In this regard, Jo Yong Dok, department director of the DPRK Cabinet, told KCNA:

The successful H-bomb test conducted pursuant to the strategic determination of the WPK is a momentous event which declared the will of Songun (military-first) Korea to mercilessly wipe aggressors out to the last one if they dared provoke the DPRK.

The DPRK emerged as an advanced nuclear weapons state possessed of even H-bomb.

This year we would decisively improve the economic planning and guidance to hasten the building of a thriving nation.

Pho Hui Song, manager of the February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine, said:

The successful H-bomb test is a solemn declaration of Songun Korea to firmly defend the dignity of the nation.

My heart is throbbing with the pride of living in this invincible military giant and the faith in the final victory.

Keeping this great national pride in minds, we will devote our all to boosting coal production.

Paek On, management board chairman of the Naejung Co-op Farm in Yomju County, North Phyongan Province, said:

I am thankful to supreme leader Kim Jong Un for creditably defending the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the region with powerful nuclear deterrent.

We, agricultural workers, will work hard to bring about bumper harvest this year with the sense of responsibility that we are in the trench on the first line of the forward echelon of the campaign to defend socialism.