calendar>>February 18. 2016 Juche 105
Magazine of International United Confederation of Koreans Issued
Pyongyang, February 18 (KCNA) -- The International United Confederation of Koreans issued the January issue of its monthly socio-political magazine Thongil.

It carried the full text of the New Year Address made by Marshal Kim Jong Un for Juche 105 (2016).

Edited in it were photos of the Marshal paying a congratulatory visit to the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on the New Year and reviewing the guard honor of the Ground, Naval and Air and Anti-Air Forces of the Korean People's Army. It dealt with revolutionary activities conducted by him in January.

It conveyed the news that the DPRK government made public a statement on successfully conducting its first H-bomb test and there took place a ceremony for awarding party and state commendations to the nuclear scientists, technicians, soldier-builders, workers and officials who contributed to the successful H-bomb test and an army-people joint rally in Pyongyang.

It also echoed voices of public at home and abroad that the DPRK's first H-bomb test is a self-defensive step to cope with the U.S. aggression and an exercise of the legitimate independent right.

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