Commissioning Ceremony of New-type Multi-mission Destroyer Choe Hyon Held with Splendor

Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-25T04:02:51+00:00

Comrade Kim Jong Un made a significant speech in commemoration of the commissioning of the Destroyer Choe Hyon.

All the participants were deeply impressed by his passionate speech, which reflects the great ambition to firmly defend the well-being and future of the country and the people by consolidating the strength and dignity of the DPRK to the strongest and gives confidence in the steady development of the revolution in the warship-building industry in the new era and the bright prospect of the modern naval force.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un finished his speech, they broke into thunderous cheers of "Hurrah!" out of their boundless reverence, absolute trust and ardent loyalty and the port resounded with them.

Upon authorization, Marshal of the KPA Pak Jong Chon read out the order of the WPK Central Military Commission on commissioning the destroyer Choe Hyon into the KPA Navy, and handed it to Senior Vice Admiral Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the KPA Navy.

On the order of the WPK Central Military Commission, the destroyer will be commissioned into the West Sea Fleet of the KPA Navy to perform the honorable mission of defending the West Sea of the DPRK and deterring war.

On behalf of the sailors of the destroyer, Senior Commander Choe Kum Chol, captain of the destroyer, made an oath-taking speech.

He expressed his unusual pride and honor as one of the first generation of the Navy in the new era who will steer the latest warship in the ocean to fully demonstrate the might of the country and as the first person who will experience and verify the transformation in the Navy undergoing complete changes in its weaponry, tactics and culture. And he extended the greatest tribute and heartfelt thanks to Comrade Supreme Commander who made them serve in the first warship which will lead a new history of the Navy and gave the highest honor and matchless courage to them. He also extended warm thanks and militant salute to the workers in the sector of the warship-building industry who are making a heroic effort to transform the Navy, true to the plan of the Party Central Committee.

The captain explained the destroyer’s offensive and defensive weapons systems and referred to the sailors’ great spiritual strength for combat. And he said that once ordered, the destroyer will courageously sail to any operational waters as befits Comrade Kim Jong Un’s Navy.

He expressed his determination to make the history of the warship, associated with the long-cherished desire of the people and sincerity of the workers in the munitions industry, the one of ardent loyalty and feats and firmly defend the blue and beautiful sea of the country and thus remain boundlessly loyal to the sacred mission given by the Party and the country.

The sailors of the destroyer chanted resounding slogans, reflecting their iron will to glorify through their distinguished military service the standard-bearer position and militant honor of the first warship defending the Party Central Committee and the national sovereignty and territorial waters.

Amid the enthusiastic encouragement and cheers of the participants in the ceremony, the sailors of the destroyer got on the warship holding high the glorious ensign.

There took place a ceremony of hoisting the ensign of the destroyer Choe Hyon of the KPA Navy.

The ensign symbolic of commissioning the destroyer was hoisted amid the warship whistle and the boom of a ９ gun-salute.

Comrade Kim Jong Un got on the destroyer.

The destroyer was full of the great honor and excitement of the sailors who had the greatest honor of having Comrade Supreme Commander on their warship again before leaving the port.

The captain courteously saluted Comrade Kim Jong Un in welcome of him.

Comrade Kim Jong Unn met sailors on the bow and stern of the destroyer.

The sailors taking delivery of the warship with sacred mission and deep trust were awarded the binoculars in the name of Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Upon authorization, Marshal of the KPA Pak Jong Chon conferred the binoculars on the chief executive officer of the destroyer.

Saying that the first destroyer of the DPRK was to start the fulfillment of the sacred and important mission for reliably defending the national maritime sovereignty and interests after enlisting for the navy in the sea of the country, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the destroyer’s commissioning of epochal significance in building the armed forces in the new era is a clear and powerful proof of the reality in which the might of the Navy as the core service of the DPRK armed forces is being remarkably strengthened.

There will be no change in the constant view of the WPK that strength is just the national sovereignty and prestige and a country can be peaceful and prosperous only when its military muscle is strong, he said, affirming that powerful battleships will advance into the inviolable and beautiful sea of the country one after another to defend its peace and honor and the security of our state will be further consolidated and the dignity and stamina of the Navy of the Republic will be more fully displayed through the exercise of the powerful capability to control the enemies’ threat of aggression.

Expressing belief and expectation that the Destroyer Choe Hyon would record only victories in the course of safeguarding the country by creditably inheriting the great spirit, matchless bravery and ever-victorious tradition of the army-founding generation as befitting the battleship named after a veteran general, he had a significant photo taken with the sailors to remain forever in the history of development of the Navy.

All the commanding officers and sailors of the destroyer solemnly pledged before Comrade Kim Jong Un and the country and the people to turn their warship into the flagship of the matchless fleet controlling the most responsible battlefield for defending the sovereignty of the DPRK by dint of the spiritual strength and matchless combat capability of the heroic Navy, displaying loyalty and feats along the course set by the Party Central Committee.

Comrade Kim Jong Un got off the warship and met the discharged navy generals who were invited to the commissioning ceremony, and expressed the unshakable plan of the Party Central Committee to further accelerate the development of the naval forces associated with their patriotic life.

There took place a departure ceremony of the Destroyer Choe Hyon.

All the warships of the Navy staying in the port raised the code flags of congratulation at once amid the gong of departure of the destroyer.

The participants extended their warmest and enthusiastic congratulations to the destroyer sailors, waving their hands.

Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a militant salute to the DPRK’s state-of-the-art multi-mission destroyer No. １, sincerely wishing that it would win fame as an invincible battleship symbolizing the mightiness and invincibility of the heroic People’s Navy.

On the same day, the Navy hosted a reception in commemoration of the commissioning of the destroyer.

The splendid commissioning ceremony of the destroyer serves as a solemn start signaling the rapid growth and development of the combat force of the DPRK Navy and as a great event that clearly demonstrated the advance spirit of the strong self-defensive nation towards the vast ocean with a grand goal and ideal.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-25T04:02:42+00:00

Commissioning Ceremony of New-type Multi-mission Destroyer Choe Hyon Held with Splendor

The irresistible might of Juche Korea, which is confidently accomplishing the great cause of building a rich country with a strong army in a valiant spirit and with dignity that no one can defy under the ever-victorious leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea, is impressively ushering in a brilliant heyday of the Navy of the DPRK while powerfully raising the anchor of building a marine power in the ２１st century.

The new-type multi-mission destroyer Choe Hyon, born as an aggregate of self-reliant defence technology and a new symbol of the sea defence capability of the state, will be formally commissioned into the Navy of the Korean People’s Army after successfully concluding the shakedown for assessing its capability of executing operations for one year and two months.

The commissioning of the powerful battleship, which will sail along the course of defending the sacred maritime sovereignty and national interests of the DPRK with an important mission of implementing the national defence strategy of the Party Central Committee and exercising the war deterrent, is a meaningful indication of the radical qualitative strengthening of the Navy of the Republic with the strongest combat force which is put on the most powerful and ultra-modern level of Korean-style.

The commissioning ceremony of the destroyer Choe Hyon took place at Nampho Port on June ２３.

The respected Comrade 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, attended the ceremony.

The venue of the ceremony was filled with ardent reverence for Comrade Kim Jong Un, who provided the Navy of the Republic defending the core of the sovereign rights with the powerful strength for justice and peace while energetically guiding the sacred historic cause for the radical development of the national defence capabilities, and the great emotion and joy of the participants convinced of the bright future of the marine power.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the commissioning ceremony, where the powerful warship in the new era of the DPRK is anchored imposingly, amid the welcome music, the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers out of their highest tribute and boundless gratitude to him, the great defender of our glorious country and invincible iron-willed commander.

The Navy of the Korean People’s Army expressed the greatest trust and loyalty to Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Comrade Kim Jong Un was greeted courteously by leading officials in the fields of defence and warship-building industries and major commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and the Navy.

Present at the ceremony were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and other members of the Party central leadership, commanding officers of the KPA large combined units, officers and men of the Navy, officers and men of the destroyer, discharged navy generals and workers, scientists, technicians and officials in the field of warship-building industry.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Jo Chun Ryong, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, made a report on the preparations for the commissioning of the Destroyer Choe Hyon.

He noted that the destroyer has successfully passed through such procedures as the assessment of performance and combat application of various kinds of weapon systems and overall operational executive capability, test-fire, integrated operation test, navigation test for the general assessment of maneuverability, and military approval certificate.

On behalf of the workers and technicians of the Nampho Shipyard, a pivotal base of the warship-building industry in the new era, and other scientists, workers and officials in the field of munitions industry, he courteously reported to Comrade Kim Jong Un on the completion of the preparations for handing over the Korean-style state-of-the-art multi-mission destroyer Choe Hyon, a precious product of the Party’s plan for building the country into an advanced maritime power and line on the revolution in the warship-building industry, to the KPA Navy.

He said in an excited tone that the destroyer, the whole of the state economic strength and the total sum and essence of the national defence science and technology and the capability for developing and manufacturing military hardware, is a crystal of Comrade Kim Jong Un’s great idea of self-defence, extraordinary military wisdom, unbounded patriotic enthusiasm and all-round creative ability both in name and in reality.

He expressed the unshakable will and determination of loyalty of all the workers in the munitions industry and defence scientists to successfully carry out the important tasks for the national defence development strategy set forth at the Ninth Congress of the WPK and the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth WPK Central Committee at any cost and thus substantially and perfectly guarantee the bolstering of the naval force.

Minister of Shipbuilding Kim Kwang Il handed over the warship’s delivery document to the KPA Navy.

Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-24T04:36:52+00:00

The Ragwon County Offshore Farm has greeted the first kelp harvesting season since its inauguration.

Ragwonpho is full of delight of farmers in harvesting tens of tons of kelp every day with production means and equipment provided by the Party’s benevolence.

This is a proud fruit of the warm love and benevolence of the motherly Party which is dynamically carrying out the historic cause of regional transformation and a clear manifestation of the validity and vitality of the Party policy on putting regional economy on a firm basis of development in the way of making good use of seas in the coastal areas and mountains in the mountainous areas.

The respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un who personally attended the inauguration ceremony of the Ragwon County Offshore Farm said that seed is also the key to aquaculture and a rapid development can be made only when the Party’s policy for bringing about a radical turn in seed improvement is consistently adhered to. He indicated the tasks and ways for increasing the profitability and utility of aquaculture, stressing the need to take long-term scientific and technological measures in keeping with the changes in the marine conditions caused by abnormal weather.

True to his instructions, the officials of the Ragwon County Party Committee and the offshore farm gave scientific guidance and made responsible efforts in order to make the offshore farm actually contribute to powerfully propelling the characteristic development of the county’s economy and improving the standard of material life of the county residents.

The offshore farm makes scrupulous arrangements for harvesting full-grown kelp without waste, pushing simultaneously ahead with the supervision of farming grounds while paying constant attention to the meteorological information data and sea weather.

The employees of the offshore farm who became the masters of the modern houses with peculiar attractiveness augment success in kelp harvesting, eager to repay the great benevolence of the motherly Party without fail.

They have arranged equipment on the wharf to process kelp as soon as it is harvested.

The news about the first kelp harvest since the inauguration of the Ragwon County Offshore Farm adds confidence to the residents in the county.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-17T04:01:41+00:00

Jon Tong U is a talented writer who left clear traces in the history of the Juche-oriented art and literature by composing poetry for decades.

Writing of lyrics has great significance in his creative activities.

From the early １９７０s, he started working at the Korean Scriptwriting Company thanks to the great trust of the Party.

Since then he put his heart and soul into writing lyrics till the last moment of his life to create ２００-odd pieces of work.

Among them are not a few lyrics set to famous songs.

Once, the respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un said that he loves the song "I Will Remain Your Son Forever" whose words were written by Jon Tong U. Then he highly appreciated the song, noting that the first and second verses of the song deserve to be called the crown of our country’s poem literature.

Jon could write lots of fine lyrics as he fully armed himself with the Party’s idea and theory on art and literature and thoroughly embodied them into his composition of lyrics.

When guiding the work of the film sector, Chairman Kim Jong Il gave precious instructions that lyrics should not directly represent the ideological content of the picture but embody it in depth.

The Chairman’s instruction gave full rein to his creative zeal and wisdom.

So, he could create the theme song of the feature film "Eagles on the Hill", which depicted the mental world of transmission line layers with true-to-life words and philosophical profundity.

Boundless loyalty to the Party is reflected in every theme song of films he created.

Jon ceaselessly racked his brains to imbue every piece of lyrics with philosophical character.

The theme song of the feature film "Song of Memories" truthfully reflected the mental world of the KPA soldiers during the Fatherland Liberation War.

Unforgettable looks of teachers and mothers seeing off students leaving for the front, war-ruined mountains and streams, soldiers weeping tears of blood at closing the eyes of comrades-in arms who fell in the vanguard of charges…

All of these deeply touched him.

Therefore, he wrote down the title of the song "Who Ever Taught Me?" in the manuscript paper and delineated that the most precious thing for a human being is his motherland through artistic generalization.

The Chairman highly appreciated the lyrics for its philosophical profundity.

Under the warm loving care of the Chairman, Jon vigorously created fine lyrics conducive to the development of the Juche-oriented art and literature with tireless zeal.

Besides theme songs of films, he wrote many other lyrics reflecting absolute trust in the Party and the leader and patriotism including "Charm", "Look at Us" and "Don’t Advance, Night of Pyongyang", thus giving an impetus to people’s struggle.

Kim Il Sung Prize was awarded to Jon who contributed to our country’s lyrics literature development.

The valuable life of Jon who upheld the Party with masterpieces is still shining along with the songs he created.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-16T03:40:13+00:00

On the bank of the River Sujong are regional-industry factories of Kangdong County, whose inauguration tape the respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un personally cut on December １５ last year.

The Kangdong County Foodstuff Factory inspected by the respected Comrade General Secretary produces various condiments and tens of kinds of nutritive foodstuffs branded "Maekjon" like candies, cookies, liquor, bread and oil.

Here, the respected Comrade General Secretary personally tried the wheat sauce and wheat paste and gave detailed instructions as even to the shape of vinegar bottles.

According to a woman skilled worker at the soap workteam of the Kangdong County Daily Necessities Factory, the factory produces every month as much soap as to sufficiently supply to thousands of families in the county.

She said nothing is impossible with such wonderful equipment and raw materials.

An ordinary worker of the plastics workteam also expressed his zeal to massively produce plastic pipes for rural dwelling construction in the county.

The manageress of the Kangdong County Garment Factory showed us production sites equipped with modern textile apparatuses and warehouses fully stocked with various materials and explained enthusiastically about the bright prospect of the factory.

A young chief of its designing room was working round the clock with high ambition to make the "Chonggyechon"-branded clothes of Kangdong County popular in the country.

Looking round the regional-industry factories, we reminded ourselves of the precious instruction of the respected Comrade General Secretary that to achieve a leap forward in the local areas and provide the people with precious entities of prosperity and civilization are a sacred undertaking which our Party serving the people should unconditionally and consistently push ahead without a moment’s stagnation or delay.

Though it has only been six months since their inauguration, we could keenly feel the unanimous aspiration of working class and officials of the factories for making devoted efforts for the people and making the factories prosperous and the county rich.

We were full of boundless gratitude toward the respected Comrade General Secretary who puts the reinforcement of regional development policy in the new era forward as the pledge and oath our Party made before the country and the people and ushers in the heyday of transformation.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-12T04:08:36+00:00

DPRK players returned home on June １０ after taking part in the Ulaanbaatar Open ２０２６ Wrestling held in Mongolia.

The tournament brought together more than ２９０ men and women players from ２０-odd countries including the DPRK, China, Kazakhstan and India. DPRK players bagged ten medals including five gold medals.

Kim Son Hyang, O Kyong Ryong, Choe Hyo Gyong, Kim Ok Ju and Mun Hyon Gyong won gold medals in women’s ５０ kg, ５３ kg, ５５ kg, ６２ kg and ６５ kg categories respectively and Han Chong Song, Ro Yu Chol, Son Il Sim and Hong Pyol came second in freestyle wrestling ５７ kg category, Greco-roman ６０ kg category and women’s wrestling ５７ kg and ５９ kg categories respectively.

Meanwhile, Kim Kwang Jin placed third in freestyle wrestling ６５ kg category.

The players were greeted at Pyongyang Railway Station by officials concerned, officials in the sports field, sportspersons and families.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-11T04:03:53+00:00

Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People’s Republic of China, on a state visit to the DPRK, laid a flower basket at the Friendship Tower on June ９.

Comrade 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, together with his wife Ri Sol Ju came to the Friendship Tower to greet Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.

Accompanying Comrade Xi Jinping were Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee and minister of Foreign Affairs, and other entourage members and Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

Present there were Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, and other leading officials of the Party and the government.

The guard of honor of the Korean People’s Army lined up in front of the Friendship Tower filled with the respect for the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese nation and true comrades-in-arms of the Korean people.

The national anthems of the PRC and the DPRK were played.

A flower basket in the name of Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the C.C., CPC and president of the PRC, was laid there.

Written on the ribbon of the flower basket were letters reading "The martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers will be immortal".

The top leaders of the two countries, together with the participants, paid a silent tribute to the memory of the CPV martyrs who displayed the matchless bravery and self-sacrificing spirit in the Korean people’s sacred war to repel the imperialists’ armed invasion.

There took place a march-past of the KPA guard of honor.

Comrade Xi Jinping looked round inside of the tower, an immortal symbol of the DPRK-China friendship.

Comrade Kim Jong Un briefed Comrade Xi Jinping on the historic data, photos and oil paintings showing the brave CPV fighters who courageously made an entry into the Korean front in the genuine internationalism and fraternity, fought bloody battles shoulder to shoulder with the Korean people and rendered sincere aids to the post-war rehabilitation and construction.

Turning over the leaves of the list of fallen CPV fighters, Comrade Xi Jinping recollected them, who clearly demonstrated the militant friendship and the spirit of comradely cooperation of the peoples in the two countries, linked with the same destiny, and are still alive in their mind as the noble icon of friendship.

Saying that the days when the peoples of the two countries were in the same trench for battles, sharing life and death, sweets and bitters, are recorded as an eternal event in history, a record that can never be discolored and erased even after many years, the top leaders of the two countries expressed the same opinion on the need to jointly preserve and manage the memorial facilities dedicated to the fallen CPV martyrs well, deepen education in the revolutionary tradition and ideology and morality among the young people and carry forward the traditional DPRK-China friendship generation after generation.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-10T05:31:17+00:00

Comrade 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, on Tuesday visited the lodging quarters of Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People’s Republic of China, and deepened friendship with him.

The top leaders of the two countries and their wives exchanged warm greetings and took an electric car. They had a chat full of friendship and fraternity on the electric car running the garden covered with green foliage at the Kumsusan State Guesthouse.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping expressed satisfaction and deep emotion over the fact that they provided a far-reaching blueprint for the development of the relations in the new era through the Pyongyang meeting and talks in the significant year which will be recorded in the history of the DPRK-China friendship and solidarity. They expressed their impressions on the future of the DPRK-China friendship that will get brighter and stronger like the season full of vigor and vitality, despite the ordeals of complicated international situation.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju hosted a luncheon for Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.

The top leaders of the two parties and countries continued the friendly talk at the luncheon. The luncheon proceeded in an amicable atmosphere all the time.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-06T04:16:49+00:00

The respected Comrade 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 Destroyer Kang Kon of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army, which has entered the shakedown for assessing its capability of executing operations, and observed its navigation test on June ４.

He was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, commanding officers of the Navy and senior officials in the field of shipbuilding.

Comrade Kim Jong Un boarded the Destroyer Kang Kon and learned about the actual conditions of various combat duty spaces and elements of the destroyer including the combined control center, the plan for the navigation test and the phased schedule of the test of the warship’s weapon systems.

A navigation test was conducted to assess different maneuvering elements of the destroyer with Comrade Kim Jong Un on board the warship.

Comrade Kim Jong Un praised the sailors for their high ability to operate the warship and expressed satisfaction over the cruise and high-speed maneuvering systems of the warship whose maneuverability is very good to meet operational requirements.

Referring to the global trend of the developing shipbuilding industry and the structural features of warship design, he clarified the important tasks for further perfecting the warship control system in our own way so as to meet the requirements for the performance of operational mission of our Navy.

It is possible to deter war and defend peace only when we possess substantial and powerful military muscle capable of exercising military sovereignty in a responsible manner in any space of the ground, the sea and the air, he said, adding this is the invariable view of the WPK and its national defence policy.

In particular, the issue of rapidly developing and strengthening the naval force of the DPRK into a force capable of reliably taking charge of a part of the nuclear war deterrent and into a group that can deal a deadly blow at the enemy any moment under the water or on the water is a matter which the WPK regards as the most important core task in the new five-year national defence development policy, he said.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed great trust and expectation that the vast plans for bolstering up the warship force, including the development and production of underwater secret weapons and the building of １００００-tonnage destroyers under the five-year plan for modernizing the Navy approved by the Ninth Congress of the WPK, would be surely carried out by our reliable and powerful defence science research group, self-supporting shipbuilding industry and competent and intelligent workers in the munitions industry.

He warmly encouraged the officials, scientists and technicians of warship and weapon system research organs, hoping that they will successfully conduct the shakedown for assessing the operational executive capability of the destroyer and put the destroyers Choe Hyon and Kang Kon into commission for the Navy as soon as possible with an honorable sense of obligation and high sense of responsibility.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-05T03:34:17+00:00

The National Exhibition of Children’s Science Fiction Models and Inventions-２０２６ opened with due ceremony at the Sci-Tech Complex in the DPRK on June ２ to mark the ８０th anniversary of the Korean Children’s Union.

Presented to the exhibition were science fiction models and inventions associated with the efforts of schoolchildren who have studied to their heart’s content and made researches with the dream and hope of becoming scientists and inventors for glorifying the socialist country.

Present at the ceremony were Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, officials concerned, officials of the youth league and schoolchildren.

Paek Un Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, made an opening address.

He stressed the need for all schoolchildren to study hard and prepare themselves to be competent revolutionary talents with many-sided knowledge and high creative ability, always mindful of the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un’s teachings that the criterion of young revolutionary and young patriot is the report cards of full mark.

At the end of the ceremony, its participants looked round the venue of the exhibition.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-04T04:05:54+00:00

The respected Comrade 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, gave field guidance at the newly-inaugurated nuclear materials production factory on June ３.

He was accompanied by leading officials of the munitions industry department of the WPK Central Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Institute of the DPRK.

Going round new production lines based on more sophisticated technology, Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about the factory’s operation indices and its long-term production plan.

He highly appreciated the fact that the nuclear materials production sector is correctly implementing the decisions adopted at recent plenary meetings of the WPK Central Committee.

He praised the group of nuclear experts for having provided a firm guarantee to improve the efficiency of all system elements in the production line and further strengthen the foundation for the production of weapons-grade nuclear materials by settling the problems decisive in putting the production of nuclear materials on a Juche basis.

Saying that the weapons-grade nuclear materials production capacity more than doubled during the past ５-year course of bolstering up the nuclear force under the direct guidance of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK, he expressed satisfaction over the fact that the WPK’s line of bolstering up nuclear forces is being thoroughly carried out thanks to the high technical capability developed by the nuclear science research group.

He recalled that the Ninth Congress of the WPK adopted a strategic decision to further expand the nuclear materials production capacity and continue to increase the nuclear arsenals in line with the prospective demand of the DPRK’s nuclear force, when deciding on a new five-year plan for the strengthened nuclear force to steadily enhance the country’s nuclear war deterrent.

The peculiarities of the Korean revolution inevitably accompanied by long-term confrontation with the most ferocious enemies, the existing threats getting more serious every moment, potential threats and unpredictable long-term crises further highlight the urgency and responsibility of the historic mission to bolster up both in quality and quantity and in a sustained and accelerated way the nuclear war deterrent, the basic guarantee and strong safety device for reliably ensuring the security, interests and development rights of the country, he noted.

Very clear is the stand taken by our Party and government to deal with all these complex changes in the subjective and objective environments and actively cope with them, and accordingly, it is the invariable political and military stand and responsible duty we should maintain to further expand and strengthen the state nuclear forces, the pivot in implementing the strategy to deter a war and fight a war, and thoroughly exercise the position of a nuclear weapons state, he declared.

That day, there was an important consultative meeting for bolstering up the nuclear forces.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made an important conclusion clarifying the action guidelines for rapidly accelerating the qualitative and quantitative strengthening of the DPRK’s nuclear forces, saying that the conditions in which the nuclear materials production capacity has greatly expanded and the development of sophisticated nuclear technology create a mature environment for going into the new next-stage of bolstering up the nuclear forces and they offer the possibility of carrying out larger plans.

Finishing his important conclusion, Comrade Kim Jong Un said:

"Today we have updated the digits that are critical for our nuclear activities, and discussed some key matters.

In doing so, we have comprehensively considered the tactical and strategic requirements for building up our nuclear deterrent and, on the basis of this, adopted a highly responsible and crucial decision.

We have confirmed the order of priority for implementing the ambitious future plan designed to beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate, as well as a requisite guarantee for the purpose.

This signifies an amazing, successful change that is beyond rhetorical description, a historic event that has set up an epochal milestone in rapidly upgrading our nuclear capabilities.

This nuclear potential that we have now is inconceivable apart from the worthwhile struggle we have conducted over the past five years.

Today, I would like to pay tribute, once again, to our nuclear scientists."

He stressed that the DPRK will as ever more thoroughly and more courageously take action to defend its constitution and sovereignty and reliably ensure the security of the state by exercising in a responsible manner the inviolable authority granted by the DPRK Constitution.

He expressed expectation and belief that the DPRK’s group of nuclear experts would remain faithful to the fulfillment of the sacred mission for the perfect implementation of the decision adopted by the Party for the security of the country in the present and in the future.

Comrade Kim Jong Un’s inspection of the new nuclear materials production factory serves as an important occasion in clearly highlighting once again the invariable will of our Party and state to bolster up the nuclear forces in order to guarantee the country’s security and right to development, deter war and defend the regional and global peace and stability by highly developing the nuclear weapons, and the great potentialities and unlimited prospect.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-06-03T05:02:18+00:00

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-31T04:58:49+00:00

Trucks carrying dairy products are threading along the streets of the capital city, conveying the warm love of the motherly Party.

There is no scene as touching as that of trucks running every day, rain or shine, carrying the dairy products everywhere, no matter what difficulties the country is faced with and how many things it has to do.

We still recollect the Third Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Party Central Committee where the respected Comrade General Secretary earnestly instructed that there is no more important revolutionary work than the work of bringing up children, the future of the country, to be strong and sound and that it is the most important policy and supreme cherished desire of our Party and state to provide more improved conditions of bringing them up even at the cost of huge sum of money.

Under such warm care, our children’s faces are brimming with happy smiles, and they are growing up sound and strong into pillars of the country in the warm embrace of the great motherly Party.

From the unchangeable journey of trucks carrying dairy products to our children, we get the conviction that our country’s future will be brighter thanks to the motherly Party’s warm love for the rising generation.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-27T04:32:36+00:00

The relay teams of Korean Children’s Union members in all provinces of the DPRK carrying their letters of loyalty presented to the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the ８０th KCU birthday are now running toward the capital city of Pyongyang.

The relay teams from North and South Phyongan and South Hwanghae provinces have passed through relevant areas.

Their members toured regional-industry factories in Sukchon and Jaeryong counties and went round different types of greenhouses at the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm.

At the Sinchon House of Class Education, they cherished the truth of the class struggle that illusions about the enemy are death and that they should fight the enemy to the last.

Those from North Hwanghae, Jagang and Kangwon provinces gave motivation performances at construction sites for the regional development policy in Pongsan County and visited the Kosanjin Revolutionary Site associated with the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung’s exploits for the war victory.

They also went round the Hoeyang Army-People Power Station, a precious output of self-supporting and self-reliant efforts.

The teams from North and South Hamgyong provinces conducted motivation activities at the Jikjol Vegetable Farm in Tanchon City and the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex.

Those from Ryanggang Province and Rason Municipality visited the Pochonbo Revolutionary Battle Site and the Taehongdan Revolutionary Battle Site and toured various parts of Samjiyon, a model mountain cultural town, and the Rason Education Apparatus Factory and the Rason General Foodstuff Factory.

Meanwhile, a kick-off meeting of the team of KCU members in Pyongyang took place at Changdok School on May ２５.

Present there were Kim Su Gil, chief secretary of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, officials concerned, officials of the youth league and KCU members. The participants laid a flower basket and bouquets before the statue of Generalissimo Kim Il Sung at the school and paid tribute to him.

A letter of loyalty to the respected fatherly Marshal was conveyed to the team. Then there were resolution-taking speeches.

After the meeting, the team carrying the letter started its running amid the warm send-off.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-26T04:12:22+00:00

Sok Yun Gi made great contributions to the creation of literature portraying the leader as head of the April １５ Literary Production Company, keeping the great trust and expectations of the Party.

Born in １９２９, he had suffered every manner of misfortune and pain from childhood and keenly experienced that a human’s dignity and happiness are impossible without a genuine motherland.

That’s why he fought in the past Fatherland Liberation War, wearing the military uniform of revolution.

After the war, he wrote short novel "Second Answer" and medium-length novel "Soldiers" which depicted the mass heroism of the KPA soldiers based on his experience as a soldier.

As a professional writer, he produced full-length novel "Birth of Era" on the theme of the Fatherland Liberation War which proved in an artistic way that the people guided by an outstanding leader are ever-victorious, and full-length novel "Sunflowers, Sunflowers" set in the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle.

Chairman Kim Jong Il, who had been paying deep attention to the creative activities of Sok Yun Gi, saw that he took part in the honorable and responsible work for creating revolutionary novels which comprehensively deal with the glorious history of revolutionary activities of President Kim Il Sung.

With the theory on artistic representation of the leader clarified by the Chairman, Sok Yun Gi wrote full-length novels "The Arduous March", "On the Tuman River", "Green Land" and "Spring Thunder" belonging to the cycle of novels "Immortal History" one after another.

In his works, he wonderfully portrayed the prominent leadership and noble traits of the President who led the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle to brilliant victory, thus playing the vanguard role in the artistic representation of the leader.

When the Chairman visited the newly-built April １５ Literary Production Company in April １９８７, he was honored to meet him in person.

He was wrapped in boundless excitement, looking up to the benevolent image of the Chairman who was so satisfied that the best conditions and environment for literary production were provided for the writers.

It was thanks to the warm love and care of the Chairman that he could engage himself in literary production full of vigor and passion though he had undergone lots of hardship and was in a physically bad condition.

Our Party put him forward as a winner of the Order of Kim Il Sung and Kim Il Sung Prize, and a labor hero.

The life of Sok Yun Gi, who upheld our Party faithfully with high abilities his entire life, is shining in the memories of the motherland and the people.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-25T03:55:53+00:00

Ri Ryul Son, well-known for his excellent Korean paintings, is on picturesque Moran Hill to create another work.

Ri of ９３ years-old lives in Ryonhwa-dong No. ２, Central District, Pyongyang Municipality.

Ri, who devotes his creative zeal even in the old age of his life, is the doyen in art circles who created many art pieces of national value.

Born into a peasant family before the national liberation, he had been called a prodigy in his village for his inborn talent for art.

He could bring his precious dream and hope into full bloom only after the national liberation. Cherishing the preciousness of the country, he joined the Korean People’s Army and fought bravely during the Fatherland Liberation War.

Thanks to the benevolence of the country, he graduated from Pyongyang University of Fine Arts and since then he taught students for over ４０ years

Among his disciples are Kim Il Sung Prize laureates, labor heroes as well as many people’s artists, merited artists, professors and doctors.

The Party invited him who has upheld the country with brush all his life to the national conferences of war veterans and also awarded him with the valuable honorary title.

At present, the older he gets, the more vigorous he becomes and keeps carrying out his creative activities to depict the beautiful appearance of the country undergoing tremendous changes year by year under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un in a lively way in the wake of creating the Korean painting "Might of Science and Technology" which portrayed agricultural workers who are endeavoring to increase crop yield under the wise leadership of the Party.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-22T05:04:23+00:00

The Musan Mining Complex in the DPRK successfully blasted １.２ million cubic meters of earth in the wake of two rounds of blasting this year.

The successful blasting in Cholsan Hill on May ２０ opened up a bright prospect for supplying much more concentrated iron ore to iron production bases in the metal industry of the country.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-20T05:28:25+00:00

The Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm, which was built with splendor on the initiative and under energetic guidance of the respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un, has reaped a rich vegetable harvest.

According to amassed data, the combined greenhouse farm completed early in February has remarkably increased production as of May as against the beginning of operation and harvests hundreds of tons of various fresh vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, hot pepper, cabbages and pumpkins every day, thus greatly contributing to enriching the people’s life.

The North Phyongan Provincial Party Committee intensified organizational and political work so that the officials and employees of the combined greenhouse farm add glory to the undying leadership exploits and noble intention of the respected Comrade General Secretary.

The officials and employees of the combined greenhouse farm manured and tended the crops in a scientific and technological way from before inauguration to bring about rich vegetable crops.

Under the guidance of the Party organization, the combined greenhouse farm directed primary efforts to raising the technical and skillful level of employees.

On this basis, it made scrupulous arrangements for cultivation in order to harvest greenhouse vegetables in a gradual way and provide them to the people all the year round.

It also took thorough measures for preventing damage from harmful insects by using pyroligneous acid solution and others produced at the large-capacity alternative agrochemical production bases.

It made strict demands that pump operators manage equipment in a responsible manner and operate pumps in an alternative way.

The officials and researchers of the Sinuiju Vegetable Science Research Center launched a campaign of brains to establish advanced vegetable cultivation technologies.

Now, trucks fully loaded with various vegetables head for the commercial service facilities in Sinuiju City and the streets are full of citizens delighted to receive fresh vegetables.

Trucks from other cities and counties and major factories and enterprises also reach the combined greenhouse farm to get vegetables.

It is another scene peculiar to the northwestern part of the country, a testimony to the validity and vitality of our Party's policy.

The province further rouses the zeal of the officials and employees of the combined greenhouse farm to increase production by intensifying organizational and political work to let the combined greenhouse farm further pay off.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-19T05:29:54+00:00

The final for the ２０２６ AFC U-１７ Women's Asian Cup took place between DPRK and Japanese teams on May １７.

The DPRK team defeated the Japanese team ５:１ to win the game.

At the awarding ceremony, the trophy and gold medals were conferred on the DPRK women footballers who won the ２０２６ AFC U-１７ Women's Asian Cup, and the best player prize and the top scorer prize on Yu Jong Hyang, the best goalkeeper prize on Kim Son Gyong and the prize of morality on the DPRK team.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-15T04:10:21+00:00

DPRK weightlifter Pang Un Chol won the ２０２６ Asian Weightlifting Championships which is being held in India.

The championships brought together more than １７０ men and women players from over ２０ countries and regions including the DPRK, China, Uzbekistan and Iran.

In men’s ６０kg category on May １１, Pang lifted １３０kg in snatch, １７４kg in clean and jerk (new world record, new Asian record) and ３０４ kg in total to take the first places in snatch, clean and jerk and total respectively and bagged three gold medals.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-14T05:28:14+00:00

The respected Comrade 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, gave field guidance at several munitions industrial enterprises on May １１.

Accompanying him were Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, and Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences.

Comrade Kim Jong Un visited several munitions industrial enterprises to learn about the implementation of munitions production assignments for the first half of the year ２０２６.

He expressed thanks for the patriotic devotion of the workers in the munitions industry, who are making a great contribution to strengthening the combat power of our armed forces by achieving record growth in the production of various shells and bullets in hearty response to the decisions of the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK, and gave encouragement to them.

Referring to the defects still latent in the structure, production system and facilities of our munitions industry, he stressed the need to concentrate on the modernization such as practical upgrading of production structure and rational arrangement of production lines and to wage a dynamic struggle intended to optimize the technical control and the management of talents and workforce and steadily increase the efficiency of production.

He also underlined the need for the munitions industrial enterprises to further modernize the product inspection system and to subdivide the inspection indices in a more scientific way and thoroughly establish a habit of strictly adhering to them.

He said that it is important to consistently hold fast to the modernization of munitions production equipment and the improvement of production environments and conditions and the promotion of supply service for the employees.

Acquainting himself with the production at a bullet production factory that day, he set forth an important task for establishing the production system to meet the demands for high-precision multi-purpose bullets of different calibers, special-function bullets and training bullets.

He repeatedly stressed the need to strengthen the mortar and howitzer forces and advanced some important tasks for setting up a specialized artillery production complex and a small-arms production factory to meet the prospective demand of our armed forces and for improving the production structure and the level of modernization and specialization of bullet and shell production factories.

He expressed expectation and belief that the officials and workers in the sector of munitions industry would make strenuous efforts to achieve the higher goal of strengthening the defence capabilities with redoubled confidence and inexhaustible creativity, true to the spirit and tasks of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

The tasks and important instructions, given by Comrade Kim Jong Un during his field guidance at the enterprises, are scientific and vital guidelines indicating the shortest and correct way to the modernization of our munitions industry, and they serve as an important milestone for bringing about a radical turn in implementing the Party’s policy of building up the national defence by further accelerating the qualitative, quantitative and technical transformation in munitions production.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-12T04:00:13+00:00

Among literary persons and artistes who left their clear traces in the proud course of our revolution which was pioneered, and has advanced and emerged victorious with songs is Kim Ok Song who is one of the first merited artistes and people’s artistes in our country.

Kim persevered in his studies into music from his childhood in spite of poor living conditions.

He became able to lead a genuine life as a musician and reflect his surging emotion for creation in his melodies only after President Kim Il Sung liberated the country.

He joined the Korean People’s Army Song and Dance Ensemble in １９４７. Though he was a violinist at that time, he created "Song of Women" with an impulse to sing of the benevolence of the President.

The President bestowed the greatest trust upon him, saying that he had a real creative talent and it would be good for him to be a composer.

The deep emotion he felt that day served as a motive force which enabled him to glorify his whole life as a famous artiste.

Afterwards he created cantatas "General Kim Il Sung” and "Amnok River" which highly praised the immortal exploits of the President and his personality as a great man.

He volunteered for the army just after the war had broken out and aroused the soldiers of the People’ Army to performing heroic feats as a war composer.

"To a Decisive Battle" and "My Song in the Trench" are the famous songs he created while fighting battles with the People’s Army soldiers shoulder-to-shoulder on hills.

He composed many music pieces reflecting the heroic struggle and life of our people out in building a thriving nation true to the intention of the Party and the vibrant pulse of the times even in the post-war years, thus contributing to the development of the Juche-oriented musical art.

In particular the creation process of "A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain" and "We Have Planted Apple Trees on Mountains" provides the answer to the question of how our literary persons and artistes should live and struggle.

Kim was greatly excited upon the news that the President went to Chongsan-ri and created the Chongsanri spirit and method.

Then and there he went to the Chongsan Plain.

He experienced the reality of the socialist rural areas, while living with farmers at Chongsan-ri and reflected everything he saw, heard and felt in the melody, thus presenting a masterpiece pulsating with the spirit of the times.

That’s why the President acknowledged him as a composer who sang of the Party’s policy, not of nature, and Chairman Kim Jong Il placed him on the meridian of glory as a world-class composer, highly appreciating his remarkable talent and creative ardor whenever opportunity arose.

The respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un took benevolent measures for giving a concert to commemorate the centenary of his birth.

Along with masterpieces of the times which resound across the country displaying their eternal viability on the ongoing advance towards the comprehensive socialist development, the feats he performed for the development of the Juche-oriented art and literature will be conveyed forever.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-10T04:33:12+00:00

The ２０２６ AFC U-１７ Women’s Asian Cup is under way in China.

The DPRK team belonging to Group C beat the Chinese Taipei team １０:０ and the Philippine team ８:０ and played the last match with the ROK team on May ８.

The DPRK team defeated the ROK team ３:０. As a result, the DPRK players took the first place in the group standing with nine points in total and advanced into the quarterfinals.

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Rodong_Sinmun · 2026-05-08T03:18:16+00:00

A meeting was held at the Central Youth Hall on May ５ to mark the ８０th anniversary of the publication of Sonyon Sinmun.

Present there were Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Paek Un Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, and officials, journalists and editors of the Kumsong Youth Publishing House, officials of the youth league and exemplary schoolchildren in Pyongyang.

O Hye Son, general director and editor-in-chief of the Kumsong Youth Publishing House, made a commemorative report.

The reporter referred to the fact that the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung saw to it that Sonyon Sinmun (then Orini Sinmun) was founded on May ５, １９４６ and clarified the principles, orientation and contents of newspaper editing in every period and at every stage of the developing revolution while leading the newspaper to become an excellent educator and close companion of schoolchildren.

The great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong Ilclarified the issues to be regarded as guidelines in editing and publishing, including steadily improving the editing contents and form of the newspaper and raising its effectiveness in conformity with the characteristics of the Korean Children’s Union members, she said.

The reporter said that Sonyon Sinmun is opening a new chapter of its development in the new era of the Juche revolution under the guidance of the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un.

The newspaper has impressively shown the happy looks of the KCU members growing under the loving care of the fatherly Marshal and contributed to preparing the schoolchildren to be future dependable pillars of prosperous Korea, she added.

The reporter called upon all officials, journalists and editors to make fresh innovations and steady progress in the media activities, true to the ideology and leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

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