North Korea's Kim calls to make border with South Korea an 'impregnable fortress'
Kim called for stronger front-line units and practical drills as Pyongyang seeks to deter war and modernize its military, state media said.
- On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convened a meeting with army commanders, ordering reinforcement of front-line units on the southern border and announcing training reforms to boost combat readiness.
- Kim stressed the need for vigilance against the "arch enemy," designating the southern border as an "impregnable fortress" to execute an "important decision to more thoroughly deter war."
- Training system reforms will focus on practical drills suited to "modern warfare," with Kim emphasizing commanders' responsibility for building the world's "strongest" military.
- South Korea's Unification Ministry plans to manage tensions, while the Joint Chiefs reported North Korean troops increased fortification work near the land border since March.
- Hong Min, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul, suggests maritime boundary fortification near the Northern Limit Line reflects lessons from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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North Korea, increasingly hostile to its South Korean neighbour, plans to strengthen its military units, which could place Seoul within firing range of Pyongyang.
North Korea's Kim calls to make border with South Korea an 'impregnable fortress'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said plans to strengthen frontline units on the border with South Korea, as well as other major units, were key to "more thoroughly deterring war," state media KCNA reported on Monday.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls to make border with South Korea an ‘impregnable fortress’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said plans to strengthen frontline units on the border with South Korea, as well as other major units, were key to “more thoroughly deterring war,” state media KCNA reported on Monday.
According to the North Korean state media, leader Kim Jong-un has an armament on the border with South Korea to become "an impregnable fortress," it says.
North Korean leader Kim Jong One called on high-ranking army officials to strengthen units on the front line and turn the border with South Korea into a "non-invasive force," on the backdrop of growing tensions between Phenian and Seoul and deteriorating relations between the two states.
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