The DPRK strategic forces test-fired a new-type ICBM on Nov. 18 amid the strict implementation of the top-priority defence-building strategy of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government on steadily bolstering up the most powerful and absolute nuclear deterrence.

The test-fire was conducted under the intolerable condition that the reckless military confrontational moves of the U.S. and other hostile forces persistently driving the military and political situation in the Korean peninsula to the red line have gone beyond the limit and hypocritical and brigandish sophisms have been justified even in the UN arena to brand the right of a sovereign state to self-defence as provocation in every way.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK, guided the test-fire on the spot.

A report of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army on its military operations corresponding to the Vigilant Storm, the U.S.-south Korea combined air drill, was issued.

On October 24 Alexander Mostov, Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the DPRK International Solidarity Group (DPRK ISG) and Editor-in-Chief of "Bulgeunbyeol TV", met with Denis Miroshnichenko, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).

During the conversation, Comrade Mostov noted that the DPRK recognized both the independence of the LPR and its entry into Russia, and asked how the latter event would affect the development of international relations.

In turn, Mr. Miroshnichenko assured his interlocutor that all plans and agreements reached between the relevant representatives of the LPR and the DPRK remain in force. He especially emphasized the importance of the diplomatic recognition of the LPR by Korea and once again expressed gratitude to the government of the Republic and the Solidarity Group for their contribution to the implementation of international justice.

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on October 1.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), received a reply message from Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on October 13.

The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) sent a congratulatory message to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday which reads as follows.

On October 12, a solemn reception hosted by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the DPRK on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries was held at the Taedongan Diplomatic Club in Pyongyang.

The DPRK embassy in Moscow gave a reception on October 11 to mark the 74th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.

The Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm, a large-scale vegetable producer, was wonderfully completed on the occasion of the significant 77th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The project was set as a top priority task in the construction policy of the Party and the state for this year and has been successfully promoted under the energetic leadership of the great Party Central Committee regarding it as a top and absolute priority to promote the wellbeing of the people.

A grand inauguration ceremony was held on October 10.

The units of the Korean People's Army (KPA) for the operation of tactical nukes staged military drills from September 25 to October 9 in order to check and assess the war deterrent and nuclear counterattack capability of the country, which comes to be a severe warning to the enemies.

There were the striking drills of long-range artillery sub-units on the front and flying corps of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Oct. 6 and 8 according to the decision of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea to stage military exercises for neutralizing the enemy's provocation to cope with the grave situation in the Korean Peninsula.

A test-fire of long-range strategic cruise missiles was successfully conducted on October 12 amid powerful practical measures being taken to signally bolster up the national war deterrent as required by the prevailing situation and revolution.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, guided the military drills on the spots.

Members of the Party Central Military Commission watched the drills.

There were referendums in the People's Republic of Donetsk, the People's Republic of Lugansk and Regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye from Sept. 23 to 27. They were held in keeping with the UN Charter specifying the principles of the equality of peoples and their right to self-determination and according to legitimate methods and procedures so that the will of the residents of the two republics and the two regions could be fully reflected. An overwhelming majority of the voters supported the integration into Russia.