DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on U.S. Groundless "Theory of Cyber Threat"

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on August 3 as regards the fact that the U.S. incited the atmosphere of denunciation against the DPRK to mislead public opinion about its "cyber threat":

The U.S. and its followers' "joint warning" about the "cyber threat" by the DPRK is nothing but a stereotyped political accusation with a sinister purpose to tarnish the image of our state.

The repeated malicious assertion of the member states of the multilateral sanctions monitoring team merely aims to spread false information devoid of credibility. Such assertion only brings to light the illegality of ghost mechanism the West organized of its own accord and the gravity of its moves for inter-camp confrontation, not a "threatening nature" by someone.

The dishonest forces are now turning the cyber space, which should contribute to peace and co-prosperity of mankind and progress and development of society, into a theatre of confrontation and veiled enmity to pursue their selfish purpose. And it is an undeniable fact that the U.S. should be blamed for it

The U.S., which was the first in the world to form a cyber command, is hell-bent on joint cyber drills including the Cyber Flag with its allies. And it also formed a military-industrial complex for cyber warfare to steadily expand and strengthen its cyber attack force.

The concept of cyber operation, which has been applied to every joint military drill frequently staged by the U.S. with its vassal forces, is by no means for "defense" but part of its war preparations to attain superiority in electronic information warfare and even in battlefields in contingency.

The U.S. moves to form an exclusive camp in IT field, openly asserting that AI is equivalent to nuclear weapons, are worsening the instability of cyberspace on a global scale and causing a new security crisis.

It is illogical that the U.S., which has possessed and operated the biggest cyber force in the world by monopolizing the core resources of cyber space, is talking about "cyber threat" from other countries. And it is a mere excuse for justifying its illegal policy on placing pressure on sovereign states.

The U.S. and other hostile forces' moves to establish hegemony in cyber space, a treasure common to mankind, with the "theory of cyber threat" fabricated with misinformation can never be tolerated.

The DPRK will never allow any politically- and ideologically-motivated attempt of the U.S. and other hostile forces to use the cyber issue as the means of criticism and pressure on other countries, and make steady and practical efforts to defend the security and development interests of the state in all domains. -0-

Military Commentator on Moves of U.S., Japan and ROK to Threaten Security in Asia-Pacific Region

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Following is the full text of "Threat Posed by the Trinity of the U.S., Japan and the ROK which is settled as a new security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region", an article released by a military commentator on August 3:

Clearly illuminated is the threat by the trinity of the U.S., Japan and the ROK to ensure a military edge by openly ignoring the security concerns of the regional countries and steadily strengthening their ability to carry out the combined war.

This is proved by RIMPAC, the largest-ever joint naval drill in the world, which was recently conducted in the Pacific Ocean, led by the U.S.

It is not a secret that the U.S., which had staged RIMPAC joint military exercises targeting the former Soviet Union since 1971, has steadily expanded the scale and contents of the exercises with the aim of containing the marine advance of other countries and establishing regional hegemony under the pretext of defending the maritime security after the end of the Cold War.

This year, too, the U.S. and its vassal allies conducted more than 500 maritime drills and 2 400-odd flight drills involving over 30 000 troops, above 30 surface warships, five submarines and at least 190 aircraft.

The recent joint military exercises have raised concern of the international community because of not only the large-scale forces and military hardware reminiscent of the Pacific War but also the reality in which the nature and color of RIMPAC, the war drill against the sovereign states in the region, have become clearer and the leading role with which Japan and the ROK have played pursuant to the U.S. hegemonic strategy.

The ROK, which has participated in RIMPAC since 1990, performed the commandership of the joint naval component army commanding the naval forces of the participating countries for the first time, and Japan undertook the deputy commandership of the joint mobile unit in the said drill.

This clearly shows the strategic attempt of the U.S. to strengthen its interoperability with the ROK and Japan under the simulated conditions of a real war and to establish an absolute military hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region by imposing more security burden on them.

The deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet openly said that the commanding role of the ROK and Japan was not a symbolic one but for the actual operation. This goes to prove that RIMPAC, the largest-ever naval drill in the world, is, in fact, a war rehearsal of aggression led by the U.S., Japan and the ROK.

The U.S. is more openly manifesting such military orientation in the region around the Korean peninsula, the biggest hotspot in the Asia-Pacific region.

In July alone, the U.S. and the ROK staged Buddy Squadron air drills under the pretext of strengthening their capability of cooperation in the air and conducted on an unprecedented scale the Combined Joint Sustainment Training aimed at providing logistic support to the ROK from the U.S. mainland and overseas military bases in case of contingency on the Korean peninsula.

The U.S. speeds up the transformation of the U.S. Forces in Japan into a unified military command with independent operational functions with an aim to strengthen cooperation in command control with the integrated operation command of the Self-Defence Forces of Japan and schemes to deploy in the ROK the medium-range strategic missile system Typhon with the regional countries in its striking range after its deployment in Japan.

Japan launched Tomahawk long-range cruise missile it purchased from the U.S. in the Pacific Ocean amid open debate about going nuclear on its own accord, completely throwing away the deceptive mask of "exclusive defense". And the ROK has been developing a nuclear submarine in real earnest, citing the "naval threat" from neighboring countries.

Apparently, the U.S. confrontational racket and reckless acts of Japan and the ROK which avail themselves of the former's moves have already crossed the red line and their ill-looking war alliance is approaching the international community, threatening global peace and security.

The threat posed by the trinity of the U.S., Japan and the ROK is being settled as a new security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region.

It is the DPRK's invariable mode of controlling situation and crisis to response to a threat of new level with a deterrence of new level.

It is needed to keep an eye on and deter the emergence of the U.S.-led "axis of confrontation" which undermines the security of the region and precipitates instability with the aim of establishing hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. -0

'Peoples Korea Today' Issue 68 ( August 2026 ).pdf

Crime of Japan, Sworn Enemy of Korean Nation

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The Korean war ignited by the U.S. imperialists in the early 1950s of the last century was a war of massacre and destruction which inflicted untold misfortune and pain upon the Korean people.

The Japanese militarists, who had been involved in cooperation for mapping out the plan for the criminal war of aggression, examined all the documents of the general staff of the Japanese imperialist aggressor forces, which had been kept secret after their defeat, under the direction of the U.S. imperialists.

The U.S. imperialists' plan for the war of aggression against the DPRK, completed in collusion with the Japanese militarists, was submitted to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff without any significant amendments.

The Japanese militarists also cooperated with the U.S. imperialists in mapping out the plan for intelligence against the DPRK. They made a thorough examination of the whereabouts and duties of the spies in the DPRK, the possibility of their activities and the contact system in case of war, and hatched a plot to dispatch spies on a large scale under the instructions from the U.S. imperialists.

The Japanese militarists, who tried to mobilize even religious believers in spy activities, supported the puppet ROK army which served as cannon fodder for the war of the U.S. imperialists in every way.

In 1948, scores of former Japanese imperialist aggressor officers were sent to the puppet ROK to help the puppet armed forces in their operation and training. In April 1950, they taught the puppet army officers how to commit assassination.

Meanwhile, a unit of Eiichiro Gondo, former vice admiral of the Japanese imperialist aggressor forces, and a unit of the lieutenant colonel Sawai Tetsubi arrived at the puppet ROK after undergoing various special training by the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces. Other units girded themselves for the Korean war.

The Japanese militarists, under the control of the U.S. imperialists, planned germ warfare to brutally massacre the Korean people in case of the outbreak of the Korean war.

The crimes, committed by the Japanese militarists in cooperation with the U.S. imperialists in their preparations for a war of aggression against the DPRK, constitute an atrocity adding new crimes to the crimes already committed against the Korean people during their colonial rule over Korea. -0-

KCNA Commentary on NATO's Frantic War Preparations

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The world community is watching keenly NATO's frantic war preparations.

Shortly ago, NATO approved the reorganization of the military fuel transport system dating back to the Cold War period.

According to the so-called NATO Fuel Supply Chain Capability Programme Plan, the existing NATO fuel supply chain in western Europe, which has a total length of about 10 000 km, will be connected to its new member states in eastern and northern Europe. And huge projects, ranging from the construction and modernization of new fuel pipelines to the construction of energy storage facilities, will reportedly be launched.

Originally, there were disagreements among the member states because of huge cost, but they were finally settled. This shows that NATO is clinging to the provision of strategic reserves for war while regarding it as a vital matter.

Moreover, an assertion that NATO will get stronger with the establishment of fuel pipelines is being made among NATO member states. This is a clear proof that NATO is developing into a more aggressive military bloc.

What merits attention is that foreign news are commenting that NATO worked out such an ambitious plan to cope with a potential war with Russia. But the issue is more serious.

In recent years, NATO, which has talked about the inseparability of the security in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, is more frequently introducing strategic assets of its member states into the Asia-Pacific region, demonstrating its military existence, and frequently staging adventurous muscle flexing in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula in collusion with the countries hostile towards the DPRK.

NATO member states including Germany and Italy, the defeated nations in Europe in the past, actively participated in RIMPAC, the largest-ever joint naval drill in the world, which was conducted in the large area of sea around Hawaii and the Pacific Ocean. This clearly proves that NATO always regards the Asia-Pacific region as the theatre of war.

The grave reality, in which NATO is pushing ahead with the provision of strategic reserves as well as massive arms buildup, hints at many things.

In a word, it is the evil intention of NATO to stockpile enough fuel and other war supplies and thus kindle the flames of war any time in any part of the world.

Several decades have passed since NATO was founded as a military bloc but it is unprecedented that it prepares for war so openly as now.

The grave nature of NATO as a war bloc is becoming more obvious.

The fair international community aspiring after justice and peace will never tolerate the dangerous and challenging act of NATO dashing toward war but make a resolute counterattack to them.

NATO's hastened efforts for igniting a war will bring earlier its ruin. -0-

KCNA Commentary on U.S. Moves to Transform USFJ into "Warfighting" Force

 

Pyongyang, July 31 (KCNA) -- The U.S. is adding a new element of strategic instability to the Korean peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region, bringing dark clouds of war.

The commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan in an interview with a Japanese newspaper on July 26 bragged that over 200 personnel had been added to the USFJ headquarters to give it more authority, it enabled the USFJ to make a rapid response, once impossible, and the USFJ has the number of personnel that can sustain 24/7 operations across all combat functions.

He also noted that he will make sure the USFJ is as ready as possible with Japan, anticipating that not an "if", but "when" a crisis will manifest in the Asia-Pacific region.

This is part of the plan to transform the USFJ, which had been mainly responsible for the administrative missions including the administration of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement in the past, into a unified military command with substantial operational command authority. And it proves that the USFJ is transforming itself into a real "warfighting" force to command the U.S. forces and all the armed forces of vassal states in the region.

It is known to the public that the U.S. has been pushing ahead with the reorganization of the U.S. forces in Japan since last year to set up a unified military command and give it some of operational command authority of the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii.

The main key of the three-stage reorganization of the U.S. Forces in Japan is to make it possible for the U.S. and Japan to carry out a joint operation in emergency by unifying the commanding systems of Japan's "integrated operation command", which was formed in March last year to control the Japan ground, maritime and air "self-defense forces", and the U.S. Forces in Japan.

Through its moves, the U.S. aims to further strengthen its overseas aggression forces into the field forces possessed of independent wartime operational capability. But, most importantly, it seeks a sinister intention to use the Japan "Self-Defense Forces" as a shock brigade and main combat force for an all-out war in the Asia-Pacific region in case of emergency.

The U.S. already announced that Japan will stand at the forefront of all contingencies that the U.S. may face in the western Pacific region, when it started to reorganize the U.S. Forces in Japan last year.

Opposition parties and the public across Japan are getting vocal expressing concern that SDF would come under the control of the U.S. forces.

Given that the core reinforcements to be dispatched to the ROK first would be the U.S. Forces in Japan in contingency on the Korean peninsula, it is undeniable that the first target of this "war command" is just the DPRK.

As the enemies have admitted, the physical conflict on the Korean peninsula is a matter of time when it would break out, rather than a matter of possibility whether or not it would occur.

Shortly ago, the U.S. conducted the largest-ever "Combined Joint Sustainment Training" together with the ROK puppet military gangsters to enhance the capabilities for protracted war in the operational theater of the Korean peninsula. And it held a U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting, in which it again called for strengthening "tripartite security cooperation" including the holding of "Freedom Edge", the multi-domain joint military exercises.

Such adventurous military maneuvers of the U.S. working hard to secure large-scale offensive forces and long-term high-intensity operational capabilities while fully betraying its unshakable hostile intention to stand in confrontation with the DPRK are pushing the latter again to the irreversible final conclusion that it should further strive for ceaseless development and evolution of its nuclear war deterrent for self-defence.

The command of the U.S. forces in the Far East, which had been stationed in Japan to have charge of the Korean War, came to a tragic end, earning such brand as "defeated command".

The transformation of the headquarters of the U.S. Forces in Japan into a "war command" is a short cut to its emergence as disgraceful ”defeated command”. -0-

“Cheers Of Victory Reverberating Down Many Decades -speech of Dr Dermot Hudson

 

 Dear comrades and friends ,

The title of this seminar “Cheers Of Victory Reverberating Down Many Decades “ is very apt and relevant because the cheers of victory on July 27th 1953 in Pyongyang still echo today not just in Pyongyang but around the entire world . Today, when US led imperialism is carrying out aggression all over the world and some countries are crumbling, it is important to recall the great victory of the Korean people against US imperialism in the 1950s.

Often the imperialists like to refer to the Korean War (more correctly called the Fatherland Liberation War ) as the “unknown war “ or “forgotten war “ . The reason for this can be found in the statement of right wing US military historian Bevin Alexander , himself an officer in the US imperialist aggression forces during the war , who wrote that the Fatherland Liberation War was the “first war we lost”. The infamous reactionary senator JR McCarthy said that ““we suffered a serious defeat in Korea “.

The Fatherland Liberation War or Korean War was the first time that a socialist country was involved a full scale war against US imperialism and world imperialism.The US imperialists not only threw their own armed forces into the war but those of the south Korean puppets , 15 of their satellite countries,including to my shame , the UK , and even the Japanese militarists who fought in Korea in secret wearing the uniforms of the south Korean puppet army . In some ways the Fatherland Liberation War was like a world war.The Fatherland Liberation War was an anti-imperialist struggle against the international forces of reaction headed by US imperialism , a class struggle , a war to defend socialism and a war for national liberation.

The US threw into the war unprecedented numbers of troops and amounts of materials.  In fact 73 million tons of war materials  were used in the war .The war raged on until July 27th 1953 when the US kneeled down and signed the Armistice Agreement.

Originally the ROK puppets had boasted that they would have “breakfast at Haeju ,lunch in Pyongyang and dinner in Sinuji “ . However the invading ROK puppet forces were routed and the ROK puppet army collapsed . Instead Seoul, the capital of the puppet ROK  was liberated on the 28th of June .In the first stage of the war the Korean People's Army liberated 90 percent of the territory of south Korea and 92 per cent  of the population.A truly remarkable accomplishment that was achieved by the self-reliant revolutionary armed forces of People's Korea under the command of the great leader Marshal KIM IL SUNG.

During the three-year long Fatherland Liberation War, the U.S. imperialists lost over 1,567,000 men, including more than 405,000 of their own armed forces, and an enormous amount of combat equipment and war supplies, including over 12,200 aircraft, more than 560 warships and ships, over 3,200 tanks and armoured vehicles of different types, more than 13,350 trucks and 7,690 artillery pieces of various types. The loss suffered by the US imperialists was nearly 2.3 times greater than what they had suffered in the four years of the Pacific War during World War II. Even official US statistics showed during each of the three years of the Korean War they lost double  the number of troops lost in each year of the Vietnam war. Later comrade KIM IL SUNG declared that “In this great struggle our people fought determinedly as one in mind under the correct leadership of the party and government and thereby withstood the harsh trials of war honourably and won a historic victory inflicting an ignominious defeat on US imperialism and its running dogs”

 Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN  said that the Fatherland Liberation War  “was a military miracle unprecedented in the war history of mankind and a great feat of historical significance never seen before in the nation's history spanning 5 000 years”.

The Fatherland Liberation War ended in victory due to the Juche orientated military tactics and Juche-orientated military thought of the great leader supreme commander generalissimo KIM IL SUNG and the sublime heroism of the KPA. The myth of US invincibility was smashed to smithereens in the Fatherland Liberation War.  The victory in the Fatherland Liberation War inspired national liberation and revolutionary movements all over the world to struggle against the colonial system of the US-led imperialists bringing about an era of decline for  US imperialism, an era of anti -imperialism . US imperialism's defeat in Korea preceded its defeat in Vietnam and elsewhere. The Korean people's victory in the Fatherland liberation war was a great contribution to the world revolutionary movement as it showed that US imperialism could be stopped in its tracks and beaten.

Dr Dermot Hudson

Secretary General ERCFKP

Chairman Korean Friendship Association UK
Chairman British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea