Tag: soldiers
N. Korean military unit receives failing grade in winter training inspection
The North Korean military's Eighth Corps received a failing grade in a recent interim evaluation of the unit's performance in winter training, Daily NK...
An interview with Jeong Haneul, the director of “Two Soldiers”
“Do you know what the Supreme Commander said? A soldier’s fundamental duty is to devote his youth to his fatherland and to be loyal...
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...
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,...
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...
N. Korea’s defense ministry criticizes military units that failed to collect...
After reviewing this year’s salt collection efforts in mid-August, North Korea’s Ministry of Defense sharply criticized military units that failed to meet their collection...
