Kim Jong Un committed to strengthening DPRK military firepower — agency

PYONGYANG, October 13. /TASS/. North Korea will continue to develop and improve its weapons, said the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), during a visit to the new National Defense Revolution Museum of the Second Economic Committee, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

"The DPRK’s powerful weapons will continue to be developed and improved without interruption, and the scope and content of the museum will be constantly expanded and enriched," Kim Jong Un said.

The North Korean leader also emphasized that it was a "due obligation" of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) to build the defense industry into the most powerful one in the world.

On October 11, Kim Jong Un took part in the museum’s opening ceremony and cut the symbolic ribbon, after which he toured the exhibition alongside other attendees.

According to KCNA, the museum is dedicated to the history of the development of the North Korean defense industry. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the party leadership and the defense sector, the command staff of the Ministry of Defense, and the commanders of various branches of the armed forces.