Tag: korean people’s army
North Korea still fails to adequately supply its overtaxed military
While the North Korean government uses soldiers both for national defense and construction projects, the country's leaders appear to be paying little attention to...
N. Korea orders frontline naval units to strengthen radar surveillance
The North Korean military has ordered frontline naval units on both coasts to strengthen radar surveillance and develop a system for joint operations with...
N. Korean military: February and March are critical periods for war...
The North Korean military has designated February and March as a critical period for completing preparations for war, Daily NK has learned.
The move follows...
North Korean military engineering units ordered to construction sites
The General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army (KPA) recently ordered engineering units to be dispatched to construction sites in North Korea's provinces....
Some thoughts on Kim Jong Un’s outdated “20×10 regional development policy”
Kim Jong Un recently admitted that his country's regional economy is in a "pitiful state." He confessed that "our party and state are facing...
Kangwon Province orders party members to “take care” of Korean-Japanese descendants
In the run-up to the Feb. 8 holiday commemorating the founding of the North Korean army, the Kangwon Province Party Committee ordered party officials...
N. Korean military units ordered to modernize record-keeping system for training
North Korea's military leadership recently ordered all units to modernize their combat training record-keeping system by making records daily instead of monthly and placing...
North Korea issues “baffling” order to weapons factories
After recently ordering weapons factories to expand weapons production, North Korean authorities have now issued a somewhat puzzling order for factories to abandon slower...
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...
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...
