THE EMBASSY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SWITZERLAND
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No 53/26
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.