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Eighth Enlarged Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Military Commission Held

Date: 30/05/2025 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, May 30 (KCNA) -- 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.

Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, guided the enlarged meeting.

Present there were members of the WPK Central Military Commission and, as observers, leading commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence, military and political commanding officers of the large combined units at all levels of the Korean People's Army and officials of relevant departments of the WPK Central Committee.

The enlarged meeting discussed the important issues of exercising tight control and guidance so that all military and political activities of the DPRK armed forces are thoroughly conducted as required by the Party's military line and policies by further strengthening the functions and roles of the political organs at all levels in the armed forces organs as required by the new stage of the developing revolution and more firmly establishing revolutionary command system and steel-like discipline system.

Saying that only when the role of the Party organizations and political organs at all levels which perform the function of helm in realizing the guidance of the Party Central Committee over the army is steadily enhanced, can all the problems arising in the army building and military activities be successfully solved, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un set forth the important principles to be consistently maintained by the Party committees at all levels in the army in implementing the Party's military line and policies in conformity with their mission and duty as the political general staff and supreme leadership organ of relevant units and all tasks facing them.

The organizational matter was discussed at the meeting.

The WPK Central Military Commission newly appointed six commanding officers of corps-level units, the director of the Artillery Bureau and the director of the Security Bureau and newly dispatched some political commissars.

The meeting discussed the issue of powerfully pushing ahead with major projects of political and military significance and gave a relevant assignment.

It discussed and decided on military measures to firmly maintain the strategic and tactical superiority in all aspects on the basis of the analysis of the situation related to the national security.

It also approved and assigned a series of new projects in the fields of defence science and industry.

The Eighth Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth WPK Central Military Commission made an important conclusion on the enhancement of the national defence capabilities and the orientation and immediate tasks for the military and political activities of the armed forces of the DPRK. -0-

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