Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun

 

Pyongyang, January 2 (KCNA) -- All the people across the DPRK are paying the highest tribute to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, eternal leaders of the Party, state and people and great sages of the revolution, greeting the hopeful New Year with the great pride and honor of having successfully concluded the historic struggle of 2025 for the overall development of socialist construction, rallied close around the Workers' Party of Korea.

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, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on January 1 on the occasion of the New Year 2026.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by leading officials of the Party and the government and senior officials of the Party Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, the Cabinet and ministries.

Also accompanying him were commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK.

Flower baskets were laid before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Kim Jong Un, together with other visitors, paid high tribute to the statues of the great leaders.

At the halls where the President and the Chairman lie in state, he paid New Year greetings to the great leaders.

All the visitors made a firm pledge to fulfill their responsibility and duty in the vanguard of accomplishing the sacred cause for the eternal prosperity and development of the great DPRK and the promotion of the people's wellbeing, true to the ideas and leadership of Kim Jong Un with single-minded loyalty. -0-

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Schoolchildren Participating in New Year Performance

Pyongyang, January 2 (KCNA) -- Presented on New Year's Day was a picture showing the warm loving care and noble world of the benevolent father who represents the bright smile of the children, the hope and future of the DPRK, as the image of Korean-style socialism.

The respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un on January 1 met with the schoolchildren participating in the New Year performance and warmly wished them the bright future.

The venue of the photo session was filled with the schoolchildren's great emotion and joy of meeting the fatherly Marshal, whom they had longed for even in their dreams, on New Year's Day.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue, members of the Children's Union presented fragrant bouquets to him, representing the deep thanks and New Year's greetings of all the schoolchildren across the country.

Acknowledging the enthusiastic cheers, Kim Jong Un extended warm greetings to all the schoolchildren across the country greeting the New Year.

He met the Children's Union members who glorified the honor of the country with gold medals and set examples in the study, organizational life and good-conduct movement.

He wished the bright future to the schoolchildren who are growing up smartly and boldly, having dreams about demonstrating the honor of the DPRK and studying hard to add more luster to the country.

Saying that the honest and lively features and dynamic steps of the successors and reserves who would ardently love the socialist country and add more luster to it are, indeed, the power of the DPRK making a leap forward and its proud spirit, he had a meaningful photo taken with those schoolchildren participating in the New Year performance, hoping that they would sing of their great ambition, will to carry forward the revolution and growing ideals and passion to the full.

He met with the staff members of an art troupe of Korean schoolchildren in Japan who visited their socialist homeland, and called upon them to successfully train the rising generations of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan to be the pillars who would carry forward the baton of the patriotic cause. -0-

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to Chairman of Chongryon Central Standing Committee

Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Ho Jong Man, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), on January 1.

The message said:

Seeing in the new year 2026, I extend my warm congratulations and compatriotic greetings to you and all other officials of Chongryon, as well as to other Korean compatriots in Japan.

Last year Chongryon, together with the fellow people in the homeland, celebrated in splendour the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 80th anniversary of national liberation, and on the occasion of its 70th founding anniversary, it also made remarkable progress in writing another greater chapter of the history and tradition of the movement of Koreans in Japan, as it deeply cherished the ennobling spirit of patriotism and historic achievements of its founder generation.

I extend my heartfelt thanks and encouragement to Chongryon officials and other Korean compatriots in Japan for having left sacred imprints of patriotic efforts throughout the year while strenuously coping with innumerable challenges and ordeals in the foreign land.

The new year is a historic one when the Ninth Congress of our Party is to be held. For Chongryon, it is a year of a fresh turning point and transformation, in which it should, at its 26th Congress, advance a clear target and strategy for a new struggle period up to its 80th founding anniversary and take a vigorous step forward towards successfully implementing its patriotic tasks for the first year of the period.

I am fully convinced that Chongryon officials and other Korean compatriots in Japan will, in the new year, too, make substantial progress in carrying out their overall patriotic tasks, including those to be tackled in defending their rights and interests and in bringing up the younger generation, so as to write a glorious page which will shine forever in the history of the movement of Koreans in Japan.

I wish that in the hope-filled new year, our dear children and students in Japan will grow up to be lively, cheerful and upright, and all Chongryon officials and families of our compatriots live happily. -0-

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to Cuban President

 Pyongyang, January 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 congratulatory message to Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic of Cuba, on January 1.

The message said:

Extending congratulations to you and the Cuban party, government and people on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the victory in the Cuban revolution, I wish the Cuban people success in their struggle to defend the sovereignty of the country and the gains of the revolution. -0-

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Peoples Korea Today' Issue 61 ( January 2026 ).pdf

 

New Year Celebration Performance Given in DPRK

Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- The hopeful new year 2026 has come to the country dynamically advancing toward the grand goal of eternal prosperity for the comprehensive development of socialism and the promotion of the people's wellbeing under the leadership of the ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea.

All the people seeing off a significant year of victory and transformation, specially recorded in the history of the country, are filled with their absolute trust in and ardent reverence for the great WPK.

An art performance for celebrating the New Year 2026 was given with splendour at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, adding great joy to the whole country ahead of the new year's journey to be more vigorous and gigantic.

Prior to the performance, there was a Taekwon-Do demonstration showing the wisdom and bravery of the Korean people.

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, enjoyed the performance.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared in the auditorium amid the playing of welcome music, all the audience and performers paid boundless respects and eternal honour to him, the outstanding leader of the Juche revolution and the benevolent father of the people who is developing our socialist state into an eternal flower garden of all blessings for the people and ushering in the future of a powerful country that will be prosperous forever.

Kim Jong Un waved back to the enthusiastically cheering masses and extended warm greetings to the beloved people across the country.

Among the audience were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and other senior officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, officials of ministries and national agencies, labour innovators and meritorious persons, officers and soldiers of overseas operations units and families of their commanding officers, men and officers of the Korean People's Army, teaching staff and students of revolutionary schools, builders involved in the capital city construction and citizens of Pyongyang.

Overseas compatriots staying in the socialist homeland enjoyed the performance.

The national flag of the DPRK was hoisted.

All the audience paid high tribute to the sacred national flag with a resolve to make genuine contribution to the prosperity of the country by devoting their patriotic enthusiasm, wisdom and sincere sweat.

The performance began with the songs "We Love Our Country" and "The Glorious Country".

Put on the stage were such famous songs as patriotic songs reflecting the intense love of all the people for the country demonstrating its dignity and glory all over the world along with the great era of Kim Jong Un.

Through jubilant songs and dances, the performers showed the true picture of powerful Korea, the country of the people which guarantees the independent life and genuine happiness and dynamically advances along the road of self-respect and prosperity, overcoming all challenges of history.

The pictures showing the brilliant honor and unforgettable memos, which citizens and proud sons and daughters of the country sharing their breath and destiny with the country recorded in the history of 2025, touched the heartstrings of the audience.

The venue of the performance turned into a scene of excitement and enthusiasm with the song "We Are Koreans" pulsating with the patriotic desire of all the people to steadily carry forward the vigorous advance toward great victory and glory with the revolutionary spirit of self-sustenance and indomitable courage.

When the emotion-charged countdown for seeing 2025 off ended to signal the start of a new year, celebration torch was kindled and spectacular fireworks were set off.

Lovely children presented fragrant bouquets to Kim Jong Un and paid New Year greetings to him.

The atmosphere of the performance was revved up amid the playing of the light melody of the song "Snow Is Falling on New Year's Day".

Kim Jong Un made a speech to celebrate the New Year.

He extended militant salute to the working people in all sectors, including the industrial and devoted agricultural workers and intellectuals, and other people across the country, who are greeting the meaningful moment of the new year with high dignity and hopes, the generals and other officers and soldiers of our heroic army, who are filled with the pride in having glorified the previous year with invaluable feats and with a pledge of sacred service, and to the officers and soldiers of the overseas operations units, who will be greeting the new year in the far-away alien land with deep yearning for their homeland. He also extended warm greetings to the overseas compatriots who are devoting themselves to the patriotic work for the development and prosperity of their motherland.

Referring to the precious successes and phenomenal changes of 2025 which boosted the strength and dignity of our country with so fervent hopes and dear efforts, he said that this is certainly an honour that has resulted from our ideals and faith, our strength and strenuous efforts, and at the same time, it is clear proof that we are following the right path.

He affirmed with pride that 2025 is the image of the future of our state which will grow more powerful and beautiful thanks to our excellent people's affection, wisdom and sweat.

He ardently called for uniting more firmly on the strength of patriotism and advancing more vigorously and courageously towards the new future to be indicated by the Ninth Congress of the Party. And he proposed that all the participants raise a cheer to express warm affection for, and infinite dignity and pride in, our state

All the participants shouted hurrah for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, their great motherland.

The people, greatly honored with the warm blessing and encouragement from the benevolent father in happiness and convinced of the brighter and rosier future of the country, broke into enthusiastic cheers.

As the performance went on, new songs reflecting the ardent wishes for the new year and pledge to wage strenuous struggle for greater victory decorated the New Year celebration stage.

The performance culminated with the song "Fly Forever, National Flag" reflecting the ardent patriotic will of all the people to fly higher in the sky of the century the sacred national flag which all the people have defended and glorified as their lives along with the glorious history of the DPRK.

At the end of the performance, enthusiastic cheers burst out again and fireworks were set off to beautifully adorn the night sky over the capital city.

Warmly waving back to the cheering masses, Kim Jong Un wished all families across the country love and happiness on the occasion of the New Year.

The New Year celebration performance, which signaled the grand start of 2026 promising the steady prosperity of the country and eternal happiness of the people, marked a significant occasion of redoubling the uplifted spirit and confidence in victory of all the people across the country in their struggle to dynamically accelerate the general advance of the new year under the bright blueprint to be unfolded by the Ninth Congress of the WPK. -0-

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's Speech at New Year Celebration

 

Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech at a New Year celebration.

The full text of his speech is as follows:

Dear Pyongyang citizens,

Labour innovators and meritorious persons, who are invited to this meaningful new year celebration as representatives of our industrious and patriotic working people,

Faithful and courageous officers and soldiers of the Korean People’s Army,

Our students and artistes, who are adding more to the air of festivity of this night,

Comrades,

Happy New Year.

Availing myself of this opportunity, I extend new year greetings to the working people in all sectors, including the industrial and devoted agricultural workers and intellectuals, and other people across the country, who are greeting this meaningful moment at their workplaces, posts and streets, in their villages and houses, with high dignity and hopes.

And I send congratulations to the generals and other officers and soldiers of our heroic army, who are greeting the new year filled with the pride in having glorified the previous year with invaluable feats and with a pledge of sacred service. My militant salute goes to the officers and soldiers of the overseas operations units, who will be greeting the new year in the far-away alien land with deep yearning for their homeland.

I also convey warm greetings to the overseas compatriots, who are devoting themselves to the patriotic work for the development and prosperity of their motherland.

Comrades,

We have just seen off the unforgettable year 2025 with deep emotion.

It was a year filled with so fervent hopes and dear efforts.

We can feel proud that we boosted the strength and dignity of our country that year.

We rounded off everything perfectly, writing great events in every page of the year.

The civilization of the capital city transformed the regions, the transformation of the regions gave a spur to the development of the capital city, and all the regions, sectors and units across the country made progress in a competitive, balanced and simultaneous way. In this way, the historic cause aspiring to overall development of socialist construction has successfully passed its first stage.

Certainly, this is an honour that has resulted from our ideals and faith, our strength and strenuous efforts, and at the same time, it is clear proof that we are following the right path.

The year 2025 was a golden period of epochal significance and transformation that added value to the precious lives of our excellent people and their children, and it was a year, in which we saw in our mind’s eye the future of our state that will grow more powerful and beautiful thanks to their affection, wisdom and sweat.

I really appreciate everyone in this country for having worked hard all year round.

Last year, too, the service personnel of the People’s Army, who have always stood in the vanguard of our cause, went against heavy odds to lead the drive for creation and transformation and achieve amazing successes; they won precious victory even at the cost of their lives, thereby creating a heroic age to be revered by the coming generations.

We will always remember that the glory of this night has been brought by the ennobling sacrifice and exploits of the great sons of our country, and in the annals of our eternal victory, we will etch their names and images as ever-shining stars.

We entered the year 2025 with a heavy heart as we were confronted with huge tasks; what we believed in was nothing but our people’s patriotism and loyalty, and they were the real driving force that propelled our unprecedented struggle throughout the year.

So trustworthy were the workers at the Sangwon Cement Complex, who raised the torch of increased production ahead of others true to the Party’s intentions, so commendable were the agricultural workers, who reaped a bumper harvest by tilling their fields by the sweat of their brow in a display of patriotism, and really admirable were our young women footballers, who had the national flag of our Republic hoisted by winning international competitions.

All our people, irrespective of job or workplace – be it deep pit, construction site of a power station, school or scientific research institute –, gave full play to their self-respect, resourcefulness, strength and enthusiasm befitting Koreans, and they thus filled the pages of the chronicle for the great year with sincerity for the development and prosperity of their country.

Only a great people can write such a great chronicle for the times and history.

As this great people throw in their lot with the country and find their greatest honour and joy of life in devoting themselves to its victory and glory, our Party is invincible and our socialism is ever-prosperous.

I will never exchange for anything else the dignity and glory of living for our great people and waging the revolution for them, and live up to the expectations of all the people in the new year, too, by always remaining faithful to the socialism of their choice, to the sacred ideal of the people-first principle and to the dignity, rights and interests of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Comrades,

The year 2026 began a few minutes before.

A more strenuous struggle and a greater victory are awaiting us.

Let us all make another start full of confidence.

There is no dream we cannot fulfil as we have the confidence and will to live and prosper with dignity and the fighting mettle and creative strength we have assiduously cultivated and fostered.

Let us all unite more firmly on the strength of patriotism and advance more vigorously and courageously towards the new future to be indicated by the Ninth Congress of the Party.

I sincerely hope that love, harmony, delight and happiness will brim over at all the families across the country in the new year.

Dear comrades,

I propose that we all raise a cheer once again to express our warm affection for, and infinite dignity and pride in, our state.

Long live our great country, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! -0-

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