A missile unit in charge of an important firing task in the central front conducted a demonstration education firing drill aimed at letting its sub-units get familiar with procedures and processes for carrying out an important firing task on March 27.

The drill was guided by the General Missile Bureau and watched by the commanding officers and combatants of all sub-units under the unit.

The education company under the unit was involved in the drill, and conducted an education demonstration firing by a nuclear air explosion striking mode with two ground-to-ground tactical ballistic missiles.

The Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK conducted another test of underwater strategic weapon system from March 25 to 27.

The underwater nuclear attack drone "Haeil-1", deployed for the test in Wonsan Bay on the afternoon of March 25, reached the target point in the waters off Hwadae County of North Hamgyong Province on the morning of March 27 after cruising along a jagged and oval course simulating the distance of 600 kilometers in the East Sea of Korea for 41 hours and 27 minutes and correctly set off the test warhead underwater.

Through the test, all tactical and technical specifications and underwater navigational and technical indices were correctly estimated and the reliability and safety of the weapon system were verified.  

Rodong Sinmun carried a commentator's article "On gravity of military drills by US and its stooges" on Tuesday. The following is the full text:

The situation on the Korean peninsula is reaching the limit beyond the red line every moment.

The US ever-escalating war hysteria and moves to stifle the DPRK in March are inching close to an intolerably grave phase.

The DPRK confidently advances along the road it chose even in the face of rapidly changing international situation and the world-sweeping malignant virus crisis.

Then how has the country with not so large territory and population been able to steadily maintain, consolidate and develop its line and system despite the hostile forces’ hysteric attempts to isolate and stifle it from one decade to the next and from one century to the next and the COVID-19 crisis?

To understand the underlying fundamentals of the fact, let’s consider the political ideology and philosophy of the DPRK.

Teens are the start of life as well as the period of dreams and hope.

But in capitalist countries the human rights situation of young people is getting worse, arousing great concern from the international society.

Kyodo recently reported that the number of suicide cases among students at Japanese schools at different levels reached 512 last year, an all-time high, and especially the number of high school students among them recorded a notable increase to 352 cases.

Millions of working people went on a protest demonstration again in various parts of France against the authorities’ bid to reform the annuity system on March 23.

The recent protest action was the ninth of its kind staged since the French Premier announced that the bill for legalizing the annuity reform plan would be pushed through the parliament.

The French general confederation of labour reported that about 3.5 million people of all strata participated in the demonstration against the annuity reform across the country.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un paid an unofficial visit to the People’s Republic of China from March 25 to 28 in 2018 as his first foreign tour as the DPRK leader.

The visit was a historic event of great significance in adding brilliance to the long-standing tradition of DPRK-China friendship and successfully carrying on and developing the bilateral bond generation after generation

His whirlwind China tour clearly demonstrated how much the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK government attach importance to the friendly ties between the two parties and the two countries.

Han Jong Ae, coach of the Taekwon-Do Team of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, was selected as one of the top ten coaches of the DPRK in 2022. 

In the past ten and more years, she trained many players to become members of the national team and contributed to demonstrating the honour of the birthplace of the Taekwon-Do by leading them with expedient guidance.

Her great competence was showcased at the 9th Asian Taekwon-Do championships held in 2018.

China sent into space a satellite at the Jiuquan satellite launch centre on March 22.

Carried by a carrier rocket, the satellite is reportedly to mainly offer meteorological data to the relevant sector.

The Aerospace Force of Russia launched a military satellite at a cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk on March 23.