KPA East Command Zone
Chronology of military events since mid-September
The following is a rolling chronology of ballistic missile events (drills and test firings), artillery shelling incidents and external military exercises (US-ROK, US-JP and US-ROK-JP) that have occurred in and around the Korean Peninsula since […]
Changes to the KPA Corps Command
Now that Pyongyang watchers have processed, analyzed and digested the munitions which the Korean People’s Army [KPA] paraded through Kim Il Sung Square on 25 April (Monday), attention has now shifted to personnel. During the […]
Hypersonic Missile Test Starts DPRK New Year with a Bang
The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Munitions Industry Department [MID] tested a hypersonic missile on the morning of 5 January (Wednesday). According to DPRK state media, the “successive test successes in the sector of hypersonic […]
DPRK Gets a New Police Boss
Colonel-General Ri Thae Sop (Ri T’ae-sop) was appointed Minister of Social Security (f.k.a., Minister of People’s Security; f.k.a., Minister of Public Security) during December 2021. His appointment was publicized on 1 January (Saturday) at the […]
KJU Continues Tour of S. Hamgyo’ng
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) continued his visit to South Hamgyo’ng Province, stopping off in Sinp’o and Hongwo’n Country. Also in attendance were Chief of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff MAR Pak Jong […]
PPJ Visits Storm Recovery Work in N. Hamgyo’ng
State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and Party Vice Chairman Pak Pong Ju (Pak Pong-chu) toured storm recovery work in North Hamgyo’ng Province, his home province. He visited Ch’o’ngjin and Kim Ch’aek (So’ngjin) and Orang County […]
KJU Visits Kimhwa County
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) visited Kimhwa County, Kangwo’n, to inspect typhoon reconstruction work. Also in attendance was Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff Chief VMar Pak Jong Chon (Pak Cho’ng-chon), Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] […]
