Korean People's Army (KPA)
Kim Jong-un's Military Education Through the Looking Glass
In the last successor gossip, Dong-a Ilbo reports that hereditary successor Kim Jong-un presided over KPA artillery drills in January near the West Sea, citing “a ranking source in Pyongyang.” This seems to add a […]
KPA Journal Volume 1. Issue 2
Joseph Bermudez who is an analyst for Jane’s Intelligence Review, author of The Armed Forces of North Korea (I.B. Tauris, 2001) and the world’s foremost expert in English on the KPA, has published the second […]
KJI Birthday: In Through the Out Door
Last Wednesday (10 February) was the official start of the weeklong celebration of Kim Jong-il’s birthday. Officially Kim Jong-il was born 16 February 1942 (making him 68) in a log cabin on Mt. Paektu; in […]
Searching for a Soldier's Grave
UPDATE: KBS reports that the US State Department has rejected the DPRK proposal on recovery of US service members killed during the Korean War. ORIGINAL: Recovery of the remains of US service members (soldiers) killed […]
KJI Inspects and Observes Joint Military Exercises
EN CODA Northeast Asia Matters has an excellent post on the KPA joint military drills over the weekend. ORIGINAL In what seems to be a first for his inspection and guidance activities, Kim Jong-il observed […]
VMAR Pak Ki-so Dies
VMAR Pak Ki-so passed away at the age of eighty (80). At the time of his death VMAR Pak was retired from political life, although he was still a member of the KWP Central Committee […]
Liang Guanglie Visit
Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie held a meeting with NDC Vice Chair and Minister of the People’s Armed Forces VMAR Kim Yong-chun Tuesday. According to Xinhua, Gen. Liang remarked that “The relationship between the […]
