Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

DPRK: US Claims of “De-Nuclearization” a Myth! (9.6.2026)

The U.S. assertion to backbite the status of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state has no legally binding force and no one will be bound by the U.S. unilateral rhetoric.

The forces, which have remained most hostile to the DPRK and expressed through undisguised speech and behaviour their sinister intention to be most outrageous in the present and future, should stop slandering the just policy of the DPRK for self-defence and, in particular, give up the daydream about “denuclearization”.

We are now eyeing the course of the dangerous evolution of the nuclear alliance against the DPRK.

All acts of shaking the security of the DPRK and the region down to the roots, including the expansion and development of aggressive military blocs sharing nukes, the conduct of various military drills premised on the use of nuclear weapons and the constant deployment of nuclear strategic assets, clearly prove the justness and legitimacy of building a solid nuclear shield of the DPRK.

Press Statement of Institute for American Studies of DPRK Foreign Ministry

DPRK: US & ROK Stage Provocative Joint “Ulji Freedom Shield” Military Exercise! (22.8.2024)

Worse still, the number of outdoor mobile training exercises, staged as part of Ulji Freedom Shield, increased from 38 in 2023 to 48 in 2024, and has turned into provocative Special Warfare ventures, the keynote of which are “Occupation of Pyongyang” and “Beheading Operation.”

Notably, the above-mentioned military exercises, including a drill simulating a nuclear confrontation with the DPRK, bring to light clearer the provocative nature of Ulji Freedom Shield as a prelude to a nuclear war.

“Transparency” of the Joint Military Drills touted by the US is no more than trickery to deceive the international community.

Most of the countries, which are to “observe” whether the US-ROK joint military exercises are staged in conformity with the requirements of the Korean Armistice Agreement, are Member States of the “UN Command” or NATO Member States under the control of the US. It is clearly evident that it is utterly impossible to expect any neutrality or impartiality from them.