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No 83/26
Aug 22, 2026
1. Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK
2. Japan's Increased Defence
Budget Will Escalate "Security Deficit": KCNA Commentary
Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong,
Department Director of C.C., WPK
Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo
Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of
Korea, released the following press statement "Poor plight of Seoul unable
to play a war game it liked very much" on August 20:
Ulji Freedom Shield, a large-scale
rehearsal for an aggressive war being conducted by the U.S. and the ROK in the
ROK, was given a frosty reception right after its kick-off.
Trump issued a sudden order to reduce
the scale of the drill. This has placed Seoul in a poor plight of discontinuing
the "war game" it liked very much.
It will be something like the first
"trouble" to the ROK, unprecedented in the history of U.S.-ROK joint
military exercises, in the context that it has never seen the scale of a war
game reduced to become coreless right after its kick-off with no prior
discussion.
The ROK cannot let out a single word of
protest at the GIs leaving without any mutual coordination at the U.S. chief
executive's unilateral order. This is the inevitable fate of the puppet army,
whose right to command has been left in the hands of the U.S., and the true
situation of the ROK, whose security has been placed at stake due to a
reduction of the joint military drill and who brags about its "enough
capability for self-defence" despite its defence and security being under
the care of outsiders.
The plight of the ROK, which is
compelled to stop the "war game" it liked very much, is showing the
structure of the relation between master and servant called the "U.S.-ROK
blood alliance" of which it has boasted.
As recognized generally, this unforeseen
consequence is an evident disaster brought by the unrealistic and anachronistic
security outlook pursued by the ROK authorities who have ceaselessly repeated
unnecessary attempts to reverse the regional mechanical structure controlled by
a nuclear-armed nation, blinded by their firm belief in the U.S. master.
The ROK has reaped what it sowed.
The ROK authorities are hyping it as an
"occasion for new phase and good opportunity for a change in
relations" to cover up their poor plight, which is nothing but a lame
excuse.
Lee Jae Myung curried favor with the
U.S. in public by uttering shameful words that he pays "respects" for
Trump's "decisive rollback decision" and it was a "decision from
deep consideration" and then talked about "independent national
defence" and "independent buildup of military capabilities" to
prepare for the "worst scenario". Such double-dealing behaviour
vividly proves uneasiness and impatience of the ROK.
The world witnesses that the U.S.
security aids are no longer free of charge.
The whole territory of the ROK would be
insufficient to curry favour with the cruel master.
What about deeply considering its
position of complete subordination and finding a way of existence on this
occasion?
Seoul should be aware of the unavoidable
fate of the "puppet".
Japan's Increased Defence Budget Will Escalate "Security
Deficit": KCNA Commentary
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Japan's
sinister intention to accelerate its drive for turning itself into a war state
while deceiving the international community has been brought to light.
It was reported on Aug. 18 that the
Japanese Defence Ministry is going to request about 8.9 trillion yen as the
fiscal 2027 budget for "defence cost".
But the final amount of the
"defense cost" will reportedly increase to 10 trillion yen at the
time of budgeting at the end of the year, for there exist more than 150
"items required" without specific cost.
Such increase in Japan's "defence
cost," which will hit an all-time high, means the expansion of the
dangerous war budget that will bring new turmoil to the region and other parts
of the world.
Historically, Japan has increased the
"defence cost" to a record level every year and turned the
"Self-Defence Forces" into modern preemptive attack forces in a
crafty way of adding to the budget, hyping "threat from neighboring
countries".
According to three security documents,
including the "national security strategy" published at the end of
2022, the Japanese reactionaries set the "defence cost" for 2023-2027
totaling about 43 trillion yen and assert that it is adjusted and spent by
yearly installments. This is no more than a lame excuse and deceptive farce.
As for the "defence cost" for
2026 only, the present Japanese regime claimed it is 9.0353 trillion yen, 3.8
percent increase from the initial budget in 2025, but in fact it has made the
biggest "leap" by exceeding 10 trillion yen.
It is not difficult to imagine the
tremendous scale of next year's military spending, which will further expand at
the end of this year, and it is clear that such huge military spending will
lead to arms buildup for rounding off the preparations for a war of aggression.
In fact, Japan is to spend the money for
the development of underwater-launched hypersonic missile, massive deployment
of attack drones, such strengthened response to "new warfare" as the
introduction of AI into the SDF command system and additional deployment of
long-range missiles "capable of attacking enemy bases".
What merits attention is the fact that
Japan's military spending, the highest in the world, is accompanied by the
astronomical amount of state debt.
As known, Japan's state debt exceeded 1
343 trillion yen at the end of 2025, an increase of 1.5 percent from the
previous year's, consecutively breaking records over a decade.
Meanwhile, Japan renewed the previous
record in its "defence cost", thus becoming the world's sixth largest
weapon importer in 2021-2025.
Despite such deteriorating financial
situation, the Japanese reactionaries are spending a huge amount of money,
collected from the people as taxes, for massively securing various long-range
strike means like the U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and developing
offensive weaponry. It is as clear as noonday that this is not for building a
"pacifist state".
It is a foolish dream to think that
their vicious militarist nature, characterized by aggression and war, can be
concealed with the veil of "defence" and "self- defence".
With such reckless arms buildup, it is
impossible to guarantee the future of the archipelago and the record-breaking
war budget will only escalate its "security deficit".
The righteous regional community will
never overlook the military evolution of the descendants of the war criminal
nation disturbing peace and security of the world but thoroughly counter it by
concerted efforts.
