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No 41/26 Apr 20, 2026
1. Artillery Firing Contest of Artillery Sub-units Held on Significant Day of Sun
2. DPRK Missile Administration Test-fires Tactical Ballistic Missiles
3. Any Force Can Never Check DPRK Advancing with Confidence under Guidance of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un: Rodong Sinmun
Artillery Firing Contest of Artillery Sub-units Held on Significant Day of Sun
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- 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, oversaw an artillery firing contest of artillery sub-units under the large combined units of the Korean People's Army in the western area organized on April 15, the Day of the Sun.
Comrade 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 General Staff of the KPA, Kim Song Gi, director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, and other commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and military and political commanding officers of the KPA large combined units in the western area.
The artillery firing contest was conducted according to the contest rules set up in conformity with the simulated tactical environment.
In the contest, the artillery sub-units powerfully demonstrated their militant marksmanship they have consolidated to the full with a high desire to perfect combat preparations, and clearly showed their full war posture.
The artillery sub-unit of the Capital City Defence Corps won the first place in the contest.
The 4th Corps of the KPA came second, the 2nd Corps third, the 8th Corps fourth and the 3rd Corps fifth.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction over the fact that the artillery firing contest, held to mark the greatest auspicious holiday of the nation, served as an important occasion in enhancing the training enthusiasm of our artillerymen and remarkably strengthening their militant might.
The positive utilization of the artillery force is the most important factor deciding the victory in operation and battle and furthermore in war, he said, stressing that the People's Army should as ever put spurs to the artillery combat readiness, true to the Party's policy of attaching importance to the artillery and strengthening the artillery force and that the Party Central Committee's strategic plan for modernization of the artillery force should be thoroughly implemented within the new five-year plan for the development of the national defence.
He said that it is good to frequently organize training contests at all levels of the army on national holidays and other major occasions as seen today and the People's Army should be engrossed only in the training for rounding off the combat preparations, adding that it is precisely the way for realizing the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung's desire for building a powerful army and an expression of loyalty to the Party, the revolution, the country and the people and the duty of the army.
The sub-unit which won the training contest was awarded a diploma, medal and badge.
That day, Comrade Kim Jong Un met the soldiers of the successful artillery sub-unit and appreciated their high combat capability before having a photo session with officers and men.
The KPA commanding officers and artillerymen, blessed with the warm love and trust of the great brilliant commander on the auspicious spring holiday of April, hardened their pledge to devotedly defend the Party Central Committee and reliably safeguard the inviolable sovereignty and dignity of the glorious DPRK and the honor of the Korean People's Army with remarkable success in strengthening the combat power of the artillery.
DPRK Missile Administration Test-fires Tactical Ballistic Missiles
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a test-fire on April 19 to evaluate the power of warhead of the improved surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile Hwasongpho-11 Ra.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK, supervised the test-fire.
Among the spectators were Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Full General Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration, Lieut. General An Yong Hwan, commander of the 1st Corps of the Korean People's Army, Lieut. General Ju Song Nam, commander of the 2nd Corps of the KPA, Lieut. General Jong Myong Nam, commander of the 4th Corps of the KPA, and Lieut. General Ri Jong Guk, commander of the 5th Corps of the KPA.
The purpose of the test-fire is to verify the characteristics and power of cluster bomb warhead and fragmentation mine warhead applied to the tactical ballistic missile.
Five tactical ballistic missiles, launched towards the target area around an island about 136 km away, struck the area of 12.5~13 hectares with the very high density, fully displaying their combat might.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed great satisfaction over the test results, saying that the development and introduction of different cluster bomb warheads can meet the operational demand of the KPA in a more satisfactory and effective way and that it is of weighty significance in military actions to boost the high-density striking capability to quell a specific target area as well as the high-precision striking capability.
He appreciated that the technology and records we have acquired and updated today are a valuable result of clearly proving that the organization of a group specializing in research into missile warheads and the five years spent for it were not in vain.
He encouraged the defence science research groups, hoping that they will continuously make successes in the important undertakings to acquire and update various ultra-modern technologies necessary for the combat preparedness of our army.
Any Force Can Never Check DPRK Advancing with Confidence under Guidance of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un: Rodong Sinmun
Pyongyang, April 18 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun says in an article on Saturday that the struggle in the past five years is shining as a course fully proving the truth that there are neither anything impossible nor fortress unconquerable for us advancing forward under the guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
It is a great victory won by the far-sighted wisdom, strong pluck and experienced and seasoned leadership ability of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un and a brilliant fruition made by all the people who single-mindedly remain faithful to his ideas and leadership, the article notes, and goes on:
The ideas and leadership of the General Secretary are the source of the invincible power enabling our state to fully demonstrate its politico-ideological might.
If there is something stronger than physical strength in the world, it will be the strong spiritual power of our people who sincerely remain faithful to the ideas and leadership of the General Secretary.
Korean-style socialism is invincible thanks to the unbreakable unity of all the people sharing the idea and intention and keeping step with the General Secretary.
His ideas and leadership are an invincible weapon that enables us to successfully carry out any gigantic task set forth by our Party.
The past five years, every day of which had been spent with construction, creation, change and development, fully displayed the validity and vitality of all the ideas and lines advanced by the General Secretary.
Through the past five years' struggle in which they ushered in a period of great upsurge for national prosperity under his guidance, our people came to be convinced once again that all victories and glory lie in remaining faithful to his ideas and leadership.
The leadership of the respected General Secretary is the miraculous strength bringing a shining victory and bringing earlier the rosy future. This is the unshakable faith cherished by the DPRK people who witness and experience eye-opening changes in the great era.