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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 10:27
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North Korean leader says bomb test 'self-defensive'
北김정은, 인민무력부 방문…"수소탄 실험, 자위적 조치"
Posted : 2016-01-10 11:39
Updated : 2016-01-14 11:31
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes the People's Armed Forces in this photo published Sunday in the Rodong Shinmun. He re-asserted that a bomb test conducted on Jan. 6 was a 'self-defensive measure' in an address delivered to soldiers of the North Korean army at a new year event./ Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes the People's Armed Forces in this photo published Sunday in the Rodong Shinmun. He re-asserted that a bomb test conducted on Jan. 6 was a "self-defensive measure" in an address delivered to soldiers of the North Korean army at a new year event./ Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes the People's Armed Forces in this photo published Sunday in the Rodong Shinmun. He re-asserted that a bomb test conducted on Jan. 6 was a 'self-defensive measure' in an address delivered to soldiers of the North Korean army at a new year event./ Yonhap
Kim Jong-un, depicted on the cover of the New Yorker to be released Jan. 18. / Yonhap


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reasserted his claim that his regime successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test last week and that this was a self-defense measure, the Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday.



"It is a legitimate right of a sovereign state, which no one can refute," Kim added."Our hydrogen bomb test, conducted at the outset of the year when the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea will be held, is a self-defensive measure to strictly protect the independence of the country and the right to survival of the people against the threat of a nuclear war with the U.S. and imperialists and to ensure peace on the Korean Peninsula and regional security," Kim was quoted as saying by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim was speaking at a new year's event held for the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes the People's Armed Forces in this photo published Sunday in the Rodong Shinmun. He re-asserted that a bomb test conducted on Jan. 6 was a 'self-defensive measure' in an address delivered to soldiers of the North Korean army at a new year event./ Yonhap
Members of North Korea's People's Armed Forces clap as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's car passes through, according to the North's Rodong Shinmun, Sunday. While visiting the People's Armed Forces, Kim again stressed that the nuclear bomb test was a self-defense measure./ Yonhap.Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes the People's Armed Forces in this photo published Sunday in the Rodong Shinmun. He re-asserted that a bomb test conducted on Jan. 6 was a 'self-defensive measure' in an address delivered to soldiers of the North Korean army at a new year event./ Yonhap
Fireworks lit up Pyongyang during an event held Friday by the regime in North Korea for citizens to celebrate the success of the claimed hydrogen bomb test, the North's Korean Central News Agency reported. / Yonhap

As usual, the KCNA did not provide the date when Kim delivered his speech.


Kim also urged the People's Armed Forces to "step up political and military might to protect the 7th Workers' Party Congress," he said.

Kim's comment comes as the international community debates whether to impose further sanctions against the North for carrying out a fourth nuclear test.

Since the Jan. 6th test, the North's state media has been publishing photos of North Koreans celebrating the success of its claimed hydrogen bomb test.


北김정은, 인민무력부 방문…"수소탄 실험, 자위적 조치"

북한 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장이 제 4차 핵실험 이후 인민무력부를 방문해 '수소탄 실험'을 자위적 조치라고 주장했다.

    북한 조선중앙통신은 10일 '(김정은 제1위원장이) 주체조선의 첫 수소탄 시험의 장쾌한 뢰성이 천지를 진감시킨 주체105(2016)년 새해에 즈음하여 인민무력부를 축하방문하시였다'고 전했다.

    김 제1위원장은 인민무력부를 방문한 자리에서 연설을 통해 '노동당 제7차 대회가 열리는 새해 벽두에 우리가 단행한 수소탄 시험은 미제와 제국주의자들의 핵전쟁위험으로부터 나라의 자주권과 민족의 생존권을 철저히 수호하며 조선반도의 평화와 지역의 안전을 믿음직하게 담보하기 위한 자위적 조치'라고 주장했다.

    그는 이어 '이것은 주권국가의 합법적 권리이며, 그 누구도 시비할 수 없는 정정당당한 것'이라고 말했다.

    북한의 지난 6일 제4차 핵실험 이후 국제사회의 대북 제재 논의가 이뤄지는 상황에서 김 제1원장의 관련 언급을 북한 매체가 보도한 것은 이번이 처음이다.

    김 제1위원장은 올해 인민군대의 중점 사업에 대해서도 언급하면서 ''인민군대의 정치군사적 위력을 백방으로 강화하여 조선 노동당 제7차 대회를 보위하자!', 이것이 올해 인민군대가 들고나가야 할 전투적 구호'라고 말했다.

    그는 이어 '인민군대는 올해 포병훈련에서 새로운 전변을 일으켜 포병무력의 질적강화를 이룩해야 한다'면서 '당 중앙은 조선인민군 제4차 포병대회에서 시사없이 단발에 명중하는 것을 포병훈련에서 도달하여야 할 기본목표로 내세웠다'고 밝혔다.

    그는 또 '인민군대에서 청년사업을 강화하는 것이 중요하다'면서 '청년사업을 당 정치사업의 3대축의 하나로 틀어쥐고 적극화하는것은 우리 당이 인민군대를 정치적으로 강화하는 데서 견지하고 있는 중요한 원칙'이라고 언급했다.

    그는 아울러 '인민군대에서 칼날같은 군기를 세우고 정규화적 면모를 철저히 갖추어야 한다'면서 '항일유격대식 부대지휘관리방법을 철저히 구현하여 모든 사업과 생활을 군사규정과 교범의 요구대로 조직진행하여야 한다'고 덧붙였다.

    그는 이밖에 ▲후방사업 개선하기 위한 방법론 ▲부강조국건설의 주력군으로서 인민군대의 역할 ▲ 7차 당 대회를 앞두고 농업 전선에서의 성과 ▲자강력 제일주의 등에 대해서도 연설했다.

    김정은 제1위원장의 인민무력부 방문시 황병서 총정치국장, 박영식 인민무력부장, 리영길 총참모장이 축하의 꽃다발을 전달했다고 통신은 덧붙였다.

    통신은  김 제1위원장의 인민무력부 방문이 언제 이뤄졌는지 정확한 시점은 밝히지 않았다. (연합뉴스)
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