Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA - RSTV)  

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Site for Construction of New Naval Base

In order to thoroughly implement the powerful army-building line and policy of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which has set it as an urgent task to bolster up the Juche-based naval force as required by the historic turning point in building up the country’s defence capabilities and the army, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a field survey for the construction of a modern naval base and clarified the orientation and ways to this end.

He was accompanied by Marshal Pak Jong Chon, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and Secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Kang Sun Nam, Minister of National Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ri Chang Ho, Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Director of the General Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, Kim Myong Sik, Commander of the KPA Navy, and Commanders of the East and West Sea Fleets of the Navy.

Looking round the site chosen for construction of harbour facilities along the coast, he discussed with leading officials the practical issues related to the orientation of construction.

He said that the DPRK, a maritime country bounded on the east and west sides by the sea, has always attached importance to the shipbuilding industry and the development of naval force in the building of the state and the national defence capabilities.

Adding that to build a modern and multifunctional naval base is a process of key importance in developing the naval force into a powerful service in conformity with the regional security environment in a short span of time according to the strong army-building goal for the new era set forth by the Eighth Party Congress, he explained the geopolitical advantage of the site for the construction of a new naval base as a strategic vantage.

Now that we are soon to possess large surface warships and submarines which cannot be anchored at the existing facilities for mooring warships, the construction of a naval base for running the latest large warships has become a pressing task, he said, and stressed the need to build a naval port capable of mooring warships and operating the systems of weapons on board and establishing a cultured way of life in a modern base for seamen. And he said that it is an urgent task of the times to build a modern port city as a symbol of the naval force of the DPRK and a centre of the naval operational command and culture of the Navy.

He also indicated the military measures for deploying the anti-aircraft and coastal-defence weapon systems for defending the naval port.

He underlined the need to make epochal progress in implementing the Party’s line of bolstering up the naval combat power by pushing ahead with the immediate measures.

It is the most important state affair and the first task of the revolution advanced by the WPK to steadily develop the revolutionary army, the powerful vanguard and main force for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche, and thus reliably defend the prosperity and security of the country and the people and the happiness of posterity.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Defence Industrial Enterprise

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 defence industrial enterprise under the Second Economy Commission to learn about the production of military hardware.

He was accompanied by Comrades Jo Yong Won, Pak Jong Chon, Ri Il Hwan, Kim Jae Ryong, Jo Chun Ryong and Kim Jong Sik, Senior Officials of the WPK Central Committee.

Going round the production sites of the enterprise, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un acquainted himself with the production of military hardware in the second half of the year.

Highly appreciating the indomitable fighting spirit and extraordinary ideological and spiritual world of its officials and workers, he expressed thanks to them for carrying out the huge munitions production tasks in a responsible and correct way and making a great contribution to the development of our armed forces, true to the Party’s policy on munitions industry.

Learning about the structural characteristics, performance and tactical and technical specifications of military hardware under development and production, he stressed the need to put the munitions production on a more scientific and modern basis and thoroughly guarantee the combat performance of military hardware.

Repeatedly expressing his satisfaction over the fact that the prospect for confidently attaining the goal of military hardware production within the five-year period decided and assigned by the Eighth Party Congress is guaranteed thanks to the dynamic struggle of the munitions industry workers, he clarified the principles and ways for the defence industrial enterprise to hold fast to in the munitions production permanently.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Shipbuilding

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 shipbuilding on the spot.

He was accompanied by Comrades Jo Yong Won, Pak Jong Chon, Ri Il Hwan, Kim Jae Ryong and Jo Chun Ryong, senior officials of the WPK Central Committee, and Admiral Kim Myong Sik, Commander of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army.

Going round various production lines and a shipbuilding site, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the recent modernization of shipbuilding process.

Saying that top priority should be given to building up the material and technical foundation of the overall shipbuilding industry and radically raising the level of modernization in order to correctly implement the Party’s policies of munitions industry and shipbuilding industry and that it is important to take strong additional state measures to this end, he clarified again the direction of revolutionary struggle to open up a new period of development of the shipbuilding industry.

Repeatedly saying that the strengthening of naval force is the most important matter in firmly defending the maritime sovereignty of the country and stepping up the war preparedness at present, he reiterated that to modernize the shipbuilding industry as required by the new century is an important guarantee and prerequisite for implementing the WPK’s line on building the national defences and the economy.

He underscored the need to increase the state investment and intensify the guidance based on policy and technology so that the immediate tasks and long-term plans for laying the foundation for the development of the shipbuilding industry decided and assigned by the Eighth Party Congress can be pushed forward as scheduled on the basis of scientific calculation.