Han Yong Song, a researcher of the Institute for American Studies of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued the following commentary on Thursday:

On September 6, the U.S. Department of Justice prosecuted what they call a DPRK citizen named “Pak Jin Hyok” as the principal offender to the Federal Justice Court in Los Angeles for hacking attack into the American film company “Sony Pictures Entertainment”, an incident that happened in 2014.

And on the same day the U.S. Treasury Department kicked up a farce of putting “Pak Jin Hyok” and the “Korea Expo Joint Venture Company”, which they claim he is working for, on the sanctions list against the DPRK.

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We are significantly celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) at an exciting time when the international status of our Republic is enormously enhanced and its prestige is being demonstrated to the whole world, thanks to the wise leadership and the energetic revolutionary external activities of Comrade Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK.

During the whole period of history from the early days of laying foundations of and building a state to the present time of building a powerful socialist nation, our Republic has advanced along the road of victory and glory, braving unprecedented difficulties, hardships and challenges.

In the midst of enormous changes in global political structure and balance of force and highly volatile international situation, the status and the sphere of influence of our Republic have reached the highest stage since its founding. This is a clear demonstration of the validity and vitality of the foreign policy of the DPRK.

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Establishing a peace regime on the Korean peninsula is a historical task which brooks no further delay.

For the long period of 70 years since its founding, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) has waged an arduous and unremitting struggle to ensure peace and security of the Korean Peninsula.

The painstaking efforts and great devotion made by the great leaders Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to prevent war on the Korean Peninsula and realize national reunification, peace and prosperity will go down forever in the history of the DPRK together with its 70-year-long history.

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The permanent mission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) to the United Nations issued on Friday the press statement with regard to reckless remarks made by the UN secretary-general against the DPRK at a joint press conference with Japanese prime minister Abe held in Japan recently.

The statement said:

As witnessed by everybody, the UN secretary-general, at the joint press conference with the Japanese prime minister on August 8 during his visit to Japan, has made reckless remarks saying that “the DPRK can be a normal member of the international community in this region through total denuclearization that is verifiable, irreversible”.

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The spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea made public the following press statement on Thursday:

At the first historic DPRK-U.S. summit meeting and talks, the top leaders committed to work together toward putting an end to the extremely hostile relations through confidence building and establishing new DPRK-U.S. relations in favor of the requirements and interests of the peoples of two countries and to make active contribution to peace, security, and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and over the world.

Whereas we already took such practical denuclearization steps as discontinuing nuclear test and ICBM test fire, followed by dismantling the nuclear test ground since the end of last year, the U.S. insisted on its unilateral demand of “denuclearization first” at the first DPRK-U.S. high-level talks held in Pyongyang in early July.

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