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No 94/26 Sep 24, 2026
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Watches Football Match between Missile Administration and Second Economy Commission
2. Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Minister
3. Test of Updated 240 mm-Calibre Controlled Multiple-Launch Rockets Conducted in DPRK
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Watches Football Match between Missile Administration and Second Economy Commission
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- There took place a football game between the DPRK Missile Administration and the Second Economy Commission on September 22.
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, watched the game.
All the participants were filled with great excitement and joy to hold a significant sports and cultural event in the presence of Comrade Kim Jong Un at a time when they swell with the pride of having received thanks, as a token of deep trust, from the Party and the government for the precious successes they have achieved in implementing the Party's line on building up the national defences through defence science research and production.
Comrade Kim Jong Un met with leading officials in the munitions industry and extended warm congratulations and encouragement to the national defence scientific research group of the Missile Administration, the Second Economy Commission and all the munitions industrial workers who have devoted themselves to faithfully upholding the self-reliant defence policy of the WPK with practical successes.
He said today's sports game is to appreciate their efforts and express thanks to them.
Among the spectators were Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, and secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK.
The football match was held between Hwasong team of the Missile Administration and Ponghwa team of the Second Economy Commission.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his thanks to the group of defence scientists and technicians and the munitions industrial workers for the contributions they have made by performing an unprecedented miracle, to be specially recorded in the history of sacred struggle for modernizing the DPRK's armed forces and bolstering the war-fighting capability, and clearly proving the matchless development and absolute superiority of our defence capability. He said that their patriotism and loyalty and devoted efforts constitute a priceless contribution, the most invaluable one never to be bartered for anything, in terms of the security, eternal development and prosperity of the country.
He called on the defence scientists and technicians and the munitions industrial workers to further redouble their revolutionary optimism and high spirit and continuously bring about a series of leaps forward and innovations in augmenting the national defence capability by their concerted efforts and thus defend the DPRK's inviolable sovereignty and security, safeguard peace and reliably guarantee the eternal development of the socialist motherland with the absolute superiority of strength.
The two teams, greatly honoured to play the match in front of Comrade Kim Jong Un, fiercely contended for the glory of their units. Hwasong team beat its rival 4:1.
A prize-awarding ceremony was held amid the enthusiastic applause of the spectators.
All the participants, who were honoured to have Comrade Kim Jong Un's great trust and encouragement, made a pledge of loyalty to stay more faithful to the important historic mission and duty they have assumed before the Party and the revolution, the country and its people, and consolidate the national defence capability to be most powerful.
Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Minister
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Thursday released the following press statement "The DPRK remains unchanged in its will to keep nuclear weapons forever":
The U.S., Japan and the ROK fully expressed their anachronistic and confrontational nature once again to remain invariably hostile to the DPRK by raising the unrealistic "denuclearization" target.
At the tripartite talks held on the sideline of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, the diplomatic authorities of the U.S., Japan and the ROK made public a "joint statement", in which they reconfirmed the firm will to "denuclearize" someone according to the "resolution" of the UN Security Council.
This proved once again that no matter how the U.S. and its allies change their expressions and let loose a string of rhetoric, they do not give up a daydream about "denuclearization" and can never drop it.
It is not new that the "denuclearization" issue was discussed at the meeting of the U.S., Japan and the ROK which have adopted antagonism toward the DPRK as their state policies, and on the contrary, it would have been surprised and questionable if there had been no mention about it.
As the foreign minister of the DPRK, I reaffirm and reconfirm in the strongest tone of voice the steadfast will of our state to keep nuclear weapons through all ages, which is irreversible in any case and will remain unchanged forever.
The strong-arm policy against the DPRK came to failure, and any state or force can never compel us to withdraw from defending the national sovereignty and the core interests.
The coexistence of confrontation and dialogue may be workable for anyone, but they can never be considerable one for the DPRK.
Steadfast is our appreciation and stand that nuclear weapons are the core component of national sovereignty and the most reliable guarantee for defending sovereign rights that no one can provoke. And the more loudly the U.S. and its allies may cry out for "denuclearization", the more it will only prove the validity of our state's just access to nuclear weapons and give a justification for strengthening them and harden its stand against the U.S. and the enemies.
To deny the reality is to give up the future.
There is no change in the fact that the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state will be everlasting as inviolable one in disregard of the hostile forces' rhetorical assertion, and it is inevitable to reorganize and fix the geopolitical structure centered on the DPRK with nukes.
Test of Updated 240 mm-Calibre Controlled Multiple-Launch Rockets Conducted in DPRK
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- Under the artillery and missile forces modernization plan for attaining the five-year goal of national defence development, the defence scientific research sector of the DPRK conducted a test of updated 240 mm-calibre controlled multiple-launch rockets on September 22.
The test was guided by Ko Pyong Hyon, chairman of the Second Economy Commission of the DPRK.
The test was overseen by KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, Full General Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Full General Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration of the DPRK, and Major General Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.
The autonomous pinpoint guide system was applied to the updated 240 mm-calibre controlled multiple-launch rockets. The updated rockets are capable of striking the targets 100 km away in a trajectory flight mode and those 115 km away in a combined glide mode.
That day's test proved the hit accuracy and superiority of the range-extended rockets.
The leading cadres expressed their unanimous view that the development of range-extended rockets assures them of a significant change in the firepower readiness along the southern border.
Referring to the idea of the head of state on giving priority to the development of the army artillery and missile forces, KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon stressed the need to concentrate the deadliest and destructive attack forces on southern border.
Recalling the idea of the instructions given by the head of state that to constantly expose the enemy to extreme uneasiness and fear constitutes an important and decisive part in exercising the war deterrent, he underscored the need to make the enemy aware of the fact that we have replaced all our armed forces' long-range strike means with the latest ones at the earliest date.
To build the most powerful artillery force is our Party's principal defence building strategy emphasized again at the Second Meeting of the Ninth Central Military Commission of the WPK, he said, requesting for greater efforts and activities of the defence science research sector and the munitions industrial workers to bolster up the military muscle.