2026-03-30 KOREAN NEWS

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No 34/26
Mar 30, 2026


1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Oversees Ground Jet Test of High-Thrust Carbon Fiber Solid-Fuel Engine

2. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Oversees Test Organized by Armored Weapons Institute of Academy of Defence Sciences

3. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Acquaints Himself with Training of Special Operations Sub-units at All Levels of KPA

4. Agreement on Cooperation between KCNA and TASS Signed

 

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Oversees Ground Jet Test of High-Thrust Carbon Fiber Solid-Fuel Engine

Pyongyang, March 29 (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, oversaw a ground jet test of high-thrust solid-fuel engine using the composite carbon fiber material.

The maximum thrust of the newly upgraded solid-fuel engine is 2 500kN and the test is a part of the national defence development plan in the period of the new five-year plan which set the steady upgrading of strategic strike means as a major goal.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK.

He referred to the strategic significance of the upgraded engine's test.

He said that the test of great significance in putting the country's strategic military muscle on the highest level fully conforms with the national strategy and the military demand for modernizing the strategic forces.

He affirmed that the development trend of the DPRK's defence capabilities, which has already entered a significant phase of change in the building of the strategic forces, would be further transformed and accelerated by the development and introduction of better components with superior economic and technical effectiveness as proven in the test.

He referred to the major tasks for further stepping up the development of the state strategic forces both in quality and quantity.

Present there were Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration of the DPRK, officials of the Missile Administration and the missile research sector and scientists, technicians and officials of the relevant sector including the Institute of Solid-fuel Engine and the Missile Engine Production Factory.

 

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Oversees Test Organized by Armored Weapons Institute of Academy of Defence Sciences

Pyongyang, March 29 (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, oversaw a test of assessing the tank performance organized by the Armored Weapons Institute of the Academy of Defence Sciences.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed great satisfaction over the relevant test as it served as an occasion to show well how excellent our new-type MBT is and how dependable combat means it is through actual action, not words.

He said today's test proved that the functionality of our new-type MBT's interceptor system is fully equipped with a thorough capability for destroying almost all existing anti-tank means.

Commenting on the new-type MBT which demonstrated remarkable combat performance, he said it has been confirmed again that there is no doubt in our view, already declared, that no tank in the world is comparable to this tank.

The test, conducted in various aspects on the day to check the active protection system of the new-type MBT, examined in detail the combat effectiveness of the protection system against anti-tank means attacking in different directions and confirmed the perfect defensive function with 100 percent probability.

 

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Acquaints Himself with Training of Special Operations Sub-units at All Levels of KPA

Pyongyang, March 29 (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, visited the special operations training base directly under the authority of the Operations Bureau of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army to acquaint himself with the training of special operations sub-units at all levels.

The training base was overflowing with the high spirit of combatants of special operations sub-units, full of ardent mind to give pleasure and satisfaction to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is ceaselessly visiting the frontline posts for bolstering up the military capabilities to defend the security of the state and the people, through demonstration of the strongest fighting efficiency.

Kim Jong Un was greeted on the spot by No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Ri Yong Gil, chief of the KPA General Staff, Kim Song Gi, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, and other military and political commanding officers of the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defence and all services and large combined units.

All the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers, looking up to the ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander who is ushering in a great heyday of building a powerful army with his outstanding military strategic ideology and extraordinary commanding art.

The training of the day was aimed at estimating the capabilities of physical and military action of the combatants of special operations sub-units at all levels.

The training was observed by major leading officials of the Party and the government.

The special operations sub-units of services and large combined units at all levels, which have further strengthened the matchless combat efficiency, leaving vivid footprints of loyalty and patriotism in the difficult and arduous training course, true to the Party's training-first policy, fully displayed their crack-shot marksmanship and military technical and physical ability in a competitive way.

Kim Jong Un said that our army at all levels should get fully prepared in conformity with the trend of modern warfare by thoroughly implementing and applying the Juche-oriented policy of bringing about a radical turn in training, well aware of the iron truth that much more sweat in the peacetime training leads to less blood in the battlefield.

He expressed his views on the programme for reorganizing the special operations forces of our army, to be implemented in the future, and the follow-up measures.

On the same day, there was a demonstration performance of ace combatants of special operations sub-units.

The soldiers in the demonstration performance strikingly showed the physical and technical ability they have prepared to be a-match-for-a hundred combatants with iron fists.

While watching with pleasure the training of women special warfare soldiers full of self-confidence, Kim Jong Un warmly encouraged them.

The leading officials extended warm applause and high praise to the soldiers, watching their training pulsating with the fighting spirit and heroic stamina of our invincible army to unconditionally annihilate the enemy.

Expressing great satisfaction at the absolute might and dauntless courage of the special operations forces, the pivotal component of the KPA reliably defending the sovereignty of the DPRK and the wellbeing of its people, Kim Jong Un had a meaningful photo taken with the reliable and admirable officers and soldiers.

At the end of the photo session, the passionate guards broke into thunderous cheers of absolute loyalty in token of their will to devotedly defend the Party Central Committee headed by Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un expressed belief that our army at all levels, directly entrusted with the task of fighting a war as the main force of national defence, would as ever remain faithful to the sacred mission of defending the country, the revolution and the people and reliably guarantee the victorious advance of our country and our cause with the powerful military strength.

 

Agreement on Cooperation between KCNA and TASS Signed

Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- An agreement on exchange of news articles and cooperation between the Korean Central News Agency and TASS was signed here on March 28.

Present at the signing ceremony from the DPRK side were Kim Pyong Ho, general director of the Korean Central News Agency, and officials concerned, and from the Russian side a delegation of TASS led by its Director General Andrei Kondrashov and Vladimir Topeha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here, and staff members of his embassy.

Kim Pyong Ho and Andrei Kondrashov signed the agreement.