THE EMBASSY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
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No 83/26
1. Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK
2. Japan's Increased Defence Budget Will Escalate "Security Deficit": KCNA Commentary
Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK
Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement "Poor plight of Seoul unable to play a war game it liked very much" on August 20:
Ulji Freedom Shield, a large-scale rehearsal for an aggressive war being conducted by the U.S. and the ROK in the ROK, was given a frosty reception right after its kick-off.
Trump issued a sudden order to reduce the scale of the drill. This has placed Seoul in a poor plight of discontinuing the "war game" it liked very much.
It will be something like the first "trouble" to the ROK, unprecedented in the history of U.S.-ROK joint military exercises, in the context that it has never seen the scale of a war game reduced to become coreless right after its kick-off with no prior discussion.
The ROK cannot let out a single word of protest at the GIs leaving without any mutual coordination at the U.S. chief executive's unilateral order. This is the inevitable fate of the puppet army, whose right to command has been left in the hands of the U.S., and the true situation of the ROK, whose security has been placed at stake due to a reduction of the joint military drill and who brags about its "enough capability for self-defence" despite its defence and security being under the care of outsiders.
The plight of the ROK, which is compelled to stop the "war game" it liked very much, is showing the structure of the relation between master and servant called the "U.S.-ROK blood alliance" of which it has boasted.
As recognized generally, this unforeseen consequence is an evident disaster brought by the unrealistic and anachronistic security outlook pursued by the ROK authorities who have ceaselessly repeated unnecessary attempts to reverse the regional mechanical structure controlled by a nuclear-armed nation, blinded by their firm belief in the U.S. master.
The ROK has reaped what it sowed.
The ROK authorities are hyping it as an "occasion for new phase and good opportunity for a change in relations" to cover up their poor plight, which is nothing but a lame excuse.
Lee Jae Myung curried favor with the U.S. in public by uttering shameful words that he pays "respects" for Trump's "decisive rollback decision" and it was a "decision from deep consideration" and then talked about "independent national defence" and "independent buildup of military capabilities" to prepare for the "worst scenario". Such double-dealing behaviour vividly proves uneasiness and impatience of the ROK.
The world witnesses that the U.S. security aids are no longer free of charge.
The whole territory of the ROK would be insufficient to curry favour with the cruel master.
What about deeply considering its position of complete subordination and finding a way of existence on this occasion?
Seoul should be aware of the unavoidable fate of the "puppet".
Japan's Increased Defence Budget Will Escalate "Security Deficit": KCNA Commentary
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Japan's sinister intention to accelerate its drive for turning itself into a war state while deceiving the international community has been brought to light.
It was reported on Aug. 18 that the Japanese Defence Ministry is going to request about 8.9 trillion yen as the fiscal 2027 budget for "defence cost".
But the final amount of the "defense cost" will reportedly increase to 10 trillion yen at the time of budgeting at the end of the year, for there exist more than 150 "items required" without specific cost.
Such increase in Japan's "defence cost," which will hit an all-time high, means the expansion of the dangerous war budget that will bring new turmoil to the region and other parts of the world.
Historically, Japan has increased the "defence cost" to a record level every year and turned the "Self-Defence Forces" into modern preemptive attack forces in a crafty way of adding to the budget, hyping "threat from neighboring countries".
According to three security documents, including the "national security strategy" published at the end of 2022, the Japanese reactionaries set the "defence cost" for 2023-2027 totaling about 43 trillion yen and assert that it is adjusted and spent by yearly installments. This is no more than a lame excuse and deceptive farce.
As for the "defence cost" for 2026 only, the present Japanese regime claimed it is 9.0353 trillion yen, 3.8 percent increase from the initial budget in 2025, but in fact it has made the biggest "leap" by exceeding 10 trillion yen.
It is not difficult to imagine the tremendous scale of next year's military spending, which will further expand at the end of this year, and it is clear that such huge military spending will lead to arms buildup for rounding off the preparations for a war of aggression.
In fact, Japan is to spend the money for the development of underwater-launched hypersonic missile, massive deployment of attack drones, such strengthened response to "new warfare" as the introduction of AI into the SDF command system and additional deployment of long-range missiles "capable of attacking enemy bases".
What merits attention is the fact that Japan's military spending, the highest in the world, is accompanied by the astronomical amount of state debt.
As known, Japan's state debt exceeded 1 343 trillion yen at the end of 2025, an increase of 1.5 percent from the previous year's, consecutively breaking records over a decade.
Meanwhile, Japan renewed the previous record in its "defence cost", thus becoming the world's sixth largest weapon importer in 2021-2025.
Despite such deteriorating financial situation, the Japanese reactionaries are spending a huge amount of money, collected from the people as taxes, for massively securing various long-range strike means like the U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and developing offensive weaponry. It is as clear as noonday that this is not for building a "pacifist state".
It is a foolish dream to think that their vicious militarist nature, characterized by aggression and war, can be concealed with the veil of "defence" and "self- defence".
With such reckless arms buildup, it is impossible to guarantee the future of the archipelago and the record-breaking war budget will only escalate its "security deficit".
The righteous regional community will never overlook the military evolution of the descendants of the war criminal nation disturbing peace and security of the world but thoroughly counter it by concerted efforts.