Admin’s note : on another note, one of the Central Cadres Training Schools, rebuilt in 2024, is one of the first buildings since 2012 where portraits of Marx and Lenin are present. References to Marx and Lenin were removed alongside the word communism in the late 00s, it seems the 20x10 policy also remade them part of Korean revolutionary ideology.

KCNA: Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement "The ROK authorities can not evade their responsibility for the grave violation of our sovereignty" on January 10 1/2

On January 10, the ROK Ministry of Defence repeatedly stressed that the recent drone infiltration was not a military operation and expressed its will to thoroughly investigate the possibility as a civilian deed. We pay attention to the publication of such stand.

I, personally, appreciate that the ROK Ministry of Defence took a wise choice for survival when it made pubic its official stand never to provoke or irritate us.

If the ROK opts for provocation against us again in the future, it will never be able to deal with the terrible consequences to be entailed by it.

The present authorities of Seoul are not entitled to treat the past case of drone infiltration into Pyongyang, committed by the former rouge Yoon regime, as other's deed.

Which regime committed the case is a matter of debate within the same family. To us, the case is a grave infringement upon the DPRK's inviolable sovereignty committed by the ROK, no matter whether Yoon or Ree did.
Fortunately, the ROK's military expressed an official stand that it was not done by itself and that it has no intention to provoke or irritate us. But a detail explanation should be made about the actual case of a drone that crossed the southern border of our Republic from the ROK.

Now in the ROK there exists an attempt to gloss the grave border-crossing infiltration as a "civilian case", alongside the assertion that "the drone was composed of low-cost conventional components that can be easily purchased" and "it is a type sold for recreational, commercial and industrial purposes." But the essence of the situation lies not in whether its manipulator is from the military or civilians.

We don't care whether it is a type that can be easily purchased and made or not, whether it is for military use or civilian use, whether its parts are low-cost or high-cost ones, and whether it is a military or civilian deed, as that is not the one we want to know.

Clear is just the fact that the drone from the ROK violated the airspace of our country.

It is undeniable that video data collected by the drone are related to the uranium mine and its settling pond, the former Kaesong industrial zone and our border guard posts, which they may have interest in. Furthermore, there actually existed the flight plan and records in the drone. This requires explicit explanation.

Given their assertion that it is not a military drone, it seems that they are seeking to argue that it is not a sovereignty violation.

No matter who is the perpetrator and whether it is a deed by any civilian organization or individual, the authorities responsible for national security can never evade their responsibility for it.

The ROK military once bragged about "real-time drone detection and response system based on latest technology", "multi-layer defence system based on the cooperation between citizens, government, military and police" and "dense anti-air defence network". They are insisting they were "ignorant" of the flying object crossing the border at a low altitude after taking off in broad daylight in an area near the border with our country. This is really unreasonable and will invite criticism from their population.

The ROK already earned a "reputation" for its sheer impudence and unreasonable insistence when it committed a provocation by infiltrating a drone into the sky above Pyongyang in 2024.

The ROK authorities can never evade the responsibility for infringing upon our sovereignty and would be well advised to seriously consider a dear price for it.

If they brand it as a deed of a civilian organization and then try to assert a theory that it is not an infringement upon the sovereignty, they will see a lot of UAVs by the DPRK's civilian organizations.

2/2 Anyhow, the recent drone infiltration helped us to have clearer understanding of the ROK, a group of hooligans and scrap, once again.

Rodong Sinmun: Officials Conduct First Friday Labour in DPRK

Officials of ministries and national agencies in the DPRK did the first Friday labour of the new year at farms in Pyongyang on January ９.
They held a kick-off meeting at Kim Il Sung Square and left for farms with trucks carrying lots of manure and farm materials.

Officials of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, the Cabinet Secretariat, the Agricultural Commission and the Central Committee of the youth league handed over various farm implements and materials to the Kumchon Vegetable Farm in Mangyongdae District and helped farmers in their work.

Officials of the Central Bank, the Minju Joson, the Workers’ Party of Korea Publishing House, the Art and Literature Publishing House and other units carpeted farm fields with large quantities of manure in a competitive atmosphere.

Those of the various ministries encouraged the officials and workers of the agricultural production shop under the Central Zoo.

KCNA:Belt Conveyor-laying Projects Completed at Several Coal Mines in Western Area of DPRK

Last year, several coal mines in the western area of the DPRK completed the belt conveyor-laying projects for increasing carrying capacity.

The Wolbong Coal Mine conducted the belt conveyor-laying project extending one thousand and hundreds of meters to open up a prospect for increasing coal production.

The February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine and the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine, too, carried out the belt conveyor-laying projects to provide favorable conditions for carrying coal from the pits in time.

KCNA:Kelp Transplantation Starts at Fishery Units in West Coastal Area of DPRK

Kelp transplantation is in full swing at the fishery units in the west coastal area of the DPRK.

The Pupho Offshore Farm, which over-fulfilled its plan for seaweeds production last year, has achieved successes from the beginning of the year.

On the basis of the indices including the depth and the flow speed of sea water, culturists of the production workshops Nos. 1 and 2 are installing aquaculture equipment in good time.

Those of the production workshops Nos. 3 and 4 are speeding up their work while observing technical regulations.

The Kumipho Fishery Station has made successes in kelp transplantation.
With one mind to provide the people with tasty kelp, the culturists have introduced advanced methods of managing aquaculture grounds suited to sea water temperature and sunshine conditions.

Employees of the Ongjin Offshore Farm completed kelp transplantation in a short span of time while keeping the requirements of technical regulations.

Admin’s note: I will report respect comrade Kim Jong Un (long) declarations during this day.


Through the struggle for building 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, which has been pushed ahead with in the period of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK, our architectural field is making remarkable progress and the potential of our state is being redoubled, he said, adding this is great progress that vividly shows the prosperity and development of the country along with the success in remarkably enhancing the strategic function and position of the capital city.

He referred to the important feature of the fact that the construction of the Hwasong area, planned and started for the solution of the housing problem in the capital city, has been converted into the one of attaining all components and functions as a full-fledged urban administrative district.
He said that in the last two years we have put main stress on improving the rational arrangement and function of urban components in the capital city construction and focused great attention and guidance on it, adding that the function and appearance of the capital city are undergoing signal change accordingly and that we have formulated a theory and set a model example and result in the combination of urban formation and architectural elements.

Expressing satisfaction over the correct implementation of the Party's decision on building the Hwasong area as a functional prototype of administrative district, he said that if the construction plan for 2026 is carried out, the Hwasong area will be the most developed area in the capital city which perfectly embodies the political, economic and cultural functions as an urban administrative district, and this will powerfully lead the construction, to be carried out across the country in the future, as experience like a textbook and standard in not only prosperity and history of construction of our capital city but also the field of architecture, especially in the urban formation.

He expressed his view on drawing up a plan for the capital city construction to be submitted to the 9th Congress of the WPK.

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He said that the capital city should always play a leading role in promoting the steady cultural development of the country, adding that for this purpose it is necessary to regularize the construction law in detail, build in a peculiar way standardized facilities with the function for welfare and sports service essential to residential districts and actively develop and arrange new service occupations capable of satisfying the cultural needs and demands of citizens.

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Watching with pleasure the Hwasong area which has become a brilliant landscape of socialist civilization, he said with pride that the capital city has really changed and that the five-year hard-fought struggle is worthwhile. The scope and goal of our struggle are being further expanded and raised and the eye-opening changes are becoming a sure trend representing today's Korea, along with the construction projects being widely conducted on a nationwide scale, he added.
He stressed that the speed of such changes should be defined as the speed of advance of the Korean revolution and it should be turned into the custom of Korean-style socialism to have a new miracle in the season when every year ends, saying that the Hwasong area is a symbol of the times convincing one of the bright future of our cause making a more dynamic advance and making a leap forward day by day towards the goal of building a highly civilized state with far-reaching ideal.
Saying that construction is a revolution disallowing self-congratulation or satisfaction even a moment and that architecture should be steadily oriented to new things and constantly developed as a visual expression of the contemporary ideology and cultural level, he stressed the need to steadily boost the potential capability of designing and construction work. And he set forth the important tasks that would serve as guidelines for implementing the construction policy.

KCNA:Industrial Units Fulfill Plans for First Ten Days of New Year in DPRK

Many units in the key industries of the DPRK carried out their production plans for the first ten days of January.

The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex has fulfilled its daily pig-iron production plan at more than 130 percent since it began to tap this year.
The Posan Iron Works and the Puryong Ferroalloy Factory have increased the productivity by applying rational working methods.

The Hungnam Fertilizer Complex produced hundreds of more tons of fertilizer than the planned from New Year's Day.

Technicians and workers at Myonggan and Ponghwa chemical factories boosted production by exploring and tapping internal reserves and possibilities.

Workers at the Pukchang Thermal Power Complex strengthened the checking of the electric power system and observed the standard procedures in the operation of equipment. In this way, they boosted the output of every generator.

Workers and technicians at Suphung, Hochongang, Jangjingang and Pujongang power stations have fulfilled their responsibility and duty to meet the demands of various economic sectors for electricity.

Officials and workers in the coal industry are working hard at the advanced bases for the self-supporting economy.

The Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex and the Tukjang Area Coal-mining Complex introduced efficient coal-mining methods, scrupulously ensured the cooperation between shifts and made every process dovetailed with each other. As a result, they have carried out their daily plans.

Workers in the machine-building industry turned out in a drive for increased production and creation.

Mines and smelteries in the mining industry are making achievements.
The spirit of uninterrupted innovation and successive leap forward was displayed to the full by the officials and workers in the forestry sector.
Workers in the railway transport sector have carried more freight.