The National Defense Commission [NDC] Policy Department issued a statement on November 24 (Tuesday) upbraiding the ROK military for holding live-fire artillery drills in the West (Yellow) Sea on November 23 (Monday) the fifth anniversary […]
Lt. Gen. Kim Yong Bok (Kim Yo’ng-pok) has been appointed commanding officer of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] XI Corps (or Storm Corps), the military’s primary special operations forces [SOF] unit. Lt. Gen. Kim was […]
The National Defense Commission issued a statement announcing that “the DPRK will launch a nationwide offensive to put an end to the moves of the Lee group to escalate confrontation with the DPRK.” The NDC […]
Former US President Jimmy Carter visited and toured the DPRK, along a with part of a group of former world leaders called the Elders, during 26 to 28 April 2011. The group visited locales in […]
KCNA reported on 24 December 2010 that Kim Chong-il attended a banquet co-hosted by the National Defense Commission and Central Military Commission “on the occasion of the 19thanniversary” of his appointment as KPA Supreme Commander. […]
A fire was extinguished at a facility in the Kaesong Industrial Complex early Friday (24 December) morning. Yonhap reports: A fire broke out early Friday morning at a South Korean-run company in a joint industrial […]
The ROK held a funeral Saturday (27 November) for ROK Marines Sgt. Seo Jeong-woo and Pvt. Moon Kwan-wook who were killed during the DPRK’s artillery attack on YP-do on 23 November. Yonhap reports: South Korea […]