North Korea's Kim calls for 'military revolution' as he urges stronger army units
Kim urged army companies to become elite combat units and said the meeting was aimed at building the strongest armed forces in the world.
- On Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for the KPA to build the 'strongest army' during a two-day meeting of Company Leaders in Pyongyang that concluded Friday, state media KCNA reported.
- The gathering marked the first Army-wide event since the Ninth Congress of the Workers Party in Korea, where Kim had called for stronger conventional forces and reaffirmed nuclear weapons development plans.
- Discussions focused on ideological loyalty to Kim and skills gained from the war in Ukraine, where North Korea has become a key Russian ally integrating combat lessons into its conventional Army doctrine.
- Kim's call for a 'Korean-style' military revolution coincided with Seoul's proposal for Army talks to clarify the border following a DMZ explosion, highlighting the widening diplomatic gap between the nations.
- Modernizing the Army beyond nuclear capabilities remains a persistent policy priority for Pyongyang, continuing aggressive posturing despite long-running international sanctions and reaffirming the regime's irreversible nuclear status.
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un called for an accelerated "military revolution" and for the North Korean army to be one of the strongest in the world, with the task of turning companies into universal militias capable of carrying out various tasks on their own in the context of today's fighting.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his army to train to become the strongest in the world.
The North Korean leader calls for elite armed forces and accelerate military preparedness as incidents, mines and propaganda on the border with South Korea increase.
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