strategic military command

N. Korea recruits IT students for “Strategic Military Command”

North Korean authorities are recruiting large numbers of technology and science students for a special military unit tha oversees North Korea’s ballistic missiles, the...

The North Korean military’s winter training period ends

Following the end of the North Korean military's winter training period, soldiers are now returning to work construction projects and military-owned farmland, Daily NK...
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N. Korean military trading companies set to smuggle in construction materials

North Korea has ordered military-run trading agencies to smuggle in construction materials needed for national projects set to be completed by Oct. 10, the...
military parade

Sources: N. Korea planning largest military parade ever in October

North Korea is in preparations for the largest military parade in its history on Oct. 10, involving 23,000 soldiers, Daily NK has learned. Oct....
military farmland

Kim Jong Un tightens control over military-run farmland

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently issued an order to the military to review the status of farmland it manages and for the...
soldiers fevers

N. Korean soldiers die after suffering from fevers and breathing problems

Three soldiers guarding the Sino-North Korean border in Chagang Province recently died after suffering from fevers and breathing problems, Daily NK has learned.  All of...
quarantine military

Sources: N. Korean military chief of staff quarantined, then released

The chief of staff of North Korea’s military, the country’s second-highest military leader, was quarantined and then released from isolation in February, Daily NK...
soldiers, war, labor,

Sources: Almost 200 soldiers have died from COVID-19

Around 200 North Korean soldiers from several branches of the military have died from symptoms that may have been caused by the novel coronavirus...
front line

No Kwang Chol appointed commander of elite “front line” unit

Former Minister of the People's Armed Forces No Kwang Chol was recently appointed commander of I Army Corps, an elite unit based on North...
artillery

N. Korea’s Mar. 2 drills involved newly-developed rocket artillery systems

North Korea’s firing of two short-range projectiles over the sea from the Wonsan area on the east coast on Mar. 2 was aimed at...

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