Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides First Test-Fire of New-Type ICBM Hwasongpho-18 on Spot
The DPRK’s nuclear war deterrent for self-defenses is rapidly developing at increasing speed in keeping with the immutable strategic line and policy of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the government of the DPRK to ceaselessly develop the might of the strategic force of the DPRK to turn it into an entity of super power and absolute strength, a powerful force capable of preventing the nuclear holocaust and deterring all sorts of possible dangerous enemy invasions, and a treasured sword for defending justice and peace.
On April 13, 2023, a powerful entity symbolic of the ceaseless development of the strategic force of the DPRK notified the world of its emergence.
A new-type ICBM, Hwasongpho-18, which will fulfill its mission of an important war deterrent as the future core pivotal means of the strategic force of the DPRK, was test-fired.
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, guided the first test-fire of the new-type ICBM on the spot.
The aim of the test-fire was to confirm the performance of the high-thrust solid-fuel engines for multi-stage missiles and the reliability of the stage-jettisoning technology and various functional control systems and to estimate the military feasibility of the new strategic weapon system.
In consideration of the security of the neighboring countries and the safety of the multi-stage-separation of the missile during its flight in the territorial air, the test fire was conducted in the way of applying the standard trajectory flying mode to its first stage and the vertical mode to the second and third stages, and of confirming the technological features of all the components of the weapon system by restricting the maximum speed of the missile through delayed stage separation and motor reactivation.
Kim Jong Un learned about the new weapon system on the spot while watching the pre-launch operation.
The launching site, which was to witness once again an important event of great significance in the history of the development of the strategic force of the DPRK under the direct guidance of Kim Jong Un, was seething with the burning will of all the defense scientists and workers in the field of munitions industry to inform the whole world of the emergence of another powerful nuclear attack means of the DPRK and demonstrate the reliable nuclear war deterrence of the state.
Ready for test-fire!
When Kim Jong Un approved the test-fire of the new-type strategic weapon, General Jang Chang Ha ordered the second red flag company under the General Missile Bureau to launch the missile.
The moment, a great entity fully representing the irresistible might of the DPRK began to soar into the sky with fierce flames at its tail, making a thunderous roar.
The test-fire had no adverse effect on the security of the neighboring countries. Its first stage safely landed in the waters 10 km off the Hodo Peninsula in Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province and the second stage in the waters 335 km east of Orang County, North Hamgyong Province.
The test-fire confirmed that all the parameters of the new strategic weapon system fully met the requirements of the design in terms of accuracy, providing guarantee and creditability that the new-type ICBM would serve as a powerful strategic attack means of greater military efficiency.
The Hwasongpho-18 weapon system, to be equipped with and operated by the strategic force of the DPRK under the long-term plan for building the state nuclear force, will perform its important mission and duty as the most powerful, pivotal and principal means in defending the DPRK, deterring aggression and defending the security of the state.
Kim Jong Un expressed great satisfaction at the eye-opening successes while guiding the test-fire. He was pleased with the fact that the DPRK has clearly proved once again the tremendous potentiality and reality of its defense technology further developing as the days go by and powerfully demonstrated its unshakable determination and practical ability to attain the goal for bolstering up the armed forces.
He noted that it is the consistent stand of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK government to steadily and rapidly accelerate the development of more developed and advanced powerful weapon system to cope with the ever-worsening security environment of the Korean peninsula and long-term military threats. He mentioned with pride the significance of the test-fire, saying that the development of the new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-18 will extensively reform the strategic deterrence components of the DPRK, radically promote the effectiveness of its nuclear counterattack posture and bring about a change in the practicality of its offensive military strategy.
Noting that it is an absolute mission and duty to be fulfilled by the DPRK’s defense scientists to uphold the WPK and the DPRK government’s policy of countering the enemy’s nukes and policy of frontal confrontation in kind with practical successes in the development of self-defenses capabilities, he set forth the important strategic tasks for further accelerating the bolstering of the nuclear strategic force of the DPRK.
He affirmed that the WPK and the DPRK government would make the enemy, who are imperiling the environment on the Korean peninsula and harassing the Korean people’s peaceful life and struggle for socialist construction with their inveterate policy of aggression and threatening military moves, experience a clearer security crisis, and constantly strike extreme uneasiness and horror into them by taking fatal and offensive counter-actions until they abandon their senseless thinking and reckless acts, thus making them feel regret and despair for their wrong choice by surely exposing them to an irresistible threat.
The successful test of the new strategic weapon system serves as an occasion for proving that the nuclear strategic force and the missile scientists and technicians of the DPRK directly responsible for its development always thoroughly and perfectly implement the strategic intention of the WPK, getting fully prepared to carry out their important mission at any time.
New Street for People Fully Representing Great Ideal of Workers’ Party of Korea
Inauguration Ceremony of First-stage 10 000 Flats in Hwasong Area Held with Splendor
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Cuts Inauguration Tape with Senior Party and Government Officials
Monumental edifices symbolic of the development and future of socialism are springing up one after another along with the undying journey of the great Workers’ Party of Korea for demonstrating the dignity and status of the country and people to the world and courageously ushering in a new era of overall state prosperity through its strong guidance.
A thriving street under socialism and a new street for the people which will provide the citizens in Pyongyang with more civilized life was built in the Hwasong area near the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred temple of Juche, according to the long-term goal of building dwelling houses in Pyongyang set forth by the Party.
True to the noble intention of the Party Central Committee, which set it as the primary policy task to build the people’s houses, soldier-builders and civilian-builders have successfully completed another modern city district in a matter of one year by displaying fervent enthusiasm for working miracles and the revolutionary spirit out of their glory and pride of opening up a new era of capital city construction.
The eye-opening reality in which a new magnificent street is built as a large peculiar architectural group every year, reflecting the bright future of Pyongyang, is an epochal change brought about by the unique people-first political idea of the WPK and a vivid proof of the strong spirit and inexhaustible strength of the DPRK which is advancing and leaping forward despite all difficulties, according to the timetable for upsurge and development.
An inauguration ceremony of the first-stage 10 000 flats in the Hwasong area took place with splendor on April 16, adding to the people’s joy of significantly celebrating the Day of the Sun, the greatest auspicious holiday of the Korean nation.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, was present at the ceremony.
He appeared at the venue of the ceremony greeted by the fireworks display and stormy cheers of “Hurrah!”
All the participants raised stormy cheers looking up to the great Comrade Kim Jong Un who is building an ideal socialist society, regarding it as the most important affair of the Party and the state to fulfill the demands and interests of the people and sparing nothing for them.
Present at the ceremony were Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK and secretary for Organizational Affairs of the C.C., WPK, ChoeRyongHae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, and RiPyongChol, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK.
Also present there were Ri Il Hwan and Jon Hyon Chol, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, Jong Kyong Thaek, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, Kim Su Gil, chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the WPK, members of the construction headquarters of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, officials of construction units, the service personnel and civilians involved in the construction, and Pyongyang citizens.
It was attended by working people and their families who will live in the new flats successfully completed under the leadership of the Party.
The venue of the ceremony was overflowing with absolute trust and boundless gratitude for the great mother Party, which takes care of the destiny, happiness and future of the people with ardent love and affection, and for the socialist system without parallel in the world.
The national anthem of the DPRK was solemnly played.
RiIl Hwan made an inaugural address.
The first-stage flats in the Hwasong area are a monument to the great era of Kim Jong Un eloquently showing for what our powerful strength should become stronger and what our socialist ideal is and by what our state and cause emerge victorious.
He noted that Kim Jong Un, who had worked out a plan to turn the area of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun into an ideal place where the people’s happiness and civilization of socialism come into full bloom, made sure that another grand construction project was launched in the Hwasong area as the second stage of the construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, and indicated in detail the goal and orientation for its completion and energetically led the whole process of the project to build a model district of the modern city.
He noted that the Hwasong area has undergone a dramatic transformation, thanks to the fervent love and dedication by Kim Jong Un who regards the people as the dearest and focuses all his thoughts and deeds on promoting the people’s wellbeing.
He, reflecting the boundless respect and reverence of all the builders and other people across the country, extended the highest tribute and warmest thanks to Kim Jong Un who is putting his heart and soul into providing the people with the most dignified, civilized and happiest life.
Thanks to the soldiers and civilians involved in the construction, the ardent patriots and heroes of creation of this era who always support the Party’s determination absolutely and perfectly carry it out with matchless courage, activeness and self-sacrificing struggle, the vitality of the people-first politics of our Party has been fully demonstrated, the power for dynamic and encouraging progress redoubled in major worksites for economic development and the improvement of the people’s living standard, and a significant success made to significantly glorify this year marking the 75th founding anniversary of the DPRK and the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, he added.
Saying that the completion of the first-stage flats construction in the Hwasong area will instill firm confidence in a new victory of the revolution and a bright future of great prosperity into all the people of the country and give spurs to the struggle for attaining without fail the grandiose goal set by the Eighth Congress of the Party, he called for dynamically advancing toward the completion of the second-stage construction, holding higher the red flag of the construction headquarters of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un cut the inauguration tape together with leading Party and government officials.
Reflecting the highest glory and reverence to Kim Jong Un, the distinguished leader of the people, all the participants broke into thunderous cheers of “Hurrah!”, and fireworks were set off and balloons flew up to the sky of meaningful April to gorgeously decorate the Hwasong area.
Waving back to the enthusiastically cheering crowds, he warmly congratulated the soldiers and civilians involved in the construction and the citizens who will live in the new beautiful street.
He met the commanding officers of the KPA units involved in the construction and highly appreciated the efforts of the soldier-builders who are ushering in a new era of great changes in Pyongyang by becoming the main force and spearhead in the efforts for successfully building more than 20 000 flats in just two years.
Saying that to build 50 000 flats in the capital of the country is the long-cherished plan being pushed forward with by the Party and the state as a top priority to provide citizens with more stable and civilized living conditions, he once again referred to the Party’s construction policy prioritizing the convenience of the people and the plan to turn Pyongyang into a magnificent world-famous city.
He called upon all the service personnel and civilians involved in the construction to usher in a heyday not only in the capital city construction but also in regional construction with the pride and confidence of being the proud creators and pioneers in the worthwhile struggle for making a new history of prosperity and development in the era of the Workers’ Party, in order to accelerate the building of highly civilized society.
Expressing belief that the WPK’s construction policy would be perfectly and thoroughly carried out thanks to the powerful army of construction which unconditionally and successfully carries out anything if it is desired by the people and determined by the Party, he sincerely hoped that the citizens who will greet the auspicious event of moving into new houses amid the blessings by the people across the country would enjoy a happy, harmonious and worthwhile life generation after generation.
All the participants raised cheers with excitement, looking up to Kim Jong Un who is ushering in a new era of building a powerful country where the beloved people will enjoy all blessings, demonstrating the vigorous advance and invincibility of Korean-style socialism to the world with eye-opening changes and miraculous successes.
At the end of the ceremony, senior Party and government officials and the participants looked round a new street in the Hwasong area decorated by colorful lights.
Seeing around the blocks of modern flats, where various sky-scrapers, high-rise apartment buildings, public buildings, public service establishments and facilities are located in the area of more than 150 hectares to suit the convenience of citizens, they keenly realized the development of Juche-oriented architecture leaping at the Pyongyang speed of racing against time, and the patriotic loyalty of the solider-builders and the civilian-builders who successfully built another monumental edifice by dint of their indomitable tenacity and boundless creativity.
The masters of the new street, who came to enjoy dream-like fortune under the benevolence of the mother Party, made a pledge of loyalty and repayment to devotedly work for the prosperity of our great state, expressing in tears their excitement at the honor of leading a blessed life with Kim Jong Un as the father of the great socialist family.
The cause of the WPK, a genuine people’s Party, which regards it as its immutable nature and firm faith to believe in the people as in heaven and dedicates itself to the people’s well-being, will bring about more brilliant changes on this land along with the victorious advance of Korean-style socialism.