The Workers' Party of Korea has firmly ensured the dignity and eternal prosperity of the DPRK and magnificently put its reputation and prestige on the highest level in the world by bolstering up in every way the greatest self-defence capacity in the course of dynamically leading the country and the people to great victory and glory under the uplifted banner of independence for 80 years. It is an extraordinary feat and immortal honour that will shine forever along with the history of the Juche revolution.

Giving the unique tremendous vitality and driving power to the course of our revolution pioneered with arms, our Party gained in a dignified way and is steadily increasing the invincible military power, a stately eruption of the DPRK's courageous spirit and self-respect that no one can resist and a demonstration of the most righteous strength, with its transparent faith and through the resolute struggle.

The military hardware exhibition Defence Development-2025 opened with splendour in Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK, on October 4, demonstrating the development of the national defence capabilities which is accelerating beyond precedents and limit thanks to the matchless determination and outstanding leadership of the great Party Central Committee to surely build an eternally prospering socialist power by putting forward the self-reliant defence as the mainstay for defending and developing the revolution.

The venue of the exhibition that opened in celebration of the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK is full of latest defence assets, an ensemble of the Juche-oriented defence sci-tech strength, including ultra-modern weapon systems that were developed as the pivotal military hardware of our armed forces in line with the Party's grandiose strategy for the development of national defence.

A guard of honour of the Korean People's Army lined up to greet the head of state.

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, arrived at the venue of the opening ceremony of the military hardware exhibition Defence Development-2025.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un reviewed the guard of honour of the KPA and the glorious colours of the three services.

Kim Jong Un took the platform together with members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee and leading officials in the fields of defence science and munitions industry.

All the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers, looking up to Kim Jong Un, the supreme representative of the mightiness and dignity of Juche Korea and the banner of all victories and glory, and paid the highest tribute to him.

Attending the opening ceremony were members of the central leadership body of the Party including leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, officials of the Party Central Committee, major commanding officers of all military and political organs of the Korean People’s Army, meritorious officials, workers, scientists and technicians in the field of munitions industry, leading officials of ministries and national agencies and teaching staff and students of military educational institutions.

Jo Chun Ryong, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, delivered an opening address.

Expressing belief that the exhibition, which introduces the latest level of the transformative growth of the DPRK's defence capabilities and displays the entities of strength associated with the soul of resolute self-respect and ideal of Koreans, would enable visitors to have new experience as members of the powerful state and inspire them to win a greater victory, the speaker declared the exhibition open.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Kim Jong Un delivered a significant commemorative speech.

He said that the exhibition features the recent results of the important projects for constantly modernizing and developing the structure of the DPRK’s military capabilities, with the nuclear deterrent as the backbone.

Since the initial days of its founding our Party has consistently prioritized the Juche-oriented defence industry, laying the groundwork for its independent development and setting one ambitious goal after another for its steady growth, he noted, adding that recently, in less than one year, this industry has achieved notable successes again, and he is sure that making public those successes for our people to see constitutes the highest praise for our Party’s 80-year history.

He noted that our Party was born with the absolute mission of taking full responsibility for the destiny of the people, so it is a natural duty of the Party and its unique mode of activity to direct its main efforts to building the most powerful defence industry in the world and developing it without let-up so that it can protect the dignity and security of the nation, defend the rights and interests of the people and secure their future.

Referring to the proud history of the development of the munitions industry which started with the founding of the Party and has made a long journey flushed with victories under the guidance of the Party, he noted:

In recent years, military hardware capable of actively and effectively coping with the changing aspects of modern warfare has been newly developed or upgraded, and AI technology and other latest sci-tech findings have been widely introduced, with the result that the feasibility of their application not only to the present battlefield but also to the future one has been confirmed in view of the capability of fighting a war. This is an important feature of the development of our style of defence technology.

I think that everyone present here can clearly see that our defence industry is now focusing on continuous upgrading and making a leap forward in order to protect the security environment of our state; it is doing so by relying on its self-supporting foundations, through a unique course of development and by highly ingenious methods of development.

This shows that we can review the work of the eighth-term Party Central Committee with pride in having attained its goals by fulfilling its ennobling mission and responsibility for the state and the people.

Noting that the security environment and instability we are in at present never allow us to feel relieved or complacent even for a moment in bolstering up the national defence capabilities, he analyzed the US real aim of arms buildup which poses a real and serious threat to the security of the DPRK and the regional countries.

He stressed that the DPRK will surely take additional military measures to counter it and that if the US persists in the dangerous arms buildup in blatant disregard of the regional states' security concern, the developments will further propel the DPRK to take relevant military and technical measures aimed at removing the new threats and maintaining the balance of power.

Saying that everyone will soon know the new goals to be set forth for the DPRK’s defence technology sector and the aspect of its development at the next stage, he affirmed that the country’s powerful assets for national defence capability will develop more rapidly without a moment of delay and that the cause of the WPK for strengthening the war deterrent for self-defence without let-up will continue to follow the glorious road of victory.

The participants responded with enthusiastic applause to the speech of Kim Jong Un who solemnly clarified the iron-willed declaration of the WPK which would more dynamically lead the boundless development of the national defence capability and the great leap forward in building a powerful and modern army for the everlasting victory and prosperity of the DPRK that was founded in reflection of the general will of all the Korean people.

Kim Jong Un looked round the venue of the exhibition together with leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs.

He said that he took great pride in having covered the responsible and glorious road for the country and the rising generations, witnessing the tremendous defence capabilities achieved with warm heart and burning love at an important moment of reviewing the 80-year history of the WPK's building and visualizing the journey of creation and change to be more resolutely made by the Party hereafter.

He stressed that the remarkable progress of the self-supporting defence industry and the sphere of modern defence science and technology that has rapidly expanded represent the strength and mettle of the DPRK achieved by our great people who have defended the Party's line of self-defence with unprecedented tenacity and absolute support and encouragement despite the trials and hardships that no one in the world has ever experienced.

Looking round the venue of the exhibition, the participants were struck with admiration all the time at the entities of our defence capabilities, another development made just in a year.

The military hardware exhibition Defence Development-2025 which opened to add excitement and joy to the whole country on the threshold of the auspicious 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea is a significant occasion that heralds the changes of our armed forces to be stronger along with the eye-opening advance and development of the revolution in the national defence industry in the new era led by the great Party Central Committee.