China News Agency, Beijing, January 20, Pyongyang News: According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, presided over the sixth Politburo meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on the 19th.
The meeting listened to an analysis report on the current situation around the Korean Peninsula and a series of international issues, and stressed the need to thoroughly prepare for a long-term confrontation with the United States.
The report quoted information from the meeting that in recent years after the DPRK-U.S. summit meeting, the U.S. has "caused trouble and acted rashly" against North Korea's legitimate exercise of sovereignty, such as repeatedly breaking its promise to hold joint military exercises with South Korea, and imposing more than 20 sanctions on North Korea alone. Actions, deployment of nuclear strategic weapons in the surrounding areas of the Korean Peninsula and various strategic weapons tests, supplying South Korea with cutting-edge military attack weapons, etc.
All kinds of actions not only desecrated the dignity of the DPRK, but also seriously threatened the security of the DPRK.
The meeting believed that the hostile policy of the United States towards North Korea will continue.
The meeting emphasized that the DPRK has made sincere efforts after the DPRK-U.S. summit meeting in Singapore to maintain the de-escalation of the situation on the Korean peninsula. America's preparations for a prolonged confrontation.
The report concluded that the meeting redeployed its defense policy tasks, decided to immediately strengthen and develop more powerful material means to suppress the intensifying hostile behavior of the United States against the DPRK, and issued instructions to relevant departments to reconsider the DPRK’s efforts to build trust. Regarding the measures taken by the United States first and foremost, the issue of restarting all suspended activities will be discussed in a timely manner.
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