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April 25th marked the North Korea’s People’s Army Founding Day in domestic and international press; but according to defected North Korean soldiers, April 24th is the real national holiday. On important national holidays such as April 15th (Kim Il-sung’s birthday), February 16th (Kim Jong-il’s birthday) and January 1st, the state distributes small gifts of food [...]
We talked to a group of North Koreans in exile who used to serve in the North Korean army, and asked them what they thought were the most significant weaknesses in the DPRK military. The unanimous conclusion was unexpected: at present, the greatest problem faced by the North Korean army is not the chronic shortage [...]
The North Korean state has been ratcheting up its war threats for consumption by the external audience, but there is no special need to maintain a focus on war with regards to its domestic audience (see here for an example). This is because ordinary North Koreans are already busily engaged in a ‘war’ right at [...]
In response to the recent US-ROK joint military drills and the latest UN sanctions that followed North Korea’s nuclear test, DPRK state news agency KCNA released a statement this morning, declaring its intention to enter into a state of war with South Korea. Even those who do not take these threats at face value saw [...]
On 27th March, North Korea announced that military communication lines between North and South Korea would be cut. North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said, “Due to the insensitive maneuvering of the enemy, the military lines set up for communication between North and South Korea have already lost their significance. According to orders, the North [...]
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