DPRK says its national power has 'reached the highest level' ever

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Friday that while the situation remains grim for Pyongyang and many difficulties and trials lie on its path to become a powerful country, its national power has reached its highest level ever.

Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), said in an editorial that a "tough-and-go situation is prevailing on the Korean Peninsula owing to the US imperialists who spouted out the unethical remarks unprecedented in history calling for total destruction of the DPRK and its people at the UN stage."

A view of the military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. /CFP Photo

Calling for the implementation of tasks designed to build a powerful country set by the WPK at last month's central committee plenary session, the newspaper observed that "the international situation surrounding the DPRK remains very complicated."

However, it stated that the country's national power and position have "reached the highest level and its inexhaustible potential of development is fully demonstrated day by day."

"The situation remains grim and a lot of difficulties and trials lie before our way, but we have strong courage," it said.

The DPRK successfully tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles and a hydrogen bomb this year, triggering new economic sanctions by the UN Security Council.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency