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No 73/23 August 31, 2023
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Training Command Post of KPA General Staff
2. KPA General Staff Releases Report
3. Plenary Meeting of DPRK SPA Standing Committee Held
5. Victorious History of Juche-based Navy of DPRK
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Training Command Post of KPA General Staff
Pyongyang, August 31 (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 (DPRK), visited the training command post of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on August 29 to learn about the state of the command drill involving the whole army.
Accompanying him were KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon and General Kang Sun Nam, minister of National Defence.
He was greeted by the chief of the KPA General Staff and the director general of the KPA General Reconnaissance Bureau at the command post.
To cope with the present situation in which the U.S. and the "ROK" military gangsters have staged extremely provocative and dangerous large-scale joint exercises simulating an all-out war against the DPRK, the KPA General Staff launched a command drill involving the entire army on August 29 to judge and inspect the operational organization and commanding abilities of the commanding officers and the staff sections of the large combined units and combined units at all levels.
The drill is aimed at letting all the commanding officers and staff sections of the entire army make full preparations for war and have strong military response capability by helping them get familiar with action procedures at the time of being placed on a war footing, further enhancing their combat operation organizing and commanding ability and confirming the feasibility of operation plans.
After receiving a report from the chief of the General Staff on the movement plans of the enemy forces and the KPA anticipated according to time and stage in the event of the outbreak of a war, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the organization and the state of the command drill.
He acquainted himself with the plan of the drill staff, which is aimed at occupying the whole territory of the southern half by repelling the enemy's sudden armed invasion and switching over to an all-out counterattack, and the combat documents on the operation plans of the staff sections of the large combined units and combined units at all levels to carry it out. He also examined in detail the documents on the actual operational plans of the General Staff, including the plan of using the frontline and strategic reserve artillery forces, the plan of forming a front behind the enemy lines and the plan of disrupting the entrance of outside armed forces in contingency.
He stressed the need to pay the greatest attention to making the enemy dispirited, throwing their combat action into confusion and paralyzing their will and ability to fight a war from the outset by dealing heavy blows at their war potential and war command center and blinding their means of command communication at the initial stage of operation. And he detailed the comprehensive tasks, principled requirements and ways to be maintained by the KPA in the future operation planning and command and war preparations, including the issue of surely taking the strategic initiative by making simultaneous super-intense strikes at the pivotal military command centers, military ports, operational airfields and other important enemy military targets and core objects whose destruction may cause a series of socio-political and economic chaos and by combining and applying non-stop mopping-up warfare, front-line offensive operations and operations of harassing the enemy's rear in a composite and organic manner, and in particular, the issue of taking thoroughgoing steps to protect the striking means from any enemy counteraction, and the issue of comprehensively updating the operation command system and fire command communications mode.
Noting that modern war is a showdown characterized by the campaign of brains, he said that victory or defeat in war is decided first by brains of the commanding officers before the start of fighting. He urged all the commanding officers of the army to conduct the staff drill and operational combat situation control exercises intensively under an environment simulating an actual war to acquire exceptional organizing ability and superb commanding art, and thus fully prepare themselves to be all-round combatants and confident men of ability who are flexible in actual war, not in mere training.
Saying that the busy military moves of the U.S. and the "ROK" military gangsters and their frequent and expanded military exercises under different codenames constitute a clear revelation of their scheme for invading the DPRK, he again stressed the need for the DPRK to thoroughly counter them.
Issuing a series of important instructions for further intensifying the operation command drill, actual maneuvers and actual war exercises of the KPA, as required by the prevailing state security environment and situation, he clarified the comprehensive tasks and ways for more definitely completing the war preparations.
The KPA commanding officers further hardened their militant conviction and outlook on war after receiving the great military programme from Kim Jong Un. They are burning with the will to accelerate the war preparations and thus mercilessly wipe out the enemies and put the whole territory of the southern half under control anytime once an order is issued by him.
KPA General Staff Releases Report
Pyongyang, August 31 (KCNA) -- The General Staff of the Korean People's Army released the following report on August 30:
On August 30 the U.S. imperialists let a formation of B-1B nuclear strategic bombers conduct a joint attack formation drill against the DPRK together with fighters of the military gangsters of the "Republic of Korea" in the sky above the East and West Seas of Korea.
The drill, staged at a time when the enemies' adventurous aggressive war exercises Ulji Freedom Shield reached their height, is a serious threat to the DPRK as it was just pursuant to the scenario for a preemptive nuclear strike at the DPRK.
The enemies opened this fact to the press and loudly advertise it as a "demonstration of the implementation of the extended deterrence" against the DPRK.
This is little short of informing the world that they made the preemptive nuclear strike at the DPRK a fait accompli and are putting it into practice.
To cope with this, the KPA staged a tactical nuclear strike drill simulating scorched earth strikes at major command centers and operational airfields of the "ROK" military gangsters on Wednesday night.
The tactical nuclear-armed unit of the KPA in the western region of the country conducted the relevant military activities.
The missile unit fired two tactical ballistic missiles northeastward at Pyongyang International Airport and correctly carried out its nuclear strike mission through air bursts at a preset altitude of 400 meters above the target island.
The drill is aimed to send a clear message to the enemies, who responded the DPRK's repeated warnings with such military threat as deployment of strategic assets, and make them clearly realize once again the DPRK's resolute punitive will and substantive retaliation capabilities.
The KPA will never overlook the rash acts of the U.S. forces and the "ROK" military gangsters.
Plenary Meeting of DPRK SPA Standing Committee Held
The 27th Plenary Meeting of the 14th Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on August 30.
Choe RyongHae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, chaired the plenary meeting.
Present there were Vice-Chairmen Kang Yun Sok and Kim Ho Chol, Secretary General Ko Kil Son and other members of the SPA Standing Committee.
Officials concerned of the SPA Standing Committee, the Secretariat of the Cabinet, ministries and national agencies were on hand as observers.
Put at the plenary meeting as agenda items were the issue of convening a SPA session, the issue of adopting the law on state commendation, the law on the distribution of production labour, the law on the organization of the prosecution organs, the law on tourism and the law on commodity circulation, and the issue of amending and supplementing the law on the election of deputies to the people’s assemblies at all levels.
The draft decision of the SPA Standing Committee on the convocation of the 9th Session of the 14th SPA of the DPRK was discussed first and a relevant decision was adopted with unanimous approval.
Then, there was a report on the relevant laws and amendments examined by the SPA Legislation Committee.
The plenary meeting discussed the proposed bills and adopted the decrees of the SPA Standing Committee “On adoption of the DPRK law on state commendation”, “On adoption of the DPRK law on the distribution of production labour”, “On adoption of the DPRK law on the organization of the prosecution organs”, “On adoption of the DPRK law on tourism”, and “On adoption of the DPRK law on commodity circulation”, and “On amendments and supplements to the DPRK law on the election of deputies to the people’s assemblies at all levels”.
August 28 is Youth Day, the holiday of young people in the DPRK.
As has been designated and celebrated in various countries around the world, Youth Day is being celebrated in a meaningful way by our young people every year, receiving blessings from all the people across the country.
Greeting this meaningful day, our people recall the immortal exploits of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who has provided firm guarantee for the future of Juche Korea by building the one and only youth power in the world.
The story of his great love and trust for our youth are also told through the Hoebul football team of the Youth League that is contributing a large share to arouse football rage in the whole country.
On one April day in 2013, the men’s football final was held in Pyongyang as part of the Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games in celebration of the Day of the Sun
While watching the match on this day, respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was briefed on the absence of a football team in the Youth League sports team. Football is an event symbolic of sports, he said with regret, and placed deep trust in the Youth League that they would probably do a great job of playing football.
He suggested that “Hoebul” would be a good name for the football team to be newly organized, and said that he would soon send them a calligraphic writing of “Hoebul”. He also encouraged them to display all their skills and talent in playing football.
On July 24 that year, the coaches and players of the Hoebul Sports Team wrote a letter to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un after being crowned with the glory of winning first place in the Sports Contest for Pochonbo Torch Prize. He replied to it with his signed meaningful autograph putting trust in them that they would become the ever-burning torch flames in arousing a nationwide rage for football.
The meaningful autograph is filled with the great love, trust and expectation of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who wants our young people to become raging flames in the vanguard of all fields including sports.
Later, respected Comrade Kim Jong Un watched Hoebul Team play and highly praised its performance. At the end of the match, he had a memorable photo session with the players and coaches.
Our young people always cherish the love and trust of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who gives them strength, courage, and inexhaustible vitality so that they can become the eternal flames leading the times. They are now making new miracles and achievements day by day, fully demonstrating the wisdom and courage of the youth in the difficult fronts of the socialist construction.
Victorious History of Juche-based Navy of DPRK
Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- Today (August 28) is the Navy Day in the DPRK.
On this significant day, the sailors of the Korean People's Army are full of pride and self-confidence as they have won only victories in defending the territorial waters of the country under the leadership of the peerlessly great men.
After the liberation of Korea, President Kim Il Sung energetically led the struggle to found the modern naval force as well as various services of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
In June Juche 35 (1946), he organized the Maritime Security Force (MSF) and chose a site for the Maritime Security Officers Training School to be a mother base for training naval officers.
Later, he named the regular navy, which had been expanded and strengthened with the MSF as a parent body, the "Korean Fleet" and declared the founding of the KPA Navy on August 28, 1949.
During the Fatherland Liberation War, the sailors of the DPRK, who were brought up under his care, performed a military miracle to be specially recorded in the world history of naval warfare by sending to the bottom of the sea the U.S. imperialists' heavy cruiser called a "moving island" and destroying their light cruiser with a few torpedo boats.
In the 1960s, the DPRK seamen captured the U.S. imperialists' armed spy ship Pueblo in the territorial waters of the country, demonstrating the might of the heroic KPA Navy. The Juche-based naval force had achieved only victories under the leadership of Chairman Kim Jong Il.
Ordinary sailors devotedly protected the slogan-bearing trees, eternal treasure of the revolution, from flames and performed heroic feats as death-defying corps in the sea by displaying the spirit of acting as human bullets and bombs and the self-blasting spirit in the fierce battles against the enemy. Such heroic deeds would have been unthinkable without the faith and will the Chairman implanted in the seamen's mind.
Today the navy of the DPRK is greeting the golden age of its development under the wise guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un. Thanks to the energetic guidance and warm loving care of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un who set forth Korean-style naval tactics while going on voyages in the rough sea together with seamen and has taken warm care of the living conditions of soldiers whenever he visited naval units, the navy of the DPRK has grown stronger into the elite matchless force equipped with all the cutting-edge offensive and defensive capabilities.
Today the sailors of the DPRK are filled with the strong will to win only eternal victory on the road of defending the country by inheriting the fighting spirit displayed by the sailors of the preceding generation, with the pride and honor of holding the respected General Secretary in high esteem as their supreme commander.