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.)

Building and Enjoying a Civilized Life

 2026.6.10.

http://www.mfa.gov.kp/view/article/24471

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, with the noble intention to build a socialist power where people’s ideals and long-cherished desires come true, exerts himself tirelessly for the well-being of his people and thus ushers in the prime of Korean-style civilization.

The fourth stage of 10,000 flats in Hwasong area concluded the construction project of 50,000 flats in Pyongyang. At the inauguration ceremony Comrade Kim Jong Un stressed that it is our Party’s faith, the absolute outlook on the people and thoroughgoing spirit of serving them to provide them with anything they want and everything for them under any circumstances. He said that our Party will make strenuous efforts without a moment’s stagnation and an inch’s deviation to bring earlier the future in which our people will enjoy a civilized and affluent life to their hearts’ content.

For all he initiates or builds, people’s happiness comes first to his mind. Inspired by his loving care, we are building numerous edifices representing socialist civilization and the new era on this land.

The capital city of Pyongyang is being transformed into a yet more wonderful center of Korean-style civilization and a new sphere of civilization comprised of modern hospitals, leisure complexes, etc. has been established and steadily expands in rural areas across the country.

Superb entertainment facilities have been built in well-known tourist attractions like Wonsan and Samjiyon. Riding clubs, holiday resorts and ski resorts are built across the country. Thus our people’s sphere of entertainment extends and they are enjoying themselves to the full, building new life and new civilization themselves.

Ushering in Heyday of Great Changes with Patriotism

2026.6.4.
http://www.mfa.gov.kp/view/article/24380

The ardent patriotism and zeal for struggle of the entire Korean people to usher in a heyday of remarkable changes of our State are growing stronger.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un instills genuine patriotism into the people and brilliantly guides them through the nationwide general advance with outstanding ideologies and the great truth. His ever-victorious revolutionary strategy and wise leadership are the miraculous strength bringing about marvelous transformation in the new era and the inexhaustible driving force for great creation and change.

By dint of the great strength that promotes rejuvenation and civilization of the new era, model creations for socialist cultural efflorescence symbolizing the era of comprehensive national prosperity are built one after another and world-startling events are taking place not only in the capital but also in other parts of the country.

Growing to the maximum is the people’s ardent desire and strong will to fully demonstrate the dignity and mightiness of our State by uniting more firmly around the great Party Central Committee with patriotism.

The cause of our country and people making rapid progress by dint of patriotism and unity will be ever-victorious. And our people will surely bring a new upswing in comprehensive national development under the leadership of the Party.

Report of KFA UK picket of the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office -No to sanctions on the Songdowon International Children's Camp 06.06.2026

 On the 6th of June  the Korean Friendship Association of the UK(KFA UK ) picketed  the Foreign ,Commonwealth and Development Office at 1500 hours BST .

KFA UK called the picket to protest against the unjust sanctions imposed by the British government  on the DPRK Songdowon International Children's Camp  .

Picketers held placards denouncing the sanctions and demanded that they be rescinded at once

KFA UK Chairman Dr Dermot Hudson stressed that the sanctions against the Songdowon International Children’s Camp  are totally unfair as it is a children’s camp not a missile base or a nuclear complex.

Leaflets denouncing the sanctions  were given out and the UK media was engaged with .

Our sincere thanks to everyone who supported the picket.

The picket concluded at 1620 hours .

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 24th Anniversary ofthe murder of the south Korean schoolgirls Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

 juche007@yahoo.co.uk

                               

                                                  

  London 11th 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 issued a joint statement on the 24th anniversary of the murder  of south Korean schoolgirls Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son by the US imperialist aggressor troops in south Korea;                                                   
  24  years have passed since two young schoolgirls in south Korea lost their lives at the hands of the US army. The US imperialist aggressor troops in south Korea are guilty of taking the lives of two innocent schoolchildren who were walking home from school. Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son were just two innocent schoolgirls on their way home from school.
   This atrocity by the US imperialists took Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son from their families and friends. Had they lived the two girls would now be in their 20s, starting out in life with hopes and aspirations. However, life with all its opportunities and challenges was taken from them by the US imperialists. No one was jailed for the crime. It was clearly a deliberate and premeditated act by the US imperialist troops who hate and despise the south Korean people.                                             
                       
     South Korea does not have the right to try US soldiers who commit serious crimes on south Korean soil to try them. The US under the "Status of Forces Agreement " enjoys 'extraterritoriality'. This gives them colonial privileges in south Korea. It means that they can swagger around and commit serious crimes in south Korea and get off scot-free.
  The killing of  Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son by US troops proves beyond doubt that the US army needs to withdraw from South Korea and that the US needs to change its policy towards Korea.
    Although the US imperialists perpetrated such an evil crime as killing schoolgirls, US troops still remain in south Korea lording it over the south Korean people Since the killings of Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son numerous crimes such as murder, robbery and rape have been committed by the US troops in south Korea. Despite this the south Korean authorities have agreed to pay more money in upkeep expenses for US troops
      The presence of US imperialist troops in south Korea is intolerable for the south Korean people. The US imperialist troops in south Korea are the root of crimes and depravity.
   The US imperialists commit crimes and atrocities not only in south Korea but other parts of the world where they have troops such as Okinawa.
    In the independent socialist DPRK, there are no US forces and the people are free from US occupation. Children can play happily without the fear of being killed or injured by Yankee soldiers or suffering a fate worse than death. The US imperialists falsely accuse the DPRK of human rights violations but it is the US imperialists who violate the human rights of the south Korean people on a daily basis.
This was a terrible crime against humanity by the US but no one has ever been held accountable. We call for the total, full and unconditional withdrawal of US troops from the south of Korea. We fully support the struggle of the south Korean people for the withdrawal of US troops.
 
BGSJI
KFA UK 

Response to the article “Wall Street Street Journal’s “ World’s Most Surprising Economic Success Story Is…North Korea —"-answering the distortions

On Monday 8th of June the “Wall Street Journal “(WSJ) , a house of US imperialist high finance ran what was at first sight a very surprising article and even appears sympathetic to the DPRK(for example admitting that the DPRK is building more new homes than Los Angeles or Chicago ) but contains a sting in the tail  and a lot of old anti-DPRJ propaganda tropes .

The co-author of the article Dasl Yoon a south Korean journalist who is based in Seoul . Ms Yoon actually interviewed me 2 years ago about my visit to the DPRK in April 2024  and I sent her pictures of my visit to the DPRK however my interview was never published and instead the WSJ article relied on accounts from a tour guide from capitalist commercial tour company and the usual so-called “north Korea experts “.

What the article does show is that the DPRK’s rapid economic development under self-reliance can no longer be ignored by any rational observer . However the authors of the article distort the DPRK’s economic success . The article ignores the real reasons for the DPRK’s economic success instead asserts “ Its economy is flourishing in ways not seen in years, aided by arms sales and troop deployments to Russia, supplies and financing from China, and the ability to flout international sanctions to import more energy, components and materials.” This is a gross and blatant distortion. The DPRK has an independent self-reliant economy . Foreign trade is only 4.8 per cent . From January 2020 to mid 2024 the DPRK’s border was closed . In 2023 trade with Russia was only worth $34.4 million . The DPRK’s trade with China remained under the 2019 figure.In fact as a 20 times visitor to the DPRK I can say that there actually less Chinese made goods around and more DPRK made goods around . As to troop deployment to Russia how could it benefit the DPRK economy or result  in faster growth , it is a nonsensical assertion.

The article raises the old horse chestnut of sanctions breaking but this is another distortion which ignores the self-reliant economy of the DPRK . The DPRK does not need to break or evade sanctions because it can produce most of what it needs at home from a wrist watch to an ICBM . Streets like Hwasong street were built with Korean labour not Russian or Chinese workers and not with money from outside . 

The upswing in construction work in the DPRK really began before the Ukraine war back in 2016-2017 and to some extent in 2012 when Changjon Street in Pyongyang was built . It was reported at the 9th plenum of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea that “ The 12 goals for the national economic development were all attained with 103 percent of grain production, 100 percent of electric power, coal and nitrogenous fertiliser, 102 percent of rolled steel, 131 percent of nonferrous metal, 109 percent of logs, 101 percent of cement and ordinary cloth, 105 percent of marine products, 106 percent of railway freight transport and 109 percent of houses under construction. And the overall economy witnessed clear production growth, including 220 percent of motor production, 208 percent of transformers, 121 percent of bearings, 140 percent of electric zinc, 121 percent of lead, 113 percent of paper, 110 percent of salt, 109 percent of cosmetics, 100 percent of flat glass and 104 percent of magnesia clinker, and plan discipline was established.”

Compared with the total growth of the economic sector in 2020, the previous year of the 8th Party Congress, the production of important indices largely went up in 2023 by raising the production of iron trioxide 3.5 times, pig iron 2.7 times, rolled steel 1.9 times, machine tools 5.1 times, cement 1.4 times and nitrogen fertiliser 1.3 times and the GDP grew up 1.4 time"

The article inaccurately portrays the pizza restaurant in Mirae Scientists Street as new but in fact I visited it in 2019  and it had actually been opened in 2017.

An old trope that Pyongyang is where  “country’s elite live.”  is repeated by the article . This is just complete rubbish .Many Pyongyang citizens are actually industrial workers , others are waitresses , shop assistants , drivers ,railway workers etc . In fact Pyongyang is a city of workers , a proletarian city. In fact probably one of the more working class cities I have actually been in.

The articles contains  with a string of lies about the DPRK some of which are truly ludicrous . There is the usual rubbish about cyber-warfare and hacking which the DPRK has repeatedly denied . It is claimed half the population of the DPRK are “malnourished “ but does not offer any evidence and the rest of the article appears to contradict it . Similarly it is claimed that that the DPRK’s GDP is less than 1 per cent of the US’s but this figure is based on Western figures that grossly underestimate the DPRK’s GDP and ignore the purchasing power parity . In fact even back in the early 1980s the DPRK’s per capita GDP was over $1,200 . 

Of course the usual clap trap about human rights is wheeled out with the glib blanket assertion “The country is one of the world’s worst violators of human rights,” .Has the DPRK tried to genocide a neighbouring country ? Is it bombing refugee camps ? 

To conclude the “Wall Street Journal “ is just presenting old slanders against the DPRK in a new way .

( an expanded version of this article will appear in “People’s Korea Today “)

Dr Dermot Hudson

Chairman KFA UK

Chairman British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea

Crime of Japan, Sworn Enemy of Korean Nation

Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) -- The sexual slavery against Korean women committed by the Japanese imperialists in the past was the crime organized and put into practice by the then Japanese government and military.

The Japanese imperialists, who set up comfort stations in an organized way and buckled down to fostering gang rape, mobilized all government and military power to forcibly abduct the Korean women massively.

Seiji Yoshita, who was involved in it, in an interview with the Hokkaido Shimbun in February 1992, confessed that what is clear is that they did not recruit the comfort women but arrest them and that no one willingly complied with it.

As confessed by the Japanese, it is quite clear that it was impossible to take away 200 000 Korean women one by one, but only by the exercise of unlimited government and military power.

The Japanese imperialists, who mobilized not only administrative and police organs but also gendarmerie and army, forcibly abducted and drafted many Korean women including unmarried women under or over the age of 20 and women with infants. Even teenage girls were included.

The Japanese imperialists took the women to the places where they invaded, and committed to brutal atrocities that made even the brutes blush.

They killed in a cruel way the women who resisted the unbearable insults, maltreatment and evil deeds, and did not obey their demands.

In this regard, a Japanese woman Sumiko Shimizu said at the 3rd Pyongyang Seminar on "Peace in Asia and Role of Women" that the Japanese imperialists committed the most vicious act against the Korean people, violating the sexuality and human rights of Koreans and destroying their lives. She denounced that it was an international crime committed organizationally and violently by the Japanese army and government.

The world had never witnessed such heinous and tremendous unethical atrocities as the sexual slavery committed by the Japanese imperialists which is unimaginable with the reason of human being. -0-