The Third Conference of Company Commanders of the Korean People’s Army was held in the capital city of Pyongyang on October 22 and 23 at a time when the core, vanguard role of our legendary army is being remarkably highlighted in the gigantic transformation struggle for reliably defending the inviolable sovereignty of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, our glorious motherland, and the honour of the Korean people and for ushering in a new era of rejuvenation and prosperity.

The conference, the first gathering of the entire army after the historic Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, is of great practical significance in redoubling the powerful driving force for building a strong army in the new era by rallying all the company commanders of the entire army to the struggle to turn all the companies into elite combat ranks defending unto death the Party’s ideology and cause and into all-mission units capable of fulfilling any combat tasks independently while consistently regarding it as the starting point and main link in the whole chain of strengthening the entire army to build up each company, the main combat unit of the People’s Army and a base for living of the service personnel.

The conference comprehensively analyzed and reviewed the successes and experiences gained in recent years in the struggle for implementing the line of building a strong army based on giving priority to the companies and strengthening them, and discussed the tasks and practical ways for turning the companies of the whole army into elite combat groups capable of surely guaranteeing the victory in the revolutionary war in military and technical aspects by bringing about a substantial and fundamental improvement in their actual war capability on the basis of the goal of strengthening them set forth by the Party at present.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, guided the conference.

Major commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and military and political commanding officers of the large combined units of the KPA courteously greeted Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un of the armed forces of the Republic.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared on the platform, all the participants in the conference raised stormy cheers of emotion as a token of their highest tribute to the ever-victorious, iron-willed brilliant commander who is ushering in the greatest heyday in strengthening the revolutionary armed forces with his original ideas on army building and outstanding art of command.

Present there were company commanders and commanding officers of military and political organs at all levels of the armed forces of the Republic.

The platform was taken by Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Kim Song Gi, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Yu Kwang U, first deputy director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, Ri Yong Gil, chief of the General Staff of the KPA, military and political commanding officers of all services and large combined units of the KPA and company commanders exemplary in implementing the Party’s military line.

The national anthem of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was played solemnly.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made an important speech “The Building of a Strong Army in the New Era and the Tasks of Company Commanders”.