Friday, 19 June 2026

Anti-Imperialist Reading List for the 76th anniversary of the provocation of the great Fatherland Liberation War

   









The  Korean Friendship Association of the UK , British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea have compiled a reading list for the 76th anniversary of the provocation of the Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War ) 


THE US IMPERIALISTS STARTED THE KOREAN WAR 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wPAtq3NbJxTNPBKJpTrD1UtWJUYGS7c2/view?usp=sharing

US DISTORTION OF THE PROVOCATION OF THE KOREAN WAR 
 https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2007/07/distortion-of-us-provocation-of-korean.html

 PANMUNJOM
https://web.archive.org/web/20160306064346/http://uk-songun.com/web_documents/panmunjom-e.pdf

MODERN HISTORY OF KOREA -CHAPTER THREE THE FATHERLAND LIBERATION WAR
 https://archive.org/stream/ModernHistoryOfKorea/Modern%20History%20of%20Korea_djvu.txt

Commentary on Britain's shameful role in the Korean War or Fatherland Liberation War of the 1950s-ASSPUK, JISGE and UK KFA special article by Dermot Hudson

 http://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/commentary-on-britains-shameful-role-in.html
"US-empire of terrorism " Pyongyang 2003
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rme6oXOK10UYa77Va1d6WzkHZli04oKp/view?usp=sharing

On the Fatherland Liberation War of the Korean People-speech delivered by Dr Dermot Hudson to the seminar of the Brazilian Centre for Songun Politics at Rio State University July 11th

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2019/07/on-fatherland-liberation-war-of-korean.html

NOT ONLINE 
"US Imperialism the Sworn Enemy of the Korean people " Pyongyang 1969
"Echoes of the Korean War " Pyongyang 1996
"I fought in Korea " Julian Tunstall
"This Monstrous War " by Wilfred Burchett

Videos 
Who Started The Korean War? [DPRK Documentary | English]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWw4NHaf6q0&t=988s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhHg5-uDTm8&t=2s

KFA UK and BGSJI on the 76th anniversary of the provocation of the great Fatherland Liberation War of the Korean people

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA

email juche007@yahoo.co.uk 

                         





                  

                       19th   of June  2026
 The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI) the Korean Friendship Association  of the  UK (KFA UK)  issued the following statement on the 76th  anniversary of the provocation of the Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War) by the US imperialists and south Korean puppets and the start of the Month of Solidarity with the Korean people (June 25th to July 27th )

The US imperialists, the ringleader of  world imperialism and international reactionaries, provoked a war in Korea on the 25th of June 1950 by instigating their south Korean puppets to attack the young Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The US imperialists were hungry for profits and conquest. The US imperialists fought an unjust aggressive war against the Korean people. The US imperialists launched a war of conquest against the DPRK , a war to destroy the Juche-based people's democratic system in the DPRK as well as to destroy socialism in Asia and the world.
  

  The Korean people led by the great revolutionary leader and national hero Marshal KIM IL SUNG, a true military strategic genius and ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander fought a fierce anti- imperialist, anti- US struggle against US imperialism and the allied forces of international reaction. It was a fierce class struggle against the enemies of the people. The Korean people fought a national liberation war against the Yankee imperialist invaders, a war of justice for independence and freedom and also a war to reunify the sacred motherland. The Fatherland Liberation War of the Korean people proved to  a crucible of the Songun idea.
                                           



    We condemn the appalling barbarity of the US imperialists during the Fatherland Liberation War .We denounce their crimes of massacring civilians, the use of biological and chemical weapons. 35,383 people were murdered by the US at Sinchon -ri and 1,050 people at Susan-ri (one third of the population of the area), just to give a few examples. The US imperialists tried to exterminate the Korean people by carrying out the war that they long planned .

                                                             


 The US imperialists have increased their threats to People's Korea and have been carrying out numerous military exercises threatening the DPRK. The US imperialist and south Korean puppets are stepping up their war moves. Trump's talk of 'dialogue' ,'negotiations ' and 'peace ' is false

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A vigorous campaign should be launched for the withdrawal of US troops from south Korea as well as the conclusion of a permanent peace treaty .

   On this occasion we express our wholehearted support for the DPRK led by respected Marshal
KIM JONG UN in its struggle for independence , justice and peace.

.We join hands with all true friends of People's Korea and Juche idea followers in rallying around the DPRK.

BGSJI
KFA UK


                 





                                                             





BGSJI and KFA UK support press statement of comrade Kim Yo Jong on the G7

   BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

 juche007@yahoo.co.uk

                          


   London 159h 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  comrade Kim Yo Jong Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea which was issued on the 18th of June ;

Recently the Group of Seven commonly known as the G7 , a bloc of Western imperialist countries , held a summit in France with the presence of different Western leaders such as  Trump and Macron . The G7 summit adopted a statement which called for the so-called "denuclearisation "  of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) which ignores the reality that the DPRK has been a nuclear power for nearly 20 years.

In her statement comrade Kim Yo Jong says "I express strong dissatisfaction and regret at the excess of authority of G7, a direct violation of the constitution of our state, and resolutely denounce and reject it in the most explicit tone."

The violation of the basic law of the DPRK is totally intolerable  !

The DPRK's access to nuclear weapons it because it has been exposed to the nuclear threat by the US for decades and decades .  Comrade Kim Yo Jong points out " Due to its destructive power, the nuclear weapon can be turned into the means of tyranny to harm the mankind if it is in the hands of injustice but it will be tremendous deterrent to contain injustice if it is in the hands of justice.

It is impossible to defeat injustice only by advocating justice, peace, international order and principle, and nothing is more foolish than to sit with folded arms in the face of military threats accompanied by nuclear weapons."

The above words show great wisdom and prove the maxim that peace is not something that can be begged.

Comrade Kim Yo Jong also explicitly states " The DPRK's nukes as a means for self-defence and countermeasures will remain unchanged in their identity and persistence"

We support this declaration by comrade Kim Yo Jong . The DPRK will never give up its nuclear weapons . Moreover denuclearisation will mean the overthrow of the socialist system in the DPRK.

KFA UK

BGSJI



Opening a New Chapter in Juche Party Building




Having joined the Workers Party of Korea on the 22nd of July 1961 , the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL  began working at the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea  on the 19th of June 1964 , having declined offers to work in other roles .


Whilst working at the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea(WPK) comrade KIM JONG IL worked hard , day and night , to implement the principle  of ideology -first and built the Workers Party of Korea up as a powerful ,united , steel strong party of Juche . In the heady days of the 1960s this was not an easy task because of the complex international situation around the Korean peninsula . Modern revisionism and Left opportunism had appeared in the international communist movement and the socialist camp causing splits and divisions . Anti-party counter-revolutionary factionalists tried to smuggle revisionism into the WPK but true Korean revolutionaries led by President KIM IL SUNG and Chairman KIM JONG IL fought back and the anti-party revisionists were defeated at the 15th Plenary Meeting of the Fourth Party Central Committee which was held from May 4 to 8, 1967. It was at this plenary meeting that the monolithic ideological system of Juche was established . Comrade KIM JONG IL explained that  “The Party's monolithic ideological system is, in other words, the leader's ideological system and system of guidance. In our Party there can only be the leader 's revolutionary idea and guidance. Without them the existence of our Party is inconceivable. The revolutionary idea of the great leader is the eternal guiding ideology of our Party and revolution. Thanks to the wise guidance of the leader our people could not only victoriously fight their way across tens of thousands of ri in the bloody war against the Japanese imperialists, and defeat the US imperialist aggressors, in the three-year-long Fatherland Liberation War, but also succeed in the postwar reconstruction and socialist revolution and achieve miraculous successes in the building of socialism, to the admiration of the people throughout the world.

We must improve the education on Party policy, the revolutionary traditions and socialist patriotism of Party members and the working people. The main emphasis in the education need s to be on the establishment of the Party' s monolithic ideological system


By establishing the monolithic ideological system comrade KIM JONG IL dealt a massive blow against revisionism and the restoration of capitalism in the DPRK . Later comrade KIM JONG IL put forward the idea of  modelling the whole of society on Kimilsungism.This concept was  announced in February 1974 in the work “ "On Some Immediate Tasks of Party Ideological Work for Modelling the Whole Society on Kimilsungism". This brought about a great upsurge in carrying on the revolution and the WPK's ideological work. This led to a great upsurge in socialist construction in all sectors. Powerful mass movements such as the Three Revolution Red Flag Movement were launched.


 Comrade KIM JONG IL stressed in a work titled “On Firmly Consolidating the Party’s Organizational and Ideological Foundations “ which was published on the 15th of August 1969 that the mass foundation of the WPK should be developed and the political foundation of the Party should be consolidated .In the DPRK an integral , harmonious whole  of the party and the masses was formed.


  Thanks to the guidance to Party work given by comrade KIM JONG IL over many   decades , the WPK was transformed into the steel strong party of Juche which defended and advanced socialism .Today under the guidance of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the leadership of the WPK over socialist construction continues as socialism in the DPRK enters the stage of comprehensive development.


Dr Dermot Hudson

Chairman Korean Friendship Association UK

Chairman British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea

Hon Secretary Global Farmy Study Group for KIM JONG UN’s People-First Policies

Secretary General ERCFKP 

Vice-chairman OCFIPGPP


Salute to the 62nd anniversary of the start of work of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL at Central Committee of the WPK

 



Today 19th of June is the 62nd anniversary of the start of work of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL at the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea.

 The start of work of comrade KIM JONG IL at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on the 19th of June 1964 marked an epochal turn in the work of building the Workers Party of Korea . Comrade KIM JONG IL defended the purity of ideology in the WPK. The great ideas of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG were carried forward and developed in depth. Comrade KIM JONG IL 's work made the WPK into an anti-revisionist party of Juche .

     Comrade KIM JONG IL developed the mass foundation of the WPK  and created an integral , harmonious whole  of the party and the masses . It was comrade KIM JONG IL who put forward the concept of a mother party that took care of the people's lives .

  Thanks to the guidance to Party work given by comrade KIM JONG IL over the decades , the WPK was transformed into the steel strong party of Juche which defeated revisionism and anti-socialism and held high the red flag of socialism .

  The achievements of comrade KIM JONG IL in guiding party work shine forever  ! Today they are carried forward by dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN

Thursday, 18 June 2026

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK


Pyongyang, June 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following statement on June 18:


The miserable position of the West, which has to remain faithful to the customary practice of shouting "denuclearization" in chorus although they admit the fact that it is an empty goal that can never be realized, has been clearly revealed once again.


At the G7 summit held in France, the U.S. and other Western countries repeated their anachronistic assertion about "denuclearization" while slandering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with unfounded politically-motivated rhetoric.


G7, the chief culprit of destroying global peace and security and the international nuclear non-proliferation system, has neither qualifications to discuss the sovereign option of the DPRK nor right to deny it.


I express strong dissatisfaction and regret at the excess of authority of G7, a direct violation of the constitution of our state, and resolutely denounce and reject it in the most explicit tone.


They must be aware of the fact that "denuclearization", which is an irreversibly finalized agenda, can never be realized, and if they really do not know, it will only reveal their lack of political discrimination and lack of sense of the reality.


Obviously, the argument about "denuclearization" has gone completely out of date and this can by no means be changed even though the voice of accusation of any group goes louder.


Due to its destructive power, the nuclear weapon can be turned into the means of tyranny to harm the mankind if it is in the hands of injustice but it will be tremendous deterrent to contain injustice if it is in the hands of justice.


It is impossible to defeat injustice only by advocating justice, peace, international order and principle, and nothing is more foolish than to sit with folded arms in the face of military threats accompanied by nuclear weapons.


The DPRK got access to nuclear weapons to defend itself as it has constantly and persistently been the target of nuclear threat from its enemies and, therefore, the DPRK's nukes will lead to concern of no one but the enemies who are trying to harm the DPRK. And the illogic nature of the assertion about our "nuclear threat" should be considered focused on this.


Nuclear weapons are powerful means of defending sovereignty and cornerstone for ensuring peace, defined by the law of the DPRK.


The DPRK's nukes as a means for self-defence and countermeasures will remain unchanged in their identity and persistence.


The DPRK's access to nuclear weapons is its core interests to be preserved without fail and "denuclearization" is the line of no retreat that can never be crossed.


In any case, anyone who tries to hurt the core interests of a nuclear weapons state would make the worst option of inviting disaster. -0-


www.kcna.kp (2026.06.18.)

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Calling at the Venue of Farm Machine Exhibition

                                                           



From Voice of Korea .

http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee260513008/57/en

Calling at the Venue of Farm Machine Exhibition

  The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, always pays concern to increasing the proportion of mechanization in the agricultural production of the country.

  One day in January 2024, he called at the venue of farm machine exhibition.


  On display were hundreds of kinds of farm machines including different types of tractors, rice-seedling transplanters, unmanned helicopters for agriculture, wheat and barley seeders and portable maize combine.

  What he specially emphasized while examining those farm machines on display one by one was the issue related to the farm machine institute which plays an important role in laying a new foundation of the farm machine industry.


  Comrade Kim Jong Un said to the accompanying officials that it is necessary to build up the farm machine institute properly and added that the farm machine institute plays an important role in implementing the Party's rural revolution programme in the new era.

  As a matter of fact, whenever opportunities permitted, he gave precious instructions on the farm machine institute. Paying attention to the problems arising in remodelling the institute and fixing the location of the farm machine institute to be built, he took necessary measures.

  That day, he said to the officials that he is going to build a new farm machine institute well and that the institute should solve all the technical problems arising in the mechanization of agriculture as well as the development of farm machines in the future.

  Like this, he expressed his determination to build the farm machine institute anew wonderfully and made clear its mission.

  He convinced the officials of his noble intention to strengthen the farm machine institute to bring about a fresh change in the farm machine industry as early as possible.


Tuesday, 16 June 2026

The Sun Strikes Again... by the KFA-UK Media Monitoring Unit

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Those of us unfortunate enough to be living in the ever more authoritarian UK know only too well the disgusting history of the establishment's rabid attack dog for the simple-minded, The Sun, or The Stun as it should more accurately be known. Not content with leaving behind an endless slug slime trail of stupefying smears against the progressive forces working in the UK, the rag that disgraced itself forever with its outrageous lies against the Hillsborough Disaster victims, now has chosen to point its online muck spreader against those who seek peace and normal relations between the UK and Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea; the Korean Friendship Association - UK.

No doubt you can search online for the virtual turd for yourself, but if you do so you are well advised to use a privacy focused ad-blocking browser, lest your device becomes stained by unwanted ambush advertising. However, as with everything capitalist, your online privacy is a commodity which can be purchased for a fee which is required to 'forget' the information the website has gathered on you. As the Americans so often remind us, 'Freedom Isn't Free', and the Sun proves it so.

So having hacked your way through the the overgrown digital jungle of splash screen pop-ups, and leaped over the cookie consent wall, what was it that an obviously desperate for copy Joe Manion came up with as a reserve story, due to the fact other demonstrations in central London at the same time were passing off with little disorder? It was the KFA-UK delegation peacefully picketing the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, which a few days before had shown the 'development' part of its grandiose title to be a farce as it announced sanctions against that well-known centre of weapons production, the Songdowon Children's Camp.

Not content with denigrating those who thought that a regressive step even for Starmer's regime, Manion then labels those brave enough to carry their convictions to the heart of Whitehall as 'delusional loyalists', 'useful idiots', and 'disillusioned hobbyists', whatever that means. If one gets bored with gardening or stamp collecting, does one suddenly develop an urge to join the KFA? Further on in the diatribe a discredited would-be informant and video creator is quoted suggesting those who support People's Korea on do so because they they crave respect, and want to be treated like 'diplomats' if they visit the country, as well as the desire to earn 'medals'. His world-twisting views become even more bizarre when he suggests KFA members come up with 'bad excuses' as to why they've not emigrated to the Juche State; in addition to the practical issues such as cost involved in moving to a different nation, the 'retirees' might  find the DPRK does  necessarily  not allow migrants from hostile nations to settle there.

There is more; there is always more; the usual litany of tired cliches along with excruciating  alliterations are thrown about like confetti. But frankly it's not worth the effort. Your time would be better spent learning the truth about People's Korea wherever it can be found. 

In the days before online news the paper version of The Sun, its disgraceful work done for the day, would at least be recycled as fish and chips wrapping, used lighting coal fires, or in a dire emergency function as painful improvised toilet paper. Sadly there seems to be nothing that can be done with the digital version except consign it to the deleted history bin, and hold those responsible for producing it to account.


Answering the slanders of the “ Sun “

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“You cannot hope                            

to bribe or twist,

thank God! the

British journalist.

But, seeing what

the man will do

unbribed, there's

no occasion to.

Humbert Wolfe 


The online edition of the “Sun “ newspaper (the infamous tabloid ) recently carried a hitjob on the Korean Friendship Association of the UK because we picketed the Foreign , Commonwealth and Development Office on the 6th of June . They also used images of KFA UK members and supporters without permission . Our KFA UK media monitoring unit has already posted an excellent piece in response . Additionally we would add the following remarks ;


Firstly , the article claimed without any evidence that “Ukranian children had been abducted “ and taken to the Songdowon International Children’s Camp . However , the children who went to the Songdowon International Children’s Camp were citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics which are now part of the Russian Federation according the 2022 referendum on joining the Russian Federation .There were no Ukrainian children at the Songdowon International Children’s Camp .


Secondly , the article falsely alleged that there is an “atrocious record of abuses” and citiing “satellite images “ . Satellite images of the DPRK are a stock in trade of imperialist mainstream media propaganda against the DPRK .Satellite  images are used to prove whatever the media wants them to prove and prove nothing at all . In fact the supposed satellite images of “prison camps” in the DPRK have been debunked as they in fact show ordinary villages , farms and factories . Also there is no such thing as a “gulag “ in the DPRK , this is a Russian word and was something that exited in the former USSR until the early 1960s .


Thirdly , the article cities “defectors “ and tries to hide the fact such “defectors “ (actually traitors and criminals ) lie for money  .The celebrity "defector" Ms Yeonmi Park or to give her proper name Park Yeon Mi apparently appears wearing dressed completely in a Chanel outfit and Bvlgari  Jewellery costing over $100,000 dollars and is paid $10,000 per performance (sorry we mean presentation ) . Lying about People's Korea is very profitable so this is why defectors make up outlandish stories . In the West telling the truth about People's Korea can cost you your job but lying about it gets you big money .It is a fact south Korea pays people from the DPRK  $890,000 to defect!


Fourthly , the article quotes the spy and infiltrator “Ulrich Larsen “ (which may not be a real name ) .”Larsen “ was a complete scumbag who infiltrated KFA in another country and illegally filmed KFA members .  The “Sun “ article quote  “Larsen “ trying to deny he was a spy but we can reproduce a picture of Mr “Larsen “ in Danish Naval uniform proving that indeed he was in the Danish armed forces and connected to the Danish state . If “Larsen “ was simply an undercover journalist he would have left KFA after one or two years or sooner once he got the material he wanted and stayed in KFA for 10 years. We would add that members of the intelligence services(CIA and MI5 ) appear in Mr “Larsen “‘s so-called “documentary “.


Fifthly , the “Sun “ journalist twists and misquotes our KFA UK Chairman Dr Dermot Hudson . Dr Hudson never said the self-reliance made the DPRK isolated , what he actually said was that self-reliance was the  basic strategy of the DPRK and was applied consistently whether there were sanctions or not .


Finally , the “Sun “ claimed that KFA UK members are “delusional loyalists “ , “retirees “ and “ disillusioned hobbyists “( everyone is still trying to work out what a disillusioned hobbyist actually is ) . However KFA UK has members from a wide range of backgrounds and occupations and age groups . In fact hundreds of young people have signed for the KFA UK email list and KFA UK telegram channel.


The fact that KFA UK was subjected to an insulting and defamatory article by the “Sun “ shows that we are defending People’s Korea with No Ifs or Buts.





KFA UK and BGSJI denounce "Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 4" !

   BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

 juche007@yahoo.co.uk

                          



   London 16th 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 denouncing the planned release of "Call of Duty ; Modern  Warfare 4" 

We have learnt that the US plans to release an anti-DPRK computer game called " Call Of Duty  -Modern Warfare 4 " which is about a fictional war on the Korean peninsula between the socialist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK ) and the reactionary fascist puppet ROK.  The aim of these computer game is to falsely portray the DPRK as an aggressor state and demonise the DPRK on behalf of US imperialism.

The DPRK does not threaten the ROK or anyone else . It is the US that is keeping 30, 000 troops as well nuclear strategic weapons in south Korea as well as troops in Japan, Okinawa , Guam and the Philippines ..It is the US that since 1945 intervened in more than 150 countries and being involved in dozens of conflicts. Recent examples of US intervention are Venezuelan and Iran The US has a massive network 700  overseas military bases straddling the globe.

The game slanders the idea, system and policy of the DPRK. The DPRK's foreign policy is underpinned by the concepts of independence, peace and friendship. .The DPRK weapons are for self defence. They are weapons of justice defending the independence of the DPRK and its dignified socialist system.

The "Call of Duty -Modern Warfare 4 " game is reminiscent of earlier anti-DPRK propaganda of the 2010s such as the game "Homefront " and the film "Red Dawn " .

"Call of Duty -Modern Warfare 4 " is deliberately aimed at indoctrinating young people ,gamers , with anti-DPRK ideas and a war psychosis against the DPRK in order to prepare them for an actual conflict with the DPRK. It is also about moneymaking and profiteering by the giant US capitalist entertainment monopolies .

KFA UK and the British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea strongly denounces "Call of Duty 4 -Modern Warfare "  and calls for a boycott of the game !
Down with "Call of Duty -Modern Warfare 4"!

Down with US imperialism ! 

KFA UK

BGSJI



Monday, 15 June 2026

KCNA Report on Miracles and Innovations Made in Implementing New Five-year Plan


Pyongyang, June 16 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency Monday released a report on the fact that the working class and all other people across the DPRK are going all out for the implementation of the new five-year plan, true to the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea and the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Party Central Committee.


All sectors and units of the national economy have turned out under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, waging a vigorous mass technical innovation movement and in the course, the overall industrial production showed 5 percent increase in the past 100 days since the Party Congress, the report said, and went on:


At the Ninth Congress of the WPK, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un clarified the direction of advance and the policies of struggle to boost the overall socialist development with confidence and aroused all the people to the grand revolutionary advance once again, with firm belief in the working class who has devotedly defended the Party Central Committee with proud labor achievements by displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance in every decade of the revolution.


The fighting morale of the people out in the general advance for attaining the new long-term goals has been high from the beginning.


Workers of the Sangwon Cement Complex carried out their production plan at 107 percent on a daily average in March and attained highly-set cement production plan in April and May, too, thus giving vitality to the socialist construction sites.


Those of the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine under the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex showed six percent increase in production than the same period of last year.


The workers of the February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine produced a thousand and hundreds of more tons of coal than planned in May alone through various mass movements.


The Sunchon Cement Complex turned out tens of thousands of more tons of cement for 100 days. And other cement production units brought about an unprecedented upsurge in production, thus showing increase in cement production than planned on a nationwide scale.


The Musan Mining Complex over-fulfilled its production plans of concentrated iron ore in March, April and May and workers and technicians of the Unnyul Mine provided a guarantee for revitalizing the production of iron ore and concentrated ore.


The chemical industry sector, in which technological innovation is being turned into the work of the masses themselves, has increased its production.


The Namhung Youth Chemical Complex over-fulfilled its highly-set fertilizer production plan by finding reserves for increased production in technical innovation and actively introducing original inventions.


The Hungnam Fertilizer Complex produced a thousand and hundreds of more tons of fertilizer than planned by applying the operating method suited to the conditions for supplying raw materials and taking technical measures to increase the output of gas per hour.


The number of units boosting the production by dint of science and technology has increased in the electrical power industry, too.


The Pukchang Thermal Power Complex updated technical and economic indices of generating equipment such as increasing combustion efficiency by introducing the method of building the ignition bands of boiler fire boxes with far-infrared heating element as a whole and thus boosted electricity output, saving a large amount of coal.


Suphung, Jangjingang and Sodusu power stations increased the electricity output by controlling load dispatch according to the technical specifications of generators and ensuring the high-water level and high-efficiency operation based on scientific water control.


The workers in the machine-building industry conducted the April 15 technical innovation shock brigade campaign to improve the technical performance of equipment and increase production both in quality and quantity.


The Pyongyang Electric Cable General Factory 326 has made innovations in the production of various kinds of quality electric cables by pushing ahead with the technical upgrading of plastic mixer, rolling mill, large-size elongation machine and others.


The Anju Insulating Material Factory increased the production of paints and insulating materials by ensuring the normal operation of already-built production lines while stepping up the work to build up its own technical force and modernize the production process of insulating varnish.


The mining and light industrial sectors, too, conducted a mass technological innovation movement, giving importance to science and technology and creating economic levers in every way so that all the working people have a keen interest in preparing themselves as intelligent and technical personnel.


The railway transport workers, timber producers and fishery workers, too, have carried out their monthly plans for rail freight transport, timber production and seafood production.


The report said that thanks to the struggle of the heroic working class who have made strenuous and confident efforts to carry out the tasks for the first year of the new Five-Year Plan, the overall industrial production has been increased by far than planned to provide a sure guarantee for steady and sustained growth of the country's economy. -0-


www.kcna.kp (2026.06.16.)

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BGSJI and KFA UK on the 62nd anniversary of the start of work of comrade KIM JONG IL at the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea.

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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London 15th 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 on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the start of work of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea:

                                                        

 The start of work of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL  62 years ago on the 19th of June 1964  was  truly a great landmark in the development of the Korean revolution and the history of building the Workers Party of Korea. Comrade KIM JONG Il after starting work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea(WPK) devoted his tireless energy to the cause of Juche-orientated party building which had been started by the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG the eternal president of the DPRK and founder of the glorious Workers' Party of Korea.  

  Since comrade KIM JONG IL started at the Central Committee of the WPK, a thoroughgoing and qualitative change took place in the work of the Party.                   

     When comrade KIM JONG IL started work at the Central Committee of the WPK many communist and workers parties of the world were experiencing difficulties due to the emergence of modern revisionism. Comrade KIM JONG IL rebuffed attempts to undermine the leading role of the WPK, the vanguard party by emphasizing the great Juche idea authored by President KIM IL SUNG  as the iron guiding ideology of the Party.


         




   Comrade KIM JONG IL stated that "The Workers’ Party of Korea will shine for ever as the Party of Comrade Kim Il Sung"   and built up the WPK into  an ideologically integrated whole.      
                           


                                        





    Thanks to the guidance of Party work by comrade KIM JONG IL  successes in all fields such as the economy, culture, science and defence great victories were scored and a stunning leap forward in the building of Juche socialism took place. The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL wrote many works of genius such as "On the Art of the Cinema " which expounded the seed theory.

  Comrade KIM JONG IL always stresses that the WPK had a mass foundation and mixed with people giving on -the spot guidance. He was against the abuse of power and bureaucracy in Party work.
 Comrade KIM JONG IL fully embodied the idea of "The People are my God" of President KIM IL SUNG and built the WPK into a motherly party that took care of people's lives. He adopted a modest and popular style of work and fully developed the people-orientated policies on such as the abolition of taxation, free health care, free education and low-cost housing. Under the benevolent and all-embracing politics of comrade KIM JONG IL, the DPRK developed into a harmonious socialist family, the like of which is not seen in any other country.

  It was thanks to the dynamic and untiring leadership of comrade KIM JONG IL that the WPK could win victory after victory even in the most adverse circumstances in which the odds were stacked against it .

                                 




 In the 1990s due to the frustration of socialism in some countries, owing to modern revisionism, the imperialists stepped up efforts to stifle socialism in People's Korea by applying sanctions . Comrade KIM JONG IL affirmed the validity and scientific accuracy of socialism by authoring works such as  'Abuses of Socialism Are Intolerable ' , ' Socialism Is A Science '  and Giving Priority to Ideological Work is Essential for accomplishing socialism ". He rallied the people of the DPRK to defend socialism. Moreover comrade KIM JONG IL countered the imperialist's attempts to overpower People's Korea by administering Songun (army first ) politics, the treasured sword for defending independence and won victory in the confrontation with the imperialists . Firm foundations were laid for a powerful, prosperous socialist country based on single-hearted unity. 

Comrade KIM JONG IL exploits in Juche party building shine brightly .  We join with the Korean people in marking this significant occasion.

BGSJI
KFA UK 

BGSJI and KFA UK support the statement of the DPRK FM spokesperson

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   London 15th 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  spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry(FM)  of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that was issued on Saturday 13th of June ;

With regard to the fact that the US imperialists and their satellite countries have been of holding meetings of the so-called "nuclear consultative group " and clamouring for ""extended deterrence dialogue"  as well as continuing  to call for the DPRK's so-called "denuclearisation " (in reality a call for the DPRK to abandon the socialist system ), the DPRK FM spokesperson makes it clear that "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." Moreover the DPRK FM denounces and rejects the moves of the US , ROK and Japan to create nuclear confrontation and to disarm the DPRK in violation of its constitution .

The nuclear status of the DPRK is a solid fact . It is 20 years since the DPRK became a nuclear power . It's nuclear status is irreversible 

Not only is the US busily planning nuclear war against the DPRK but at the same time is selling a massive amount of weapons to the ROK puppets including air to air missiles .

The DPRK's just and correct response is to continue to build its nuclear shield in order to repel and deter  interference by the US and others .We support the DPRK's exercise of its sovereignty in building up its nuclear deterrence .We join with the DPRK FM in denouncing the US war moves and calls for so-called denuclearsiation. The DPRK's nuclear status is here to stay whether the Americans like it or not.

BGSJI

KFA UK


                                                 




Sunday, 14 June 2026

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.)


Saturday, 13 June 2026

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"

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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.)

Friday, 12 June 2026

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.

Thursday, 11 June 2026

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

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  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 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 

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

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-DPRK 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