N. Korean military officials’ wives help choose official drivers
North Korean military officials have begun involving their wives in choosing military drivers for official vehicles as soldiers graduate from the driver's school at...
N. Korea elevates chemical weapons as strategic deterrent
North Korea is elevating chemical weapons to serve as strategic weapons alongside nuclear weapons and systematically developing them as battlefield weapons in preparation for...
Kim Jong Un uses Iran conflict to justify nuclear expansion
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has characterized the recent Israel-Iran armed conflict as "a typical conflict between imperialist forces and the defenders of...
NK army orders water tests following health crisis
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has launched drinking-water quality tests ahead of the Korean People's Army's regular summer exercises set to start in July,...
Troop deployment to Russia earns N. Korea $525 million annually
North Korea earns an estimated $43.8 million monthly — or $525.6 million yearly — through its troop deployment to Russia. The country has made...
N. Korean military revamps combat record books to boost morale
North Korea's General Political Bureau is now using "combat record books" as an effective political work tool. The military aims to boost morale and...
Families of N. Korean soldiers in Russia left to wonder if their sons are...
When "A," a North Pyongan province woman, first heard her son in the military had been deployed to Russia, she assumed he was just...
N. Korea fires officials who suggested using Russian cranes for sunken warship
North Korea's ruling party rejected a proposal to bring Russian cranes to salvage a new destroyer that capsized during its launch ceremony at Chongjin...
N. Korea orders MiG-29 fighter upgrades after air-to-air missile test
After recently publicizing a live-fire exercise involving air-to-air missiles, North Korea has been pushing to upgrade the mid- and long-range aerial combat capabilities of...
N. Korea develops hybrid fighter-drone combat strategy to overcome air force limitations
North Korea has ordered its air force to conduct combat training for a new fighter-drone operational doctrine.
A source in the North Korean military told...