Spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of DPRK Gives Answers

Pyongyang, October 1 (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 Tuesday as regards the fact that Israel's recent large-scale military attack and terrorist acts against Lebanon caused huge casualties:

Israel is resorting to massacre, terrorism and assassination, talking about the "right to self-defence" and "security". Its brutality and shamelessness are arousing great hatred and resentment of the international community.

It is a hideous war crime and unethical crime that Israel killed many civilians by committing indiscriminate military attack and terrorist acts against Lebanon.

Not content with the thrice-cursed massacre that stunned the world people in Gaza Strip of Palestine, Israel which is now encroaching upon the right of the Arab people to existence in the Middle East including Lebanon and the U.S. manipulating it are, indeed, the cancer-like entities of regional peace and stability and the common enemy of the Arab people.

The key to ensuring durable peace in the region of the Middle East is to guarantee the legitimate national right of the Palestinian people to establishing an independent state and put an end to Israel's invasion and hostile acts against the Arab countries as soon as possible.

We strongly denounce Israel which is expanding its large-scale massacre of innocent civilians to the whole Middle East and the organizational heinous terrorist acts of the U.S. which guards the former, and express invariable support and solidarity to the Arab people in their struggle for defending sovereignty, right to existence and territorial integrity. -0-

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Press Statement by Vice-Minister of National Defence of DPRK

Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Tuesday issued the following press statement titled "The U.S. reckless military bluff and moves for escalating tensions will only increase security instability of its mainland":

Pentagon's confrontational attempt to permanently deploy nuclear strategic assets to the Korean peninsula and its vicinities to intentionally demonstrate the "upperhand in strength" and put military pressure on the sovereign states in the region is being manifested in a diverse way.

Shortly ago, the latest nuclear submarine of the U.S. Navy openly revealed its shape at Pusan Port of the ROK. And, this time, B-1B bomber, one of the three air strategic assets of the U.S. Air Force, will be reportedly to fly in the sky above the Korean peninsula and conduct a demonstration flight, timed to coincide with a military parade on the “ROK army day”.

The U.S. bluffing military demonstration is nothing but a "hallucinant" to save even a bit its military face driven into a strategic disadvantage in the Korean peninsula and calm down a sense of collapse of its stooge having a poor sleep at night from chronic nuclear phobia.

In June the U.S. B-1Bs flew over the sky of the Korean peninsula to stage a joint air drill with military gangsters of the ROK and a precision guided bomb dropping drill for the first time in several years. And nuclear carrier Theodore Roosevelt entered the Pusan operational base to insist on the "combined defence posture" and "demonstration of extended deterrence". All those facts clearly show where the intemperate hysteric confrontation racket of the ROK is based on.

The Korean People's Army (KPA) is keenly watching the frequent deployment of U.S. strategic assets and their traces in the Korean peninsula and is fully ready to thoroughly defend the security environment of the state from any threat.

It is the invariable stand of KPA that the U.S. which is seized with violence and high-handed practices, should be governed from the stand of strength.

Now that the U.S. unannounced deployment of strategic assets has fixed as an incurable bad habit, a measure of unpredictable strategic nature corresponding to it should be an inevitable and legitimate right of a sovereign state, and fresh methods of adding serious concern to the security of the U.S. mainland should be surely produced.

We can examine such fresh action plans any time and carry them out.

The armed forces of the DPRK will never remain a passive onlooker to the military provocative acts of the hostile forces escalated in three dimensions in the Korean peninsula and its vicinities, but take a thoroughgoing action corresponding to them and steadily improve their powerful war deterrent capable of initiatively coping with any instable situation of security caused by the U.S. irresponsible acts. -0-

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to General Secretary of C.C., CPC

Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- 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, sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on October 1.

The message said:

General Secretary,

I extend warm congratulations to General Secretary and, through you, to the CPC, the government of the PRC and all the Chinese people on behalf of the Workers' Party of Korea, the government of the DPRK and the Korean people, on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary of the PRC.

Over the past 75 years since the founding of the new China, the Chinese people have actively pushed ahead with the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics, overcoming all trials and challenges of history under the leadership of the CPC, and the overall national power and international prestige of the PRC are growing stronger day by day.

In particular, great successes are being made in the course of advance to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th Congress of the CPC and build a modern socialist country comprehensively.

We are convinced that the Chinese people will achieve the second century target without fail, firmly united around the CPC with General Secretary as its core.

It is the consistent stand of our Party and the government of the Republic to steadily consolidate and develop the traditional DPRK-China friendship.

I believe that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries will grow stronger in conformity with the requirements of the new era and the aspirations and desire of the peoples of the two countries.

I wish the PRC prosperity and the Chinese people happiness. -0-

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Players and Coaches Who Won 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- The DPRK's laudable women football players who were welcomed by their motherland as victorious heroines after demonstrating the dignity and spirit of the great state before the world by winning gold medals greeted the time of joy and happiness to be cherished as the honor of their life.

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, met the players and coaches who won the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at the headquarters building of the WPK Central Committee on September 30.

Present there were Kim Il Guk, minister of Physical Culture and Sports, and Sin Yong Chol, secretary of the DPRK Football Association.

Entering the yard of the Party Central Committee with a proud trophy cup and gold medals, the players and coaches were filled with the boundless reverence and gratitude for the benevolent father who gave the matchless strength and courage to them to make sure that they always run with confidence in certain victory in the fierce matches for glorifying the honor of their motherland, and bestowed warm blessings and great favors, giving credit to them for all successes.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared, the players and coaches broke into cheers of "Hurrah!" in tears of emotion and moved into the arms of him whom they wanted to see so much.

The fatherly Marshal gladly received the proud daughters of the country, and congratulated them on creating another legendary tale about the DPRK's women football by beating their rivals of Austria, Brazil, the U.S., Japan and other countries, scoring 25 amazing goals in seven matches from the group league matches to the finals of the world cup.

In particular, he highly praised player Choe Il Son who won the Gold Ball Prize, the one for the top player, and Gold Football Boots Prize, the one for the top scorer in the world cup, and chief coach Ri Song Ho who led the team to victory after victory.

He said that the proud victory won by our women footballers, bearing in mind the expectation of the country and its people, serves as an encouraging event and patriotic deed that added optimism and joy to the whole country.

Sports is of a very great meaning in promoting the progress and advantages of the nation, he said, adding that every precious success made by the DPRK's sportspersons in international games is further uniting the people and dynamically arousing them to the vigorous struggle with peculiar appeal and influence.

He warmly wished that the players who showed a bright prospect of the DPRK's women football would firmly hold the Asian and world championships and further consolidate their position.

He had a significant picture taken with the women footballers who had the glory and fortune giving a great joy and optimism to all the people across the country.

Unable to repress their deep emotion at the great love and trust shown by the fatherly Marshal, the players and coaches made a firm determination to bring more gold medals and brilliant gold trophies of patriotism to the glorious DPRK, their motherland. -0-

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