THE EMBASSY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SWITZERLAND
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No 57/26
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Observes Navigation Test of Destroyer Kang Kon
2. General Secretary of C.C., CPC and President of PRC Xi Jinping to Visit DPRK
3. Participants in Celebrations of 80th Founding Anniversary of KCU Play Sports and Amusement Games
4. Art Performance Given to Mark 80th Founding Anniversary of KCU
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Observes Navigation Test of Destroyer Kang Kon
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The respected 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, visited the Destroyer Kang Kon of the Navy of the Korean People's Army, which has entered the shakedown for assessing its capability of executing operations, and observed its navigation test on June 4.
He was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, commanding officers of the Navy and senior officials in the field of shipbuilding.
Comrade Kim Jong Un boarded the Destroyer Kang Kon and learned about the actual conditions of various combat duty spaces and elements of the destroyer including the combined control center, the plan for the navigation test and the phased schedule of the test of the warship's weapon systems.
A navigation test was conducted to assess different maneuvering elements of the destroyer with Comrade Kim Jong Un on board the warship.
Comrade Kim Jong Un praised the sailors for their high ability to operate the warship and expressed satisfaction over the cruise and high-speed maneuvering systems of the warship whose maneuverability is very good to meet operational requirements.
Referring to the global trend of the developing shipbuilding industry and the structural features of warship design, he clarified the important tasks for further perfecting the warship control system in our own way so as to meet the requirements for the performance of operational mission of our Navy.
It is possible to deter war and defend peace only when we possess substantial and powerful military muscle capable of exercising military sovereignty in a responsible manner in any space of the ground, the sea and the air, he said, adding this is the invariable view of the WPK and its national defence policy.
In particular, the issue of rapidly developing and strengthening the naval force of the DPRK into a force capable of reliably taking charge of a part of the nuclear war deterrent and into a group that can deal a deadly blow at the enemy any moment under the water or on the water is a matter which the WPK regards as the most important core task in the new five-year national defence development policy, he said.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed great trust and expectation that the vast plans for bolstering up the warship force, including the development and production of underwater secret weapons and the building of 10 000-tonnage destroyers under the five-year plan for modernizing the Navy approved by the Ninth Congress of the WPK, would be surely carried out by our reliable and powerful defence science research group, self-supporting shipbuilding industry and competent and intelligent workers in the munitions industry.
He warmly encouraged the officials, scientists and technicians of warship and weapon system research organs, hoping that they will successfully conduct the shakedown for assessing the operational executive capability of the destroyer and put the destroyers Choe Hyon and Kang Kon into commission for the Navy as soon as possible with an honorable sense of obligation and high sense of responsibility.
General Secretary of C.C., CPC and President of PRC Xi Jinping to Visit DPRK
Pyongyang, June 5 (KCNA) -- At the invitation of 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, Comrade Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, will pay a state visit to the DPRK on June 8 and 9.
Participants in Celebrations of 80th Founding Anniversary of KCU Play Sports and Amusement Games
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The participants in the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union had sports and amusement games on June 5.
Among the spectators were Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and officials of the youth league.
Paek Un Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, made a speech.
Then the sports and amusement games began.
The players and fans displayed the strong competitive spirit and enthusiasm in colorful games including running with a ball on head and under arms and tug of war.
Every game vividly reflected the bold spirit and cheerful appearance of the players who are growing up to be pillars of the country, bringing their hope and talents into full bloom.
The Korean schoolchildren in Japan who participated in the games together with students of the motherland were also filled with joy.
The schoolchildren's Taekwon-Do demonstration decorated the end of sports and amusement games.
At the end of the games, standings were announced and citations were awarded to the successful teams.
Art Performance Given to Mark 80th Founding Anniversary of KCU
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- An art performance of schoolchildren "Forward towards the Future of a Powerful Country Flying the Red Neckties" was given at the Youth Park Open-Air Theatre in Pyongyang Municipality on June 5 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Korean Children's Union.
Among the audience were Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Paek Un Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, officials of the youth league, participants in the celebrations of the 80th founding anniversary of the KCU, members of the delegation of Korean schoolchildren in Japan and schoolchildren.
The art performance began with the prelude "June 6 is Our Holiday". The performers put on the stage colorful numbers reflecting their gratitude to the motherly Party and showing the bright and spirited appearance of the schoolchildren growing up to be pillars of the future while bringing their dreams and hopes into full bloom under the socialist system of the Korean style.
They sang high praises of the great loving care shown by the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un who brings up the KCU members as successors to the revolution and masters of prosperous Korea and brings earlier the future of the prosperous and powerful country by dint of love for the rising generations.
Put on the stage were numbers filled with bold spirit and enthusiasm of the KCU members.
Other numbers reflected ardent desire of the new generations to prepare themselves as pillars shouldering the future of socialist Korea under the uplifted flag of the KCU.
The performance ended with the epilog "Dash toward Future Blessed by the Marshal ".