fast to the modernization of munitions production equipment and the improvement of production environments and conditions and the promotion of supply service for the employees.

Acquainting himself with the production at a bullet production factory that day, he set forth an important task for establishing the production system to meet the demands for high-precision multi-purpose bullets of different calibers, special-function bullets and training bullets.

He repeatedly stressed the need to strengthen the mortar and howitzer forces and advanced some important tasks for setting up a specialized artillery production complex and a small-arms production factory to meet the prospective demand of our armed forces and for improving the production structure and the level of modernization and specialization of bullet and shell production factories.

He expressed expectation and belief that the officials and workers in the sector of munitions industry would make strenuous efforts to achieve the higher goal of strengthening the defence capabilities with redoubled confidence and inexhaustible creativity, true to the spirit and tasks of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

The tasks and important instructions, given by Comrade Kim Jong Un during his field guidance at the enterprises, are scientific and vital guidelines indicating the shortest and correct way to the modernization of our munitions industry, and they serve as an important milestone for bringing about a radical turn in implementing the Party's policy of building up the national defence by further accelerating the qualitative, quantitative and technical transformation in munitions production. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.05.13.)

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Crime of Japan, Sworn Enemy of Korean Nation

Pyongyang, May 12 (KCNA) -- Last century, the Japanese imperialists were hell-bent on the moves to obliterate the Korean language, making absurd sophism that "the Japanese and the Korean are of the same ancestry" and "Japan and Korea are one community", after occupying Korea by force of arms.

They mobilized the government-general in Korea and provincial and county offices, police stations and substations and all other administrative and police organs as well as the military policemen to obliterate the Korean language. They even declared without hesitation that Japanese was a "mother tongue" compulsory for the Koreans.

The government-general in Korea established a system of making and submitting "a report on the training course on mother tongue (Japanese language)" from November 1912, and subsequently took a coercive measure to write all the official documents in Japanese.

The Japanese imperialists cooked up a lot of evil laws aimed at obliterating the Korean language and furthermore fabricated and revised the "Ordinance on Education in Korea" several times, which reflected the aggressive and brigandish demand that the important purpose of general education is to disseminate the Japanese language and the Korean language is defined as an optional subject at middle schools.

They demanded to compile textbooks in Japanese and, on the other hand, imposed such harsh sanctions on students speaking in Korean as insults, fines and expulsion from schools.

They refused to sell train tickets to those who were not speaking in Japanese and punished them with fines or used violence against them. The Japanese imperialists' moves to obliterate the Korean language, which were viciously perpetrated in all fields of family and social life, led to their evil acts to even deprive the Koreans of their surnames and names.

They recklessly oppressed the Koreans who did not change their names into the ones in Japanese and even rejected the reports of birth.

The Japanese imperialists' brigandish and vicious moves to obliterate the Korean language, unprecedented in history, were terrible mental torture forced on the Korean people. -0-

KFA UK official statement on sanctions against the Songdowon International Children's Camp of the DPRK

London 12 May 2026

The Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK ) is truly appalled and outraged to learn the Songdowon International Children’s Camp of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been subjected to sanctions by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO ) of the UK .

Yesterday the FCDO published on its website a statement tired “Sanctions Notice: 11 May 2026 Regime: Russia” which duly announced that the Songdowon International Children’s Camp was subject to sanctions by the UK government even though it is not actually within the territory of the Russian Federation ! . The Songdowon International Children’s Camp had the following imposed on it ;Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans and  Transport sanctions.

The Songdowon International Children’s Camp is a children’s camp run by the DPRK which promotes the noble ideals of international ,friendship , peace , solidarity and friendship among the children of the world . Children from many countries of the world including the UK and Ireland have visited the Songdowon International Children's Camp .

Apparently these actions had been taken by the British government because the DPRK provided free of charge holidays to children from the Donbass . What is so wrong with this ? Surely it was a positive and sincere measure of the DPRK to give free holidays to kids from a war zone ? . In the past the DPRK also gave holidays to children of the former USSR who were affected by the Chernobyl incident .

This action by the British government is a hostile as it is stupid and crass !

We demand that the FCDO immediately rescinds this absurd measure and acts in a sensible manner and promotes friendship and exchange with the DPRK.

KFA UK

From Voice of Korea-Thinking First of the People's Convenience

 From Voice of Korea.

http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee260423003/57/en

  One day in February 2025 the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the completed Pyongyang General Hospital.

  He looked round different places of the hospital and dropped in at the underground parking lot.

  At that time, there were a lot of columns in the parking lot.

  Comrade Kim Jong Un considered the inconvenience visitors to the hospital would feel when parking their cars because of those columns and explained in detail how to overcome the shortcomings.

  In a restaurant on the 7th floor, he said a lot of flowers should be put inside the hospital and added that since the hospital is a place for treating patients and recovering their health, it is good to decorate it with flowers symbolizing restoration of health and praying for complete recovery of patients.

  That day, he stressed the need not to just boast of the fact that the hospital has tens of modern operating rooms, but to make a substantial contribution to protecting the lives and health of the people by showing utmost sincerity to their treatment.

  As said above, Comrade Kim Jong Un always thinks of the people's convenience first and makes painstaking efforts for its realization.

BGSJI and KFA UK support the press statement of DPRK UN representative Kim Song

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                                                8 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 supporting the press statement of  Kim Song, permanent representative of the DPRK to the UN that was issued on the 6th of May ;

At present there is the 11th review conference of the so-called "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty "(NPT ) is under way . At the conference some countries such as the US have taken issue with the DPRK's nuclear status even the DPRK is a non NPT country ..

In response comrade Kim Song the DPRK representative to the UN said that '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'

The DPRK has not been a member of the so-called  NPT since 2003 , a total of 23 years . Representative Kim Song points that the DPRK's withdrawal from the NPT was fully transparent and in accordance with article 10 of the treaty. Therefore the US and other Western countries have no legitimate reason to demand the DPRK's compliance with the treaty.

Moreover it is the US and the Western powers that are themselves undermining the NPT and eroding its legality by their two-faced actions . The US is abusing the NPT .

The legal status of the DPRK as a nuclear power cannot be changed by any rhetoric or trying to invoke this or that treaty . The DPRK nukes are here to stay whether the US and other Western countries or not.

Therefore we support the press statement of representative Kim Song very strongly.

BGSJI

KFA UK

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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