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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 an important munitions industry enterprise on May 6 and reviewed the production status of major weapons and combat technical equipment for the first half of the year.

Accompanying him were Comrade Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea; Comrade Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Party Central Committee; Comrade Pak Jong Chon, adviser to the Ministry of National Defense; Kim Kang Il, vice minister of national defense and director of the General Bureau of Equipment; Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff Department; Kim Myong Son, director of the Weapons Evaluation Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense; and Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of National Defense Science.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un reviewed the production status of three battalion sets of new self-propelled howitzers that are to be deployed within this year to long-range artillery units in the southern border region, in accordance with the decisions of the 1st Plenary Meeting of the 9th Central Committee of the Party.

He listened in detail to experts’ assessments of the results of various tests conducted on the new 155mm self-propelled howitzer vehicles, including driving tests, terrain-crossing performance, amphibious/submersion crossing trials, and improved shell firing tests.

He expressed great satisfaction that the country’s defense science research group and working class had achieved proud success in producing a new generation artillery weapon with exceptionally high mobility and fire-strike capability.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un extended militant encouragement to the enterprise workers who, with strong creative drive and revolutionary spirit, are energetically carrying out the struggle to meet the assigned production targets while achieving continuous results in implementing the decisions of the Party Central Committee plenary meeting.

He evaluated the superiority of the newly produced 155mm self-propelled howitzer system and referred to its military-strategic value.

He stated that, together with various operational-tactical missile systems and powerful multiple rocket launcher systems, the firing range of large-caliber artillery being deployed to frontline units has now exceeded 60 kilometers. He noted that such a rapid expansion of fire-strike range and the dramatic improvement in target engagement capability would bring major changes and advantages to the army’s ground operations, and that operational concepts regarding force composition and equipment utilization must be redefined based on the new realities created by the introduction of modern weapon systems.

He further stated that the new artillery system—featuring outstanding mobility, advanced combat environmental information-processing capability, and an automatic firing system—would completely transform the composition of the artillery forces and holds important significance for implementing the Party’s military strategic policy of strengthening long-range artillery.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un pointed out several deficiencies in the enterprise’s production system layout, processing areas, and equipment arrangement, and instructed that measures be taken to introduce a more efficient and innovative automated flow-line production system.

He stressed the importance of continuously improving production conditions and working environments.

On the same day, he also inspected a new main battle tank and various launcher vehicles being produced at the armored weapons research institute and several other munitions industry enterprises.

He emphasized that rapidly upgrading key munitions enterprises—which occupy a central position in improving the modernity of the armed forces—to the highest technological level and establishing modern production and management systems is an urgent priority. He stated that the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the 9th Central Committee of the Party would review and approve the technological modernization plans and related budgets for these enterprises.

He declared that 2026 would also be marked by unprecedented achievements in strengthening national defense capabilities, and called on all to continue striving with maximum effort for the reinforcement of defense power—the highest expression of patriotism—achieving rapid progress day by day.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un’s field guidance in the defense sector on this day marks an important milestone in the practical strengthening of the country’s national defense capability.

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 Choe Hyon on May 7 and observed the comprehensive evaluation test of the ship’s maneuvering capabilities being conducted ahead of its commissioning into service.

Accompanying him were Comrade Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea; Comrade Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Party Central Committee; Navy Commander Pak Kwang Sop; Pak Jong Chon; adviser to the Ministry of National Defense; Kim Kang Il, vice minister of national defense and director of the General Bureau of Equipment; Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of National Defense Science; Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff Department; Kim Myong Son, director of the Weapons Evaluation Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense; along with other leading officials from the defense and shipbuilding sectors.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un boarded the destroyer Choe Hyon and reviewed the navigation plan for the comprehensive maneuvering capability evaluation test.

He highly praised the destroyer’s naval personnel for achieving success in training to thoroughly acquire the professional qualifications needed to skillfully operate the new-type destroyer, which represents an integrated embodiment of modern military technology.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un toured various combat duty spaces and facilities, including the destroyer’s integrated command center and weapons control rooms, while learning about the ship’s operational readiness status.

With Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un aboard, a navigation test was conducted in the West Sea of Korea over a 120 nautical mile section to evaluate various maneuvering elements of the vessel.

The emotions and excitement of the destroyer’s naval personnel, who once again had the honor of sailing with Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un aboard their ship, were greatly heightened, and their morale soared.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction that the destroyer’s combat maneuverability met operational requirements and that the superiority of the Korean-style ship control system had been confirmed.

He evaluated that all tests for the destroyer’s operational commissioning were progressing smoothly and ordered that the vessel be delivered to the navy as planned in mid-June.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un outlined the affiliation, deployment, and operational missions of the newly built destroyers and clarified a series of tasks to be carried out by the navy for this purpose.

He also placed special emphasis on important tasks related to the construction of new naval bases.

At a consultative meeting held that day with officials in the shipbuilding sector, Comrade Kim Jong Un received reports regarding the review of design modifications for the newly built third and fourth ships, as well as the composition of newly planned onboard weapons systems. While delivering important conclusions, he especially emphasized that the new decision regarding the revised shipbuilding plan carries major strategic significance, and that such a decision would fundamentally renew the preparedness of the armed forces for strategic action and bring about great changes in building war deterrence capabilities.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un stated that the country possesses a reliable and powerful national defense research collective and Korean industry, expressing great expectations and confidence that the newly revised tasks would certainly be accomplished through the irresistible power of their self-reliance.

Reaffirming the unwavering determination of the Party to build a powerful Navy without fail, Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un also presented long-term plans and initiatives for naval construction.

On that day, Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un spent time together with all the naval personnel aboard the destroyer and actively encouraged their exceptional pride and confidence in carrying out their honorable mission. He emphasized that they should continue intensifying training with a profound sense of mission and high responsibility in order to greatly strengthen combat capability.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un took a commemorative photograph together with the destroyer’s naval personnel on the ship’s bow deck.

The naval personnel, having once again received the great honor and trust of being close to Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, strengthened their firm resolve to vigorously carry out intensive training to possess formidable real combat capabilities befitting the heroic sea sentinels of the Party, reliably defend the maritime sovereignty of the state, and remain infinitely faithful to their sacred mission as part of the war deterrent force

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Ninety years have passed since the founding of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland, the first revolutionary and unified organization in our country’s history.

Its founding was a precious result of the idea of revolutionary unity put forward by the Great Leader Kim Il Sung and his energetic leadership. A landmark event in the history of our peoples anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle which achieved victory through nationwide resistance under the banner of unity.

The noble tradition of unity established by the Great Leader during the arduous anti-Japanese war has, across decades and centuries, fully demonstrated its tremendous vitality. It has woven into history the grand legacy of single-hearted unity unique to the Korean revolution, engraving only a proud history of continuous victories along the road of independence and socialism.

From the earliest stage of the Korean revolution, the Great Leader Kim Il Sung regarded it as a decisive issue for victory to firmly unite all the People under the banner of patriotism and mobilize them into the anti-Japanese struggle. He laid the ideological and theoretical foundation to organize and mobilize all anti-Japanese patriotic forces that loved the country into the sacred war for national liberation.

After making full preparations to unite the masses of all sectors into a single unified organization, the Great Leader proclaimed to the world, at the Donggang Meeting on May 5, 1936, the founding of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland—the first revolutionary mass organization in our nation’s history.

As a noble product of great unity and genuine patriotism, the Association made a tremendous contribution to strengthening the independent revolutionary forces and to the nationwide resistance for victory in the struggle for national liberation.

Having accomplished the historic cause of national liberation, the Great Leader, in his meaningful victory speech on October 14, 1945, called on all the people to struggle for the building of a new country. United as one around the Leader, our people created miracles and innovations in the Fatherland Liberation War, postwar reconstruction, and socialist construction, ushering in a great era.

The noble tradition of unity established by the Great Leader was brilliantly carried forward by the Great Leader Kim Jong Il, who advanced single-hearted unity as the revolutionary philosophy of our Party and the fundamental cornerstone of the revolution, and firmly realized the unity of Leader, Party, and Masses.

With the Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un at the helm, our single-hearted unity has been further consolidated and is fully demonstrating its power in the new era of the Juche revolution.

In his immortal classic works—“Let Us Complete Our Revolution to the End by the Power of Revolutionary Comradeship,” “The Cause of the Party of Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il Is Ever-Victorious,” and “Devoted Service to the People Is the Mode of Existence of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Source of Its Invincible Power”—is reflected the firm faith and will of the Great Leader to hold high the unity of Leader and People bound by blood ties and moral obligation as a sure guarantee of victory and to complete the revolutionary cause.

Thanks to his outstanding ideas and seasoned leadership, the ranks of our revolution have been firmly consolidated into the most solid ideological and organizational unity, moving as one according to the Leader’s will.

Upholding his leadership with single-hearted loyalty, our people have overcome mounting challenges and trials, confronting and surmounting severe difficulties that no one else in the world could endure. In doing so, they have achieved truly great transformations and continuous miracles in the breadth and depth of struggle, in the standards and speed of creation and construction, and in the heights attained.

The thunderous cheers that resounded at celebrations such as the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK, the 80th anniversary of liberation, and the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea were an outpouring of the people’s ardent loyalty and admiration for the Party. They powerfully demonstrated to the world that the unity of Leader and People, bound as one family, cannot be broken by anything.

Because of this single-hearted unity—where all the people are firmly united around the Leader with one ideology, one will, and bonds of kinship and moral duty—our people were able to win yesterday, are winning today, and will surely win tomorrow. This profound truth has been held with unshakable conviction as they continue along the sacred path of revolution under the leadership of the great Party.

The Popular Front on International Workers’ Day: Toward protecting the rights of the toilers and building an international labor front to confront genocide, break the siege, and end the occupation

O masses of our working class… O revolutionaries of our steadfast people,

May 1st, International Workers’ Day, comes as a living embodiment of a long historical journey of continuous struggle against exploitation and injustice—consecrated by the blood of workers, through which rights were won over decades of struggle and sacrifice.

This day, which marked a turning point in the history of the global labor movement, returns this year in our Palestinian reality burdened with unprecedented pain, where its militant symbolism is intertwined with a daily scene of suffering and steadfastness.

We in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as we commemorate this glorious occasion and recall its revolutionary meanings, extend our highest respect and salute to the martyrs, prisoners, and wounded of the Palestinian labor movement, and to the struggles and sacrifices of the Arab and international labor movements, consecrated by the blood of workers throughout history in pursuit of liberation, social justice, and human dignity.

On this occasion, we affirm that the Palestinian worker today faces one of the harshest phases of targeting, under a war of annihilation aimed at their physical existence and their ability to survive and produce, seeking to undermine the foundations of their life and human dignity. What our workers are experiencing—especially in the Gaza Strip—goes beyond conventional descriptions of crises; we are facing total and comprehensive destruction of the productive system, systematic targeting of the means of life, and paralysis in the production sector that has deprived hundreds of thousands of their livelihoods. Unemployment rates have reached suffocating levels, turning our working society into a victim of comprehensive aggression, a suffocating siege, and widespread destruction of factories and workshops.

The “food basket” is also being destroyed, as farmers and fishermen face scorched-earth policies: agricultural lands have been crushed, fishing boats destroyed, and production areas turned into fields of death and hunger.

The economy has also suffered severe losses due to the targeting and exhaustion of workers in the occupied West Bank, creating a deep social shock and leading to widespread poverty and mounting debt. The search for work has become a daily confrontation with bullets and arrest at checkpoints and walls, where martyrs fall and others are wounded while trying to secure sustenance for their families.

O masses of the toilers and makers of life… O revolutionaries of truth, freedom, and steadfastness,

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, on this occasion, as it renews its commitment to defending the working classes, affirms the following:

1. We reaffirm our absolute commitment to the rights and interests of the Palestinian working class and our struggling people in their pursuit of freedom, independence, the right of return, and the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, in the face of comprehensive targeting of their existence and their ability to survive and produce.

2. We call for binding policies that protect workers’ rights and guarantee a minimum standard of decent living and social justice, through formal laws and collective agreements that ensure their rights and establish a fair minimum wage.

3. We renew the call to restore national unity and formulate a comprehensive strategy to confront the war of annihilation and liquidation plans, leading to the construction of a resilience-based economy free from agreements that mortgage livelihoods to the will of the occupation.

4. We emphasize the need to rebuild the Palestinian trade union movement on democratic and representative foundations through fair and inclusive elections, and to build an international labor front in cooperation with global unions, escalating boycotts, strikes, and tools of political pressure—including boycotting the Histadrut and divesting from the war economy and the apartheid system.

5. We call for escalating field action in ports and factories to disrupt supply chains and halt the tools of killing and destruction, expanding international labor and solidarity movements to lift restrictions on food production, and transforming union positions into a global pressure force to stop the genocide, break the siege, and end the occupation.

Long live May Day as a day of struggle and liberation… Victory to the workers and the oppressed.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Central Media Department

May 1, 2026

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In accordance with a decree of the President of the Russian Federation, medals for bravery were awarded to commanders and soldiers of the Korean People’s Army overseas operations unit who made outstanding contributions to liberating Russian territory from the military strongholds of Ukrainian neo-Nazi forces.

The award ceremony took place on the 26th in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Attending were Russian Federation Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov and his delegation, who are visiting the country to take part in the inauguration of the Overseas Military Operations Battle Feats Memorial, as well as Alexey Bartusov, defense attaché at the Russian Embassy in the DPRK.

Also present were DPRK Minister of National Defense Comrade No Kwang Chol, Vice Foreign Minister Comrade Kim Jong Gyu, officials of the Ministry of National Defense, and participants in overseas military operations.

Andrey Belousov presented the bravery medals to the commanders and soldiers of the overseas operations unit and delivered a speech.

He stated that, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, he was honoring Korean soldiers who demonstrated boundless loyalty to their homeland and made a great contribution to the liberation of Kursk, expressing respect for these true heroes of the present era, a source of pride for the Korean armed forces.

He noted that Korean soldiers are always determined to become an invincible wall capable of overcoming any threat with courage and decisiveness, adding that they are faithfully carrying forward the glorious traditions and bravery of their legendary predecessors.

He emphasized that this state award is not merely recognition of professional military skill, but a tribute to the noble spirit shown in enduring the most difficult battles, sleepless nights, and immense mental and physical pressure, dedicating themselves fully to accomplishing their missions and rescuing their comrades.

He added that the courage and resolve of the Korean People’s Army soldiers made a major contribution to achieving shared successes, expressing deep gratitude on behalf of all the Russian people.

Following this, Andrey Belousov handed over to Comrade No Kwang Chol the Russian Federation’s state awards and presidential decree honoring fallen participants who performed heroic feats in the battles to liberate the Kursk region.

Comrade No Kwang Chol expressed gratitude to the Russian government for its high appraisal of the combat achievements of Korean People’s Army personnel who took part in overseas military operations.

KCNA - A Combat Feats Memorial honoring the great heroic spirit of veterans of the Korean People’s Army’s overseas military operations—who defended the sacred authority and dignity of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and created unprecedented miraculous victories with ardent patriotism—has been splendidly built at a prominent site in the capital.

This immortal hall, which will long convey the ideological and moral superiority, mass heroism, and unmatched bravery displayed by our army in the special military operation to liberate Kursk Region of the fraternal Russian Federation, stands as a symbol of our most just people and most powerful army, and as a great monument breathing eternal vitality into the development of DPRK–Russia relations forged and solidified in blood.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who places the sons of the homeland who performed immortal feats before the era, history, and future generations at the highest pinnacle of honor, energetically guided the entire process of constructing the memorial—from its design and construction to the arrangement of exhibits and creation of symbolic monuments—so that the names and images of the fallen shine forever like eternal stars.

The inauguration ceremony of the Overseas Military Operations Combat Feats Memorial was solemnly held on April 26, marking the first anniversary of the liberation of Kursk.

The ceremony was attended by General Secretary Kim Jong Un; leading officials of the Party, government, and military; commanding officers and soldiers of overseas operation units; bereaved families of the fallen; officials and citizens; and a Russian Federation delegation including State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin and Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.

Upon Marshal Kim Jong Un’s arrival, participants erupted in enthusiastic cheers, praising him as the great commander who has built the army into an invincible revolutionary force and ensured that the heroic soldiers’ lives are honored eternally.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un met with commanders of overseas operation units and highly praised their contributions in demonstrating the army’s fighting spirit and bravery, raising the prestige of the state.

The national anthems of the DPRK and Russia were played, and Marshal Kim Jong Un delivered a commemorative speech, expressing deep emotion at the inauguration of the memorial built through the sincere aspirations of the people and soldiers.

He emphasized the strategic significance of the Kursk liberation operation and praised the bravery, mass heroism, and noble sacrifices of Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian forces for peace and sovereignty.

General Secretary Kim Jong Un declared the inauguration of the memorial, affirming that the fallen will live forever in its radiant legacy.

A message from Russian President Vladimir Putin, read aloud at the ceremony, congratulated the completion of the memorial and praised the courage and sacrifice of Korean soldiers, stating their feats will remain forever in the hearts of the Russian people.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony followed, and white memorial balloons were released in tribute to the fallen. A solemn burial ceremony for the remains of fallen soldiers was also held.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un personally placed soil over a fallen soldier’s remains, expressing deep grief and respect, while honor guards completed the interment.

Wreath-laying ceremonies were conducted by DPRK and Russian officials, followed by a moment of silence in memory of the fallen heroes.

Marshal Kim Jong Un toured the memorial, laying flowers before the remembrance wall and observing exhibits depicting the soldiers’ loyalty, patriotism, and heroic spirit.

He wrote in the visitors’ book that though their bodies rest in the earth, their souls will live forever with the honor they defended.

He expressed confidence that the memorial will stand as a lasting symbol of alliance and shared struggle, inspiring future generations.

Participants, deeply moved, renewed their determination to uphold the legacy of the fallen and build a powerful and prosperous nation.

The heroic spirit of the fallen will shine eternally together with the memorial, symbolizing the strength and dignity of the DPRK.