North Korea’s Kim calls for building modern army to brace for war

February 26, 2025 MeighTimbol News 0
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 25, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via… Purchase Licensing Rights
REUTERS | Published February 26, 2025
SEOUL, Feb 26 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building a strong, modern army to cope with any war during a visit to a military academy, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.
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Kim’s trip to the Kang Kon Military Academy comes after North Korea has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. This week Kim also visited the Kim Il Sung University of Politics, another elite cadre training institution, calling for military loyalty and sacrifice.

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South Korea’s intelligence agency has said Kim’s previous inspections of military units and training might be part of preparations for an additional dispatch of soldiers to Russia.
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During the latest visit to the military academy, Kim criticised the school’s poor management and operation of educational facilities, saying it failed to meet the ruling party’s pursuit of “modernity and advanced character” in building a powerful army, KCNA said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 25, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via… Purchase Licensing Rights
He laid out tasks to refurbish the facilities and intensify education focusing on practice so that the students would learn about the “actual experiences of modern warfare”, and to master advanced weapons and technical equipment, it said.
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“The present international situation, in which the aggressive and bellicose nature of the imperialists is most openly expressed in history and war and bloodshed become commonplaces, requires the armed forces … to perfectly cope with a war,” Kim said, according to KCNA. South Korean officials have warned that North Korea could benefit from supplying weapons and troops to fight in Russia by gaining experience and insight from operating on a modern battlefield.

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Kyiv has said North Korean forces have suffered heavy casualties in Russia, with more than 3,000 soldiers killed or wounded by early January this year.

 

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RELATED: North Korean leader directs military to ‘intensify’ training, prepare for ‘modern warfare’

AA | Published February 26, 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country’s army needs to “intensify” its military training while also preparing for “modern warfare.”

During his inspection of Kang Kon Military Academy on Tuesday, he identified “important tasks” in front of military education, including “intensifying” it with a focus on practical experience, according to state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

“Preparing all students to be reliable military personnel of field-officer type who win only sure victory by making them learn about the actual experiences of modern warfare in the Korean style and master the rapidly advanced weapons and combat and technical equipment and acquire the commanding ability corresponding to modern warfare,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying.

The North Korean leader also said military education should “surely instill resolute revolutionary consciousness” before the actual military education.

“After learning in detail about the military educational state of the academy, he referred to the problems that the management and operation of educational facilities and the educational environment are not meeting the policy-oriented requirements for building a powerful army by the WPK (Workers’ Party of Korea) aspiring after modernity and advanced character.”

He added that the party committee of the People’s Army and the policy-oriented guidance departments of the military education institutions have not fully fulfilled their responsibilities and roles, stressing that the “present international situation” requires the North Korean army to “perfectly cope with a war.”

North Korea vowed last Tuesday to bolster its nuclear force and condemned a statement on its “complete denuclearization” and said the country’s nuclear program is for its self-defense, defending its peace and sovereignty.

 

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SOURCE: www.aa.com.tr

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