The Korean People’s Army (KPA) is one of the largest standing militaries in the world, consuming a disproportionate share of North Korea’s national resources while serving as the backbone of Kim Jong Un’s political power. Daily NK covers the North Korea military from the ground up — soldier living conditions, morale, discipline, and pay alongside high-level analysis of weapons development, military doctrine, and the KPA’s expanding role abroad, including troop deployments to Russia. Our sources inside North Korea provide reporting on military life that no other outlet can match.
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N. Korea tries to improve regional imbalances with discharged soldiers
North Korea recently issued an order to deploy discharged soldiers to remote, run-down regions this year. The move comes after North Korean leader Kim...
N. Korean air force calls on pilots to exhibit traits of...
The political department of the North Korean Air Force Command recently issued political indoctrination materials for pilots stressing the "suicide pilot spirit," Daily NK...
North Korean soldiers talk about what they most desire in the...
When a soldier of a military unit stationed in North Hwanghae Province was asked by a Daily NK source in the country what he...
Five former soldiers in Yanggang Province complain to authorities about poverty
A group of discharged soldiers on assignment in Yanggang Province's Taehongdan County recently complained to the provincial people’s committee about their economic difficulties and...
N. Korean officers’ academy cadet dismissed due to checkered past
After his past misdeeds came to light, a North Korean soldier at a training academy for logistics officers recently had his admission revoked and...
N. Korean military ordered to implement videoconferencing system on trial basis
Amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula in early 2024, North Korea's leadership recently ordered the commands of all armed forces to introduce a...
Why is N. Korea excluding Chagang Province-based soldiers from overseas work?
North Korea's Ministry of Defense recently ordered military-affiliated trading companies that recruit soldiers for overseas postings to exclude those from Chagang Province as candidates,...
KN-23B deployments against Ukraine could be major boon for North Korea’s...
On Jan. 4, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby informed reporters that North Korea had provided Russia with ballistic missiles that were...
N. Korean military pushes back hard on “invasion of foreign culture”...
Room 79 of the General Political Bureau's Publishing Censorship Department recently initiated a sweeping crackdown on what it calls the “invasion of foreign culture"...
N. Korea’s Second Corps takes action against crimes committed by soldiers
The Second Corps of the Korean People's Army recently issued an urgent order to crackdown on theft and fraud committed by soldiers against ordinary...
