Noting that 2017 was a noteworthy year when a fundamental change occurred in global political structure and balance of forces surrounding the Korean Peninsula, the article said:

The unheard-of military threats and sanctions and pressure of the U.S. and its vassal forces, aimed at blocking the victorious advance of socialist Korea, went to extremes.

Nevertheless, the national power and prestige of the DPRK, which emerged a new strategic state smashing the arrogance and bluff of the U.S., the "only superpower", under the eyes of the world, shook the U.S.-orchestrated "world order" to its foundation.

The successful test of H-bomb ready for ICBM was a signal victory that put the DPRK among the world's nuclear powers and laid a firm military foundation making it possible to put an end to the history of nuclear blackmail of the U.S. imperialists.

Juche Korea clarified its toughest counteraction will to tame the U.S. with fire without fail.

The new-type ICBM Hwasong-15 capable of striking the whole U.S. mainland and carrying super-heavy nuclear warhead was launched into the sky displaying the tremendous might of the DPRK, a world-level military power.

The DPRK government stated that its development and bolstering of strategic weapons are totally aimed at defending the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the people's peaceful life from the U.S. imperialists' policy of nuclear blackmail and threat and, therefore, those weapons will not pose any threat to any country and region as long as the DPRK's interests are not violated.