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No 57/25 Aug 14, 2025
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Holds Phone Conversation with Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 2. Press Statement by Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Holds Phone Conversation with Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, held a phone conversation with Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on August 12. They exchanged greetings with each other and had a conversation in a warm comradely atmosphere. Kim Jong Un expressed heartfelt thanks to his most esteemed Vladimir Putin for warmly congratulating all the people of the DPRK on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation. He said that all the Korean people greeting the 80th anniversary of their country’s liberation will recollect with reverence the heroic feats performed by the officers and men of the Red Army 80 years ago as a genuine example of true internationalism and pay a high tribute to the fallen fighters of the Soviet army who sacrificed themselves for Korea’s liberation. The heads of state of the two countries highly appreciated the further development of relations of cooperation in all fields in accordance with the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership concluded between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation, confirming their will to strengthen cooperation in the future. The Russian president spoke highly once again of the support provided by the DPRK and the bravery, heroism and self-sacrificing spirit displayed by the service personnel of the Korean People’s Army in liberating Kursk, part of the Russian territory. Expressing his heartfelt thanks to Putin for his high appreciation of the DPRK and its soldiers, Kim Jong Un expressed firm conviction that the DPRK will always remain faithful to the spirit of the DPRK-Russia treaty and fully support in the future, too, all the measures to be taken by the Russian leadership. The heads of state of the two countries exchanged their views on the issues of mutual concern. Kim Jong Un and Putin agreed to keep closer contact in the future.
Press Statement by Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK Pyongyang, August 14 (KCNA) -- 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 is dreaming of spring at an unseasonable time. Media of the ROK made a conjecture on August 12 that the DPRK's inmost 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. If a dream is repeated very often, it will be an empty one, and oft-repeated conjectures will lead to self-contradiction that will never be solved. Why should we send a message to the U.S. side? I would like to remind again the world, which is listening to false conjectures spread by the ROK media, that 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 as if the DPRK-ROK relations are being "restored". The ROK president said that after they first had removed the loudspeakers facing towards the DPRK, we, too, seemed to be removing some loudspeakers, hoping that such measures taken by each other as removing "unnecessary and costly loudspeakers" would help improve the "inter-Korean relations". Days ago, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the ROK, too, announced that the movement of removing loudspeaker by the DPRK has been detected. The irony is that after hearing the announcement by the military, the authorities and experts of the ROK are making such comments as a "response measure" and "change detected" 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 the present government of the ROK looks forward to being appraised for doing a good job by nullifying the measures taken unilaterally by the Yoon Suk Yeol regime, trying to incite someone's response. 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 purpose 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 draw our attention at all. Whether or not the ROK withdraws its loudspeakers, stops broadcasting, postpones its military exercises and downscales them, 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 still 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 make the hostile nature of the ROK brought to light 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 will be 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 witnessed by the world today. Our stand towards 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 forces most hostile to the DPRK in its true colors, which should be stipulated in our national law. It is little short of wishing for a flower in bloom in the desert to expect or divine the change in our cognition towards the most hostile state in the world.
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