North Korea

Posted by: John Phoenix By Keith Bennett Successes on the home front In the recent period, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has made marked progress across the fields of economic construction and improving the people’s living standards, as well as in national defence and diplomacy and external relations. Regarding economic construction and living standards, I was able to visit the DPRK twice last year, in April and October, after an absence of nearly eight years. The transformation of the landscape in the capital Pyongyang (see picture above) was truly remarkable, such that even some bourgeois commentators have dubbed the city’s new skyline ‘Pyonghattan’. In April, I was able to visit a newly completed project of 50,000 new homes, the latest of several ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Crucial Statement of DPRK Foreign Ministry Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) — The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Friday issued the following crucial statement “The trigger for defending sovereignty and security will be pulled up without hesitation“: The ROK is crossing the red line in its provocation against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The most hostile and malicious rogue state, the ROK, committed such a grave political and military provocation as infiltrating drones into Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK. Drone infiltrations were conducted by the ROK on October 3 and 9. They were followed by perpetration of such a hideous crime as scattering a huge number of anti-DPRK smear leaflets over the...

Posted by: John Phoenix Kim Jong-un has announced the plan in order to better defend the country against outside aggression North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a production base for weapon-grade nuclear materials. ©  kcna.kp North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced plans to “exponentially” increase the country’s nuclear arsenal. During a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and production facility for weapon-grade nuclear materials, he reiterated the defensive nature of the country’s efforts. Pyongyang claimed to have successfully tested the first iteration of its nuclear deterrent back in 2006. At present, North Korea is estimated to possess approximately 50 nuclear warheads. On Friday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA...