North's Kim calls for 'epochal change' in war preparations during arms factory visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a factory that produces new missile launchers as he called for an “epochal change” in the regime’s war preparations, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.

2024-05-15

North practices striking, occupying South in command post exercise

North Korea conducted a command post exercise to rehearse striking and invading South Korean territory, Pyongyang's state media reported Thursday, the same day that Seoul and Washington concluded their 11-day joint exercise.

2023-08-31

UNC confirms talks with North at JSA over G.I. who fled

The United Nations Command is in talks through an official channel with the North Korean military regarding the U.S. Army private who dashed into the North at the Joint Security Area last week, according to the British deputy commander of the force.

2023-07-24

U.S. Army report suggests G.I.’s JSA dash was premeditated

North Korea’s military has not responded to the Pentagon’s queries about an American soldier who crossed into the North on Tuesday, but a leaked U.S. military report included details suggesting that he had planned his defection ahead of time.

2023-07-20

North shakes up leadership of army ground forces

North Korea appears to have reshuffled the leadership of the Korean People's Army's Ground Corps since April last year, according to analysis of the military parade held in Pyongyang last week.

2023-02-15

North displays enough ICBM launchers to defeat U.S. missile defense

North Korea displayed the largest number of its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a nighttime military parade on Wednesday, as well as mock-ups of a new solid-fuel missile under development, state media photos showed Thursday.

2023-02-09

North's Kim celebrates army's birthday with daughter

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a banquet following a visit to a North Korean army barracks with his daughter Kim Ju-ae on Tuesday, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army (KPA).

2023-02-08

North Korea calls for 'perfecting' war readiness posture in meeting chaired by leader Kim

North Korea has convened a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission to discuss ways to expand operational combat drills and "more strictly perfect" its readiness posture for war, according to its state media Tuesday.

2023-02-07

Rehearsal for Pyongyang military parade spotted

North Korea appears to have mobilized military equipment for a rehearsal for a parade at Mirim training ground near Pyongyang, according to satellite photos captured by Planet Labs earlier this month.

2023-01-12

North fires artillery to react to South-U.S. drills

North Korea's military fired some 90 artillery shells into the maritime buffer zone in the East Sea Tuesday afternoon, which South Korean defense officials denounced as a violation of an inter-Korean military agreement.

2022-12-06

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