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No 53/26
May 27, 2026
1. Defence Science Research
Institutions of DPRK Conduct Tests of Major Weapons
2. Spokesperson for DPRK
Foreign Ministry on QUAD Foreign Ministers' Meeting
3. Talks Held between Foreign
Ministers of DPRK and Singapore
Defence Science Research Institutions of DPRK Conduct Tests of
Major Weapons
Pyongyang, May 27 (KCNA) -- The Missile
Administration and the Academy of Defence Sciences of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea conducted tests of newly-developed lightweight multi-purpose
missile launching system and multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system, as
part of the plan for modernizing the artillery and missile armed forces to
attain the five-year goal for national defence development, on May 26.
Comrade Kim Jong Un oversaw the
tests.
The relevant tests analyzed and
estimated the power of special mission warhead of tactical ballistic missile,
the reliability of 240mm controlled artillery rocket with expanded firing range
which employed an ultra-precision autonomous navigation system, and the
AI-guided hit accuracy of tactical cruise missile.
Highly appreciating the test results,
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed great satisfaction over the fact that important
ultra-high defence science and technologies were introduced into the practical
weapon tests.
He made a positive assessment of the
military worth of the tactical cruise missile to be deployed at the long-range
artillery brigades in the southern border area in particular.
The tactical cruising shell, which has a
combination of the ultra-precision autonomous navigation system and the TERCOM
(terrain contour matching) navigation system and employed an AI terminal
guidance function, is a powerful weapon system that can strike in an
ultra-precision way any target 100 kilometers away by multimode flight based on
gliding and propelling.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that
today's tests of major weapon systems are a clear signal of upgrading of our
military force and an event of showing great technical progress in the
strengthening of our army's combat power.
What is noteworthy is that the firing
control system and automation system of all the launching vehicles have been
finally updated to suit the proper conditions of modern warfare so as to
enhance their application to combat, he said, adding that thanks to such
successful development of the most powerful tactical-level weapon systems, our
army's firepower systems came to be fully put on an automatic, long-range and
ultra-precision basis.
Noting that the present situation
requires the steady upgrading of military capabilities, he affirmed that the
validity of the development direction of the artillery and missile forces
modernization plan, decided and assigned by the Party Congress, and its
prospect are certain, scientific and successful as they are based on the
already-made high-level defence technical achievements.
It is our top-priority policy direction
for the building of armed forces to build the most modern and powerful
artillery force which no one can match, he said, adding: It is essential
condition for our army's operations to have such destructive power as enough to
make any encountering force impossible to survive theoretically, apart from
fortune. Such capability will give extreme uneasiness and fear to the enemy,
and it will be a major link and a responsible exercise for deterring war.
Saying that it is the main task facing
our armed forces and defence science sector to defend the security of
sovereignty and guarantee the development of socialism with powerful war
deterrence, Comrade Kim Jong Un assigned important tasks arising in
stepping up the steady growth of the national defence capability and the work
to put the military hardware on an ultra-modern basis.
The line of our Party and government to
steadily accelerate the strengthening of the nuclear force and conventional
armed force remains unchanged, he said, adding that our plan to defend the
military sovereignty and exercise the right to self-defence in a responsible
manner will be expressed in a clearer action.
Present to observe the tests were
Marshal Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Full
General Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the C.C., WPK, Full General Kim Jong Sik,
first department director of the C.C., WPK, Full General Jang Chang Ha, general
director of the Missile Administration, Lieut. General Kim Yong Hwan, president
of the Academy of Defence Sciences, Lieut. General Kim Kang Il, director of the
General Armaments Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, Maj. General Yu
Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, and Senior
Colonel Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the
Ministry of National Defence.
Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry on QUAD Foreign Ministers'
Meeting
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- A
spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on May 28 as
regards the fact that the recent U.S.-led QUAD foreign ministers' meeting made
public a "joint statement", which includes the content pulling up the
DPRK:
The "joint statement" not only
seriously distorted the immediate and urgent challenges and threats faced by
the countries in the Asia-Pacific region but also clearly exposed the hostile
intention against specific countries.
QUAD talked about the strengthening of
cooperation while expressing "concern" over the situation in the
South Sea and East Sea of China. It is aimed at justifying Japan's moves for
rearmament and Australia's possession of a nuclear submarine, which are
arousing concern of the international community.
The creation of the "Critical
Minerals Initiative Framework" newly, agreed by QUAD, also contains an
exclusive and confrontational nature as it is pursuant to the foreign strategy
of the present U.S. administration to hold a hegemonic position in the world
supply chain by expanding the concept of security to the economic field.
In particular, the U.S.-led QUAD members
took issue with the DPRK's legitimate exercise of sovereign rights, calling for
"denuclearization". This goes to prove that QUAD is nothing but a
political and diplomatic tool serving the U.S. strategy for unipolar domination.
The signboard of "peace and
stability" cannot be a means for justifying the U.S. policy of inter-camp
confrontation.
The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK
resolutely denounces and rejects the U.S.-led QUAD's hostile stand against the
DPRK and other regional countries, and strongly demands that it drop its
attempt to escalate inter-camp confrontation destroying regional peace and
stability.
Explicitly speaking once again, the
"denuclearization" of the DPRK will never happen forever.
We will thoroughly defend the sovereign
rights, security interests and development rights of the state no matter what
others may say, and actively join the international efforts to oppose the
formation of an exclusive group and inter-camp confrontation in the region and
promote the mutual trust, cooperation, peace and co-prosperity among nations.
Talks Held between Foreign Ministers of DPRK and Singapore
Pyongyang, May 27 (KCNA) -- Choe Son
Hui, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
had talks with Vivian Balakrishnan, foreign minister of the Republic of
Singapore, at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on May 26.
Choe Son Hui expressed the stand of the
DPRK government to develop the long-standing friendly and cooperative relations
between the DPRK and Singapore in conformity with the aspirations and wishes of
the peoples of the two countries.
Vivian Balakrishnan wished the Korean
people greater success in their work for the prosperity of the country, saying
that the government and people of Singapore hope that the friendly and
cooperative relations with the DPRK would grow stronger.
The talks exchanged views on developing
the bilateral relations in a multifaceted way by boosting exchange and
cooperation between the foreign ministries of the two countries and on regional
and international issues.
Present at the talks from the DPRK side
were Vice-Minister Pak Sang Gil and other officials of the Foreign Ministry and
Ri Kil Song, DPRK ambassador to Singapore, and from the Singaporean side the
foreign minister's party.
The DPRK Foreign Ministry gave a
reception in welcome of the Singaporean foreign minister and his party that
evening.
