2023-12-28 01:46:55
(Archyde.com, Seoul, 28th) North Korea’s state media reported today that leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military, arms industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate combat preparations to counter what he called unprecedented “confrontational moves” by the United States.
North Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim Jong-un made the above instructions when delivering a speech on the policy line for the new year at a key meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea yesterday, and also said that Pyongyang will expand strategic cooperation with “anti-imperialist independent countries.”
North Korea’s Central News Agency reported that Kim Jong-un issued military tasks to the People’s Army and the arms industry, as well as nuclear weapons and civil defense departments to accelerate war preparations.
North Korea continues to expand its relations with Russia and other countries. Washington accuses Pyongyang of supplying Moscow with arms for use in the Russia-Ukraine war, while Russia provides technical support in return to help North Korea improve its military capabilities.
The report pointed out that Kim Jong-un also proposed economic goals for the new year at the meeting, saying that this year is a “critical year” for completing the country’s five-year development plan.
North Korea has suffered from food shortages for decades, including famine in the 1990s, often caused by natural disasters. International experts have warned that North Korea’s border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic are worsening food security.
Thanks to good weather conditions, North Korea’s crop output this year is expected to increase compared with the previous year. But South Korean officials say North Korea’s crop output is still far below what is needed to address chronic food shortages.
The 9th plenary session of the 8th Central Committee of the North Korean Workers’ Party opened on the 26th, marking the end of a year in which North Korea wrote its nuclear policy into its constitution and launched spy satellites and new intercontinental ballistic missiles. Central News Agency (translation)
Kim Jong-un orders accelerated war preparations to counter U.S. “confrontational moves”
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