Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
May 2025 - North Korea Special Weapons News
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- DPRK Minister of State Security Returns Home KCNA 31 May 2025 -- Ri Chang Dae, minister of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and his party returned home on Friday after taking part in the 13th International Meeting of High-Level Security Representatives held in Russia.
- North Korea slams US for threatening global peace, warns of 'powerful' response Press TV 31 May 2025 -- North Korea's state security minister has said that the US's unilateral and militaristic approach to foreign policy threatens global stability, vowing a response of "powerful might" should the US continue its current course.
- Russian Delegation Leaves Here KCNA 30 May 2025 -- A delegation of the Russian Ministry of Interior led by its Vice-Minister Vitaly Shulika left here on May 29.
- DPRK Minister of State Security Addresses at International Meeting KCNA 30 May 2025 -- The 13th International Meeting of High-Level Security Representatives was held in Moscow from May 27 to 29.
- Plenary Meeting of DPRK SPA Standing Committee Held KCNA 30 May 2025 -- The 35th Plenary Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Thursday.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Watches Firing Contest of Artillery Sub-units of Large Combined Units of KPA KCNA 30 May 2025 -- A firing contest among artillery sub-units of large combined units of the Korean People's Army was conducted on May 29 amid the intensive combat training for implementing the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on building a powerful army aiming at the strongest military muscle being organized and enforced in the entire army.
- Eighth Enlarged Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Military Commission Held KCNA 30 May 2025 -- The Eighth Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the headquarters building of the WPK Central Committee on May 28.
- Joint Statement of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) on the First Report Covering DPRK-Russia Military Cooperation US Dept. of State 29 May 2025 -- The following text was released by the Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to highlight the publication of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)'s first report covering DPRK-Russia military cooperation.
- Release of the First Report of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 29 May 2025 -- On May 29, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) released its first report on the theme of "Unlawful Military Cooperation including Arms Transfers between North Korea and Russia". On this occasion, the Joint Statement by the participating states of the MSMT was also released.
- Minister of Public Security of DPRK Meets Delegation of Russian Ministry of Interior KCNA 29 May 2025 -- Pang Tu Sop, minister of Public Security of the DPRK, met with a delegation of the Russian Ministry of Interior led by its Vice-Minister Vitaly Shulika which paid a courtesy call on him and had a friendly talk at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on May 28.
- Talks between Vice-Minister of Public Security of DPRK and Vice-Minister of Interior of Russian Federation Held KCNA 29 May 2025 -- Talks between Ri Song Chol, vice-minister of Public Security of the DPRK, and Vitaly Shulika, vice-minister of Interior of Russia, who is leading the visiting delegation of the ministry, were held here on May 28.
- South Korean presidential debate mired in top contender's alleged link to North Korea Radio Free Asia 28 May 2025 -- The final televised presidential debate ahead of South Korea's June 3 election was dominated by fierce scrutiny over the leading candidate from the Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung's alleged involvement in illegal cash transfers to North Korea.
- North Korean POWs in Ukraine excluded from Moscow-Kyiv prisoner swap: South lawmaker Radio Free Asia 27 May 2025 -- Two captured North Korean soldiers fighting with Russia in its war against Ukraine were not among the 1,000 prisoners of war recently repatriated by Ukraine to Russia due to a request from Seoul, said a South Korean lawmaker.
- Delegation of Russian Ministry of Interior Arrives Here KCNA 27 May -- A delegation of the Russian Ministry of the Interior led by Vice-Minister Vitaly Shulika arrived here on Monday.
- DPRK Minister of State Security Leaves for Russia KCNA 27 May -- Ri Chang Dae, minister of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and his party left here on Monday to take part in the 13th meeting of high representatives responsible for security issues to be held in Russia.
- Fears of a purge in shipyard town after North Korea destroyer launch goes wrong Radio Free Asia 27 May -- The mood in the North Korean port city where a warship launch went badly wrong last week is grim, local residents say, as authorities make arrests and officials scramble to find ways to salvage the 5,000-ton vessel.
- Memorandum Issued by Institute for American Studies of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 27 May 2025 -- The Institute for American Studies of the DPRK Foreign Ministry Monday released a memorandum to inform the international community that the U.S. establishment of a new missile defense system is a very dangerous "threatening initiative" aimed at threatening the strategic security of the nuclear weapons states regarded by the U.S. with hostility and facilitating the use of the offensive military muscle of the U.S. forces.
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 26 May 2025 -- From mid to late May, Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS SYDNEY conducted monitoring and surveillance activities against illicit maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean-flagged vessels prohibited by the United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), in waters surrounding Japan.
- Damaged Destroyer under Repair KCNA 26 May 2025 -- At the scene of the destroyer launch accident, the work for completely restoring the balance of the warship is being actively conducted under the technical guidance of an expert group according to its schedule.
- Accident Investigation Group Informs WPK Central Military Commission of Its Work KCNA 25 May 2025 -- An investigation is being intensified into the accident occurred in the course of launching of a destroyer at the Chongjin Shipyard.
- Press Statement by Chief of Policy Office of DPRK Ministry of National Defence KCNA 25 May 2025 -- The chief of the Policy Office of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Saturday issued the following press statement titled "The security guarantee of the U.S. mainland depends on thoroughly giving up military threats and aggressive attempts against other countries":
- North Korean warship tough to salvage after launch failure, analysts say Radio Free Asia 23 May 2025 -- A newly built North Korean destroyer that was damaged during a launch attempt this week may have suffered irreparable harm, analysts said, as the communist nation's authorities moved to arrest those responsible.
- Press Statement of Spokesperson for Korea Association for Human Rights Studies KCNA 23 May 2025 -- A spokesperson of the Korea Association for Human Rights Studies issued the following press statement on May 23:
- Investigation into Destroyer Launch Accident Intensified KCNA 23 May 2025 -- An investigation group of the destroyer launch accident got down to a full-scale investigation into the serious accident occurred at the Chongjin Shipyard.
- Too big to conceal: North Korea fesses up to botched warship launch Radio Free Asia 22 May 2025 -- Notoriously secretive North Korea quickly owned up to the botched launch of a 5,000-ton naval destroyer ship that listed sideways in front of supreme leader Kim Jong Un because the mistake was too large to conceal, experts said.
- Ceremony of Launching Newly-Built Destroyer Takes Place KCNA 22 May 2025 -- A ceremony of launching a newly-built 5 000-tonnage destroyer took place at the Chongjin Shipyard on May 21.
- North Korean escapees speak at UN General Assembly, drawing anger from Pyongyang Radio Free Asia 21 May 2025 -- One North Korean woman described how her father died of starvation. Another said her friends were publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean television dramas. North Korea's ambassador appeared unmoved. When he got up to speak, he described it as a political scheme and labeled the women as "human scum."
- The UK continues to call on North Korea to end grave human rights violations: UK statement at the UN General Assembly UK FCDO 20 May 2025 -- Statement by Archie Young, UK Ambassador to the UN General Assembly, at the UN General Assembly meeting on Human Rights Abuses and Violations in North Korea.
- 'Silence is complicity,' warns activist who fled DPR Korea UN News 20 May 2025 -- When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling her they were going in search of food. For six days and six nights, Ms. Kim counted from one to 100 over and over again, desperate for their return.
- North Korea deploys handheld signal detectors to crack down on cross-border calls Radio Free Asia 20 May 2025 -- North Korean authorities have distributed high-performance handheld radio signal detectors to border security agents as part of an intensified campaign to block residents from making unauthorized phone calls to South Korea, local sources told RFA.
- DPRK Premier Inspects Various Sectors in North and South Hamgyong Provinces KCNA 20 May 2025 -- Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, inspected various sectors in North and South Hamgyong provinces of the DPRK.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri to Mark Third Anniversary of Demise of Hyon Chol Hae KCNA 19 May 2025 -- 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, visited the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri on May 18 on the occasion of the third anniversary of demise of Hyon Chol Hae who was a prominent military and political activist of our state.
- Top DPRK leader supervises air force drills People's Daily 17 May 2025 -- The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday visited a group of the Guards 1st Air Division of the Korean People's Army, and supervised the anti-air combat and air raid drills, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Saturday.
- North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees air drills, urges enhanced war readiness Press TV 17 May 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the nation's air force drills on Thursday, stressing the need for intensified war readiness across all military units, said media reports.
- Seventh Conference of Training Officers of Korean People's Army Held KCNA 17 May 2025 -- Amid the invincible prestige of the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK being fully demonstrated in firmly defending the national sovereignty and well-being of the people with arms and powerfully promoting the comprehensive rejuvenation and development in the vanguard of the sacred struggle for defending the ideology and cause of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Seventh Conference of the Training Officers of the Korean People's Army took place in the capital city of Pyongyang on May 14 and 15.
- Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry Issues Press Statement KCNA 17 May 2025 -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following press statement titled "The U.S. should stop offending the DPRK with unnecessary and inefficient malicious provocations" on Friday:
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Group of Guards 1st Air Division of Korean People's Army and Guides Drills KCNA 17 May 2025 -- 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, visited a group of the Guards 1st Air Division of the Korean People's Army and guided the anti-air combat and air raid drills of flying corps of the Air Force on May 15.
- North Korea could have 50 long-range missiles by 2035: US intel Radio Free Asia 14 May 2025 -- North Korea currently has up to 10 intercontinental ballistic missiles and could expand its arsenal to 50 ICBMs within a decade, according to U.S. intelligence.
- DFA Statement on DPRK's Ballistic Missile Launches on 08 May 2025 Philippines DFA 14 May 2025 -- The Philippines expresses serious concern and strongly denounces the recent ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Such provocative actions undermine economic progress, peace, and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific region.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Combined Tactical Drill of Different Arms Conducted under Training Course of Conference of Training Officers of KPA KCNA 14 May 2025 -- The combined tactical drill of special operations sub-units for passing the standard of all-purpose battalion took place as demonstration drill under the training course of the conference of training officers of the Korean People's Army and training match and joint fire strike demonstration were held between tankmen's sub-units on May 13.
- HMAS Sydney deployed on sanctions enforcement against North Korea Australia DOD 12 May 2025 -- The ADF is supporting the enforcement of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea through the deployment of HMAS Sydney under Operation Argos.
- North Korea's 1st daughter makes debut at diplomatic event with Kim Jong Un Radio Free Asia 12 May 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang on May 9 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II — accompanied by his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, in her first-ever appearance at an official diplomatic event.
- C.C. of WPK, SAC of DPRK, Standing Committee of SPA of DPRK and Cabinet of DPRK Send Joint Congratulatory Message to Leadership of Russian Federation and All Russian People KCNA 10 May 2025 -- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK on May 9 sent a joint congratulatory message to the leadership of the Russian Federation and all the Russian people.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to Mark Russia's Great V-Day KCNA 10 May 2025 -- 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, paid a congratulatory visit to the Russian embassy here on May 9, the 80th anniversary of Russia's victory in the Great Patriotic War.
- DPRK Supreme Leadership Congratulates Russia's Day of Victory: DPRK Foreign Minister KCNA 09 May 2025 -- Pyongyang is significantly commemorating the day of Russia's victory.
- DPRK Premier Pak Thae Song Meets Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister KCNA 09 May 2025 -- Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Pak Thae Song met with Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Shuleiko, the head of the government delegation of the Republic of Belarus, who paid a courtesy call on him, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Thursday
- Joint Striking Drill of Long-range Artillery and Missile Systems of Sub-units of KPA on Eastern Front Conducted. KCNA 09 May 2025 -- The U.S. and its vassal sates are staging a series of nuclear operation drills on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity after making a nuclear war against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea a fait accompli and opening to the public an extremely adventurous scenario for a nuclear war. This reckless act of aggravating the situation requires the armed forces of the DPRK to prepare for a rapid reaction capability and a thoroughgoing war posture.
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministries' Official Telephone Talk on North Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 08 May 2025
- FCDO statement on DPRK ballistic missile launches: 8 May UK FCDO 08 May 2025 -- The FCDO has released a statement following ballistic missile launches by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 8 May.
- Persistent Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons by Pyongyang Continues to Undermine Global Non-proliferation Regime, Assistant Secretary-General Tells Security Council UN Security Council 07 May 2025 -- The persistent pursuit of nuclear-weapons and ballistic-missile programmes by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea — in violation of Security Council resolutions — continues to undermine the global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime, a senior United Nations official told the 15-nation organ today.
- DPR Korea ploughing ahead with nuclear and ballistic missile programme UN News 07 May 2025 -- A top UN official has warned that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ramping up its nuclear and missile programme in defiance of international law, as it moves into the final year of its military plan.
- Russia has acted to obfuscate and embolden the DPRK's unlawful pursuit of weapons of mass destruction: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 07 May 2025 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on North Korea.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Major Munitions Enterprises under Second Economy Commission KCNA 07 May 2025 -- 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, gave field guidance at major munitions enterprises under the Second Economy Commission to learn about the production of shells and the state of machine-building industry.
- Flying Kiwi joins Aussies in monitoring North Korean sanctions New Zealand Air Force 06 May 2025 -- A New Zealand pilot has joined a Canadian counterpart aboard an Australian aircraft in a multinational effort monitoring United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
- Kim Jong-un Inspects Next-Gen Tank Hub as North Korea Speeds Up Military Overhaul Sputnik 04 May 2025 -- North Korea's military is becoming one of the most advanced, with the DPRK troops mastering modern warfare as Kim Jong-un repeatedly stresses the need to offset a US-driven military buildup in the Asia-Pacific region posing a "serious threat" to the country's security.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Important Tank Factory KCNA 04 May 2025 -- 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, gave field guidance at an important tank factory.
- KPA Delegation Returns Home KCNA 03 May 2025 -- A delegation of the Korean People's Army led by Pak Yong Il, vice-director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, returned home on May 2 after taking part in the 3rd International Anti-Fascist Congress held in Russia.
- U.S. Arms Buildup Will Be Unwise Option Bolstering up Uncertainty of Its Mainland Security KCNA 03 May 2025 -- Following is the full text of an article "The U.S. arms buildup will be an unwise option to further increase uncertainty of its mainland security " issued by a military commentator of the DPRK on Saturday:
- Russia, North Korea start building first road link amid growing alliance Press TV 01 May 2025 -- Russia and North Korea have announced the construction of their first-ever road bridge on the Tumen River, which is expected to help boost bilateral relations between the two countries.
- Ground-breaking Ceremony for Building Motor Bridge Linking DPRK and Russia Borders Held KCNA 01 May 2025 -- The construction of the motor bridge linking the DPRK and Russia borders began while practical measures have been positively taken to strengthen bilateral exchange and cooperation under the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries of the DPRK and Russia.
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