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, visited the Ministry of Public Security of the DPRK on November 18 to congratulate and encourage the officers and men of the Public Security Forces on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the public security organ.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Hyong Sik, department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Kang Yun Sok, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Public Security, all the security personnel burst into enthusiastic cheers, looking up to him, the symbol of the mightiness of the Party and state and banner of all victories and glory, who is ushering in a new heyday in the strengthening and development of the public security forces with his outstanding ideas and extraordinary leadership.

He was greeted respectfully by senior officials of the Ministry of Public Security including Minister Pang Tu Sop.

He extended warm congratulations to all the officers and men of the Public Security Forces who were greeting the 80th founding anniversary on the militant journey of fulfilling their honourable mission of defending the revolution, social system and people, remaining faithful to the ideas and cause of the Party.

The national flag of the DPRK was hoisted.

He handed a congratulatory message to the Ministry of Public Security on its 80th founding anniversary.

The ministry officials extended boundless thanks to Kim Jong Un who has placed great trust on and showed warm love to them on the occasion of the significant founding anniversary of the ministry so that they can invariably follow the road of victory and glory.

Saying that the valuable traces of struggle of the service personnel of the PSF who have devoted their blood and lives to the defence of the outposts of the grim revolution accompanied by the serious class struggle are shining brilliantly in the history of the WPK which has dynamically led the socialist cause of Juche to victory, Kim Jong Un added that in those sacred days the PSF has stood as a strong fortress around the WPK as befitting one of the two core forces of the DPRK without a moment's deviation.

Noting that it is the important mission of the public security organ of the DPRK to defend the Korean-style socialist system and guarantee by law and with arms the activities of the Party and the government that do all they can to promote the people's wellbeing, he highly appreciated the feats performed by all the service personnel of the PSF who have adorned the 80-year history brilliantly as the Party's political guards and guardian of the socialist state and the people's government, while carrying forward the high revolutionary spirit, class awareness and spirit of unconditionally serving the people as their noble ideological and spiritual traits.

He called upon all the service personnel of the PSF to firmly arm themselves with the Party's idea of building public security consistent with the people-first principle, make a fundamental change and development in preparing the ranks to be the political and ideological elite, bolstering up their combat capability and carrying out their revolutionary tasks by displaying pure loyalty and making strenuous patriotic and united efforts and thus invariably add lustre to their glorious tradition and honour.

He had a photo session with officials of the Ministry of Public Security, expressing belief that all the officers and men of the PSF faithful to the leadership of the WPK would carry on the annals of service more worthwhile and glorious than the 80-year history.

After the photo session, the thunderous shout of “Death-defying defence” the participants raised in reflection of their pledge of loyalty reverberated again through the sky of November.

All the participants hardened their firm determination to redouble their efforts to fulfil the sacred mission of the public security forces, cherishing the great trust shown and glory brought by Kim Jong Un all their lives and sharpening the treasured sword of the revolution, the red sword of the class, and thus reliably guarantee the victorious advance of the Juche revolution and the socialist cause.