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  • The DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

    [Issue: March/April 2023]

    Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) — Kim Yo Jong, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on 27 January 2023:The US, which has exposed the whole continent of Europe to the grave danger of war and caused big and small... [Read more]

  • DPRK backs Russia over its action in Ukraine

    [Issue: March/April 2022]

    The greatest danger the world is now faced with is high-handedness and arbitrariness of the United States and its vassal forces that are shaking international peace and stability at the basis.The US unilateral and unfair cold war mentality and its bloc-forming external policy make the structure... [Read more]

  • DPRK and June 19

    [Issue: July/August 2021]

    On June 19, 1964, 57 years ago, Chairman Kim Jong Il of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, started working on the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, and in the DPRK this anniversary is celebrated as one of great importance. It is... [Read more]

  • Important statements from DPRK

    [Issue: January/February 2020]

    Kim Yong Chol, Chairman of Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee issues statementThe US president continues using inappropriate and highly risky words and expressions even after our Dec. 5 warning.On Dec. 5 we made clear our stand that we would keep watching the US president whether he repeats... [Read more]

  • Cde Kim Jong Un spells out the DPRK’s policy

    [Issue: May/June 2019]

    Extracts from the speech of Comrade Kim Jong Un at the First Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 12 April 2019.Dear Deputies,Geographically, Korea is sandwiched between big countries and its territory remains divided. Our Republic is... [Read more]

  • Kim Jong Un – Trump summit: A great victory for the DPRK

    [Issue: July/August 2018]

    The talks held in Singapore on 12 June between the leader of the socialist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Comrade Kim Jong Un, and the President of the United States of America, (USA) Donald J Trump, constitute an historic victory for the Korean people in their long struggle... [Read more]

  • The present situation in the DPRK

    [Issue: November/December 2017]

    by Suneet Chopra(reproduced from People’s Democracy with thanks).I WENT to DPRK on the invitation of the preparatory committee of the Fifth International Festival in Praise of the Great Persons of Mount Paektu who include Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, from August 12-18. 241 international... [Read more]

  • The DPRK will not submit to US imperialist nuclear blackmail

    [Issue: September/October 2017]

    An ‘August crisis’ on the Korean peninsula culminated in massive US-led war games, cynically dubbed Ulchi Freedom Guardian, held from 21-31 August. These exercises, which rely heavily on computer simulation and rehearse an attack on the socialist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in... [Read more]

  • US hypocrisy in the face of the DPRK nuclear tests – support the just stance of the DPRK

    [Issue: July/August 2017]

    The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been the target of an increased focus in the Western media as of late, especially focused around their continued missile test-launches. Imperialist media seems to be trying to provoke a hysteria in the Western imperialist nations, through... [Read more]

  • UN "Resolutions on Sanctions" against the DPRK are illegal under international law

    [Issue: May/June 2017]

    The Korean Lawyers Committee released a white paper on Thursday 16 March on the above question. We reproduce immediately below the parts of the white paper which relate to the resolutions which impose sanctions on the DPRKIn recent years, the United States and its followers continue to manipulate... [Read more]

  • The Democratic Structure of the DPRK

    [Issue: May/June 2017]

    The ‘Democratic People’s Republic’ in ‘DPRK’ is often laughed at by reactionaries and ‘left’ liberals who compare it to the ‘Socialism’ in ‘National Socialism’. However, the DPRK has a complicated and advanced democratic structure, at all levels, and its citizens have access to a level of... [Read more]

  • The DPRK’s just response to imperialist slanders concerning violation of human rights in the DPRK

    [Issue: November/December 2014]

    A report of the DPRK Association for Human Rights Studies was released on Saturday amid concern and expectation of the public at home and abroad. It reflects the characteristics of the socialist system, human rights policy pursued in the DPRK and the actual human rights performance in the... [Read more]

  • Enquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK?

    [Issue: March/April 2014]

    Anybody interested in the Korean Peninsula and following a bit the western media must of necessity have heard talk over the last few days about the Commission of Enquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK which was set up by a resolution of the UN Human Rights Council dated 21 March 2013. Published on... [Read more]

  • DPRK: 60th anniversary of the victorious Fatherland Liberation War celebrated

    [Issue: September/October 2013]

    27 July this year marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which resulted in the victory of the Korean people over the US imperialist-led forces. This day is, quite correctly, marked in the DPRK as the day of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. This 27 July, being the... [Read more]

  • 65th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK

    [Issue: September/October 2013]

    September 9 marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948. Although of course Korea was freed of its Japanese occupation on 15 August 1945 at the end of the second world war, US imperialism seized military control of the country south of the... [Read more]

  • Nuclearisation of the DPRK is a force for peace, not a threat

    [Issue: March/April 2013]

    On 12 December 2012 the DPRK successfully, and entirely on the basis of technology developed and built by its people themselves, launched a satellite into orbit – thus bringing the country right up to date with the facilities enjoyed in most other countries. It is well-established that the... [Read more]

  • DPRK’s satellite launch stuns imperialists

    [Issue: January/February 2013]

    The year 2012 ended on a high note for the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), when this small socialist nation, which is subject to crippling embargoes by US imperialism and other reactionary forces, became the tenth nation to succeed in independently launching a space... [Read more]

  • DPRK-China Friendship develops through centuries

    [Issue: September/October 2011]

    The DPRK and China are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the bilateral treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.The treaty, which was signed by President Kim Il Sung and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai on July 11, Juche 50 (1961), demonstrated the bilateral friendship forged in the... [Read more]

  • In defence of the DPRK’s proletarian  internationalist history and traditions

    [Issue: July/August 2011]

    One important aspect of the current international situation is that, faced with the steady rise of the People’s Republic of China and with the steadfast adherence to anti-imperialist and socialist principles on the part of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, both countries are subjected to... [Read more]

  • Clinton’s visit explodes myth of DPRK’s ‘isolation’

    [Issue: September/October 2009]

    Former US President Bill Clinton paid a surprise visit to Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), from 4-5 August 2009.The immediate aim of his visit was to request the Korean people to pardon and send home on humanitarian grounds two young Asian-American women... [Read more]