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See - Sada Elbalad
4 days ago
- Politics
- See - Sada Elbalad
Press Statement by Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK
Basant Ahmed Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Thursday issued the following press statement titled "Hope of Seoul Is Nothing but a Foolish Dream": The ROK has a dream of spring at an unseasonable time. Media of the ROK made a supposition on August 12 that the DPRK's thoughts may be conveyed to the U.S. side at the Russia-U.S. summit meeting to be held soon. This is a typical proof that the ROK is having a false dream, KCNA reported. If a dream is dreamed very often, it will be an empty one, and so many suppositions will lead to so many contradictions that will not be solved. Why should we send a message to the U.S. side. I would like to remind again the world that is listening to the news of the ROK media spreading false suppositions. We have nothing to do with the U.S. I have already said clearly that the special personal relations between the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. will not be reflected in the policy and that if the U.S. persists with the outdated way of thinking, the meeting between the top leaders will remain only the "hope" of the U.S. side. We are not at all interested in talks that are obsessed with the irreversible past, and there is no more need to explain the reason. I take this opportunity to comment on the fact that the ROK is misleading the public opinion by saying that we have removed the loudspeakers installed on the southern border area. Recently, the ROK has tried to mislead public opinion by saying that its "goodwill measures" and "appeasement policy" are meeting a response, as well as to create public opinion that the DPRK-ROK relations are being "restored". The ROK president said that after they first removed the loudspeakers facing towards the DPRK, we, too, seemed to be removing some loudspeakers, hoping that such each other's measures as removing "unnecessary and costly loudspeakers" would help improve the "inter-Korean relations". Shortly ago, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the ROK, too, announced that loudspeaker removal by the DPRK was seen. The irony is that after hearing the military announcement, the authorities and experts of the ROK are describing it as a "response measure" and "change sensing" and a "positive response". Stating the fact first, it is unfounded unilateral supposition and a red herring. We have never removed loudspeakers installed on the border area and are not willing to remove them. I think that by getting rid of the measures taken unilaterally during the Yoon Suk Yeol regime, the present government of the ROK seems to be trying to meet someone's response and be praised for the "such a good deed". As to the joint military drills, it is pretending hard to make proactive efforts for detente, talking about adjustment and postponement. But it does not deserve praise and will prove futile. The rulers of Seoul have some object in building up the public opinion while embellishing their new policy towards the DPRK. It is their foolish calculation that if they manage to make us respond to their actions, it would be good, and if not, their actions will at least reflect their "efforts for detente" and they will be able to shift the responsibility for the escalation of tensions onto the DPRK and win the support of the world. However, such a trick is nothing but a "pipedream" and it does not arouse our interest at all. Whether the ROK withdraws its loudspeakers or not, stops broadcasting or not, postpones its military exercises or not and downscales them or not, we do not care about them and are not interested in them. The shabby deceptive farce is no longer attractive. I am confident that Seoul's policy towards the DPRK remains unchanged and can never change. Although a filthy thing is wrapped with a wedding veil, it will emit a stench. And no matter how hard they pretend to be righteous and they beautify and justify their actions, they can never cover up the hostile intention. The U.S.-ROK joint military drills to be started on August 18 will undoubtedly bring the light to the hostile nature of the ROK again. We have clarified on several occasions that we have no will to improve relations with the ROK, the U.S. faithful servant and ally, and this conclusive stand and viewpoint will be fixed in our constitution in the future. It is a very just measure. The ROK stipulated its wild ambition for unification by absorption in its constitution, organized the "U.S.-ROK nuclear consultative group" focusing on preemptive nuclear strike at the DPRK, and regularly holds a confab. And it is engrossed in different war drills of aggressive nature, while repeating such a silly talk as "denuclearization" and totally denying our constitution. This is the stark reality of the DPRK-ROK relations which the world sees today. Our stand on a dangerous and base state which is imposing a constant security threat on the DPRK should be clearer, and the ROK should be permanently described as the most hostile forces in its true colors, which should be stipulated in our national law. 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Korea Herald
03-06-2025
- Health
- Korea Herald
N. Korean leader Kim Jong-un calls new hospital construction 'great revolution'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hailed the construction of a new hospital as a "great revolution" in the country's public health care system, state media reported Tuesday. The comment came during his inspection of a hospital complex under construction in Kangdong County, located on the northeastern outskirts of Pyongyang, on Monday, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency. "The work of building modern public health facilities in cities and counties across the country is a great revolution for developing public healthcare, which has lagged behind other sectors, to surpass them within ten years," the KCNA quoted Kim as saying. During the visit, Kim toured various sections of the facility, including the outpatient ward, operating theater, inpatient ward and underground parking area. He was accompanied by senior officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, including Kim Tok-hun, Kim Jae-ryong and O Su-yong, according to the KCNA report. The North Korean leader emphasized the importance of advancing medical equipment and strengthening the country's health care workforce, calling for systematic and scientific training for health and medical workers. This visit follows his attendance at the hospital's groundbreaking ceremony in February. At that time, he ordered to build hospitals in three counties in a pilot project this year and construct 20 hospitals across cities and counties each year, starting in 2026. North Korea launched the Regional Development 20X10 Policy in January 2024, pledging to build 20 modern factories in cities and towns annually to improve the material and cultural lives of the people. Later in August, Kim ordered an expansion of the policy to other areas, including hospitals and science and technology distribution centers. (Yonhap)
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
North Korea's Kim reportedly lashes out after failed warship launch, calls it 'criminal act'
North Korea's newly-built warship suffered damage during its launch ceremony on May 21, prompting outrage from the country's leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. According to the agency, a malfunction in the launch mechanism caused the stern of the 5,000-ton destroyer to slide into the water too early, while the rest of the ship remained stuck. Damage to the bottom of the ship threw it off balance, and the bow failed to move, resulting in "a serious accident." Kim condemned the failed launch as a "criminal act" and placed blame on several state institutions, accusing relevant officials of "irresponsibility" which "could not be tolerated." He reportedly described the vessel's restoration as "a political issue directly tied to the prestige of the state." The incident was attributed to "inexperienced command and operational carelessness," KCNA said. The news came amid North Korea's focus on upgrading its conventional military alongside its nuclear and missile capabilities. The incident is expected to be reviewed at the June plenary session of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. According to KCNA, the recovery of the ship was ordered to be completed by then. In recent weeks, Kim has also overseen the launch of a new naval destroyer and observed tests of new drone systems. South Korean and U.S. officials believe that Pyongyang, Moscow's ally in its full-scale war against Ukraine, may be receiving technical and military assistance from Russia. Read also: What happens to all the guns in Ukraine post-war? We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
See - Sada Elbalad
05-03-2025
- Politics
- See - Sada Elbalad
Kim Yo Jong Warns of Retaliation after US Carrier Docks in South Korea
Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement "Constant deployment of U.S. strategic assets highlights urgency of the DPRK to bolster up its self-defensive nuclear war deterrent" on Monday: The U.S. is frequently committing provocative acts of aggravating the situation in disregard of the security concern of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The U.S. Navy nuclear carrier Carl Vinson strike group entered the Pusan operation base in the ROK again on March 2 under the pretext of "demonstrating the ROK-U.S. alliance and increasing inter-operability". The Carl Vinson strike group took part in the war drills together with Japan and the ROK in the waters around the Korean peninsula in January last year. It is reported that the strike group consists of cruiser Princeton, Aegis destroyer Sterett and others. Entering this year, the deployment of the U.S. nuclear strategic means on the Korean peninsula is the second one in the wake of the nuclear submarine Alexandria, and the U.S. Navy carrier appeared eight months after the Theodore Roosevelt in June last year. If the actions of strategic bombers are put together, the U.S. is hurling strategic assets into the Korean peninsula at the constant deployment level. In fact, the U.S. spent the whole of 2024 with the largest anti-DPRK war exercises ever in history. As soon as its new administration appeared this year, the U.S. has stepped up the political and military provocations against the DPRK, "carrying forward" the former administration's hostile policy. It is necessary to read a diary of the confrontation hysteria of the U.S. and its stooges one by one. On January 10, just before the retirement of the former administration, the U.S. held the 4th U.S.-ROK "nuclear consultative group" meeting in Washington to discuss a nuclear war drill on the Korean peninsula and an increase in the visibility of deploying U.S. strategic assets. And it deployed B-1B strategic bombers in the sky near the Korean peninsula on Jan. 15 to conduct a U.S.-Japan-ROK joint air drill, as part of the clear action practice. Timed to coincide with this, the U.S., together with the ROK army, staged a large joint firing drill aimed at the long-range artillery fire system of the DPRK on Jan. 14-16, and a Ssangmae joint air drill on Jan. 21-24 under the pretext of increasing the capability for cooperation in air operations. The U.S. held a confab with the diplomatic authorities of Japan and the ROK on Feb. 15, with the international security conference held in Munich of Germany as an occasion, and cooked up and made public a "joint statement" with "strengthened offer of U.S. nuclear umbrella through U.S.-ROK and U.S.-Japan alliances" as the main point, viciously pulling up the DPRK over its sovereign rights. A few days later, it let its B-1B strategic bomber fly over the sky of the Korean peninsula again on February 20 to stage a joint air drill together with the Air Force of the ROK. The U.S. vicious moves for confrontation with the DPRK have been intensified in March with the appearance of Carl Vinson in the Korean peninsula. Such moves will reach the climax with the U.S.-Japan-ROK naval drill and the Freedom Shield joint military exercises, to be staged this month with Carl Vinson involved, as a momentum. ROK media claim that the entry of Carl Vinson is aimed "to substantially implement the U.S. government's reaffirmed commitment to permanent and iron-like extended deterrence" and to "display the strong joint defence posture of the ROK-U.S. alliance to cope with threat" from someone. With such practical action measures, the U.S. has clearly shown its most hostile and confrontational will to the DPRK. The root cause of escalating tension on the Korean peninsula clearly lies in the U.S. and its allies which are further intensifying military moves to implant NATO infrastructure in the region and improve the level of war preparations. The DPRK bitterly condemns the reckless visible actions and muscle-flexing of the U.S. and its vassal forces disregarding and violating a sovereign state's security concern and jeopardizing the peaceful environment in the whole region. As indicated by the regional military situation, the U.S. and its stooges' heinous ambition to threaten, pressurize and bring the DPRK to its knees by force of arms is developing into a more reckless phase with the passage of time. As for the DPRK's nuclear policy formulated as a main law of the DPRK, it was adopted in correct reflection of the concern for state's security by the present and future threats. And the present reality further highlights the justness, validity and necessity of the DPRK's line on bolstering up its nuclear forces. The action-accompanied hostile policy toward the DPRK pursued by the U.S. at present is offering sufficient justification for the DPRK to indefinitely bolster up its nuclear war deterrent. We will never confine ourselves to sitting still and commenting on the situation. If the U.S. continues to renew its records in the anti-DPRK military demonstration, the DPRK will be naturally compelled to renew its records in the exercise of strategic deterrence. The DPRK is also planning to carefully examine the option for increasing the actions threatening the security of the enemy at the strategic level to cope with the fact that the deployment of U.S. strategic assets in the Korean peninsula has become a vicious habit and adversely affects the security of the DPRK. The enemies should not test the will and ability of the DPRK to defend the sovereignty and security interests of the state by mobilizing all means in hand. It's a very dangerous thing.
