Korean People’s Army Supreme Command
Bodyguard Personnel Changes
The commanders of the Central Committee Guard Department, Guard Department and Guard Command have changed during the last year. The changes were publicized during the 10 October 2025 military parade commemorating the foundation of the […]
Kim Yong Bok Elevated to GSD 1st Vice Chief
Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok (Kim Yo’ng-pok) has been elevated to 1st Vice Chief of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff [GSD]. He was identified in that high command position when he issued […]
Images of KPA Overseas Mission Return Performance
As part of a series of events held to mark the first group of military personnel returning from Russia, a performance was held at the 25 April House of Culture in Pyongyang on or around […]
Guesstimating NK Troop Presence in Eastern Europe
According to the US Government, North Korea has about 12,000 personnel deployed to Russia. Using the few, scant accurate details about the Korean People’s Army (KPA) deployment we might attain a general sense of the […]
Plenary Personnel
North Korea made a series of personnel changes during the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) 11th plenary session, held December 23-December 27. Although some analyses make far too much of the correlation between personnel and […]
No Kwang Chol Returns as Defense Minister
Gen. No Kwang Chol (No Kwang-ch’o’l) was appointed Minister of National Defense during the 11th session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] held 7-8 October (Monday and Tuesday). He replaces Gen. Kang Sun Nam […]
New 1st Vice Chief of the General Staff
Lt. Gen. Jong Myong Do (Cho’ng Myo’ng-to) has been identified as 1st Vice Chief of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff in two 6 October state media reports on Kim Jong Un’s (KJU; Kim […]
