A applied for a discharge in October, feeling she needed to get out of the army as quickly as possible. However, the military said it could not grant her discharge while she was physically and psychologically unstable, delaying her discharge until February of next year. A tried to endur...
< /p > < p > according to 20 reports of the Korean Central News Agency, the first pilot meeting of the Korean people's army was held in Pyongyang on 15 th. Kim Jeong-eun, the first Secretary of the DPRK Labour Party, the first chairman of the National Defense Commission and the sup...
North Korea is one of the most militarized countries in the World, and the Korean People's Army (KPA) is one of the World’s largest military forces; founded in 1948, the KPA’s primary responsibilities are national defense and protection of the Kim regime; it also provides considerable sup...
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English Chosun People's Army Foundation Day German Gründungstag der Volksarmee von Joseon Korean 조선 인민군 재단의 날 Other Holidays in 四月 2025 in North Korea 4月15日 (二), Birth Date of Kim Il Sung United Nation Holidays on 2025年4月25日星期五 International Delegate's...
Some stay five to six years, others less; women tend to stay shorter than men do. To go to the army even for a couple of years is an honor in North Korea, since it is a demonstration of one's readiness to devote one's life to the motherland. ...
From the concrete wall at the DMZ you can look through telescopes down to the South Korea side of the border… …or just fuckin’ hang out and smoke cigarettes with colonels in the North Korean army. After the DMZ, the party continued at the Korean Folkcustom Hotel. With us is our DP...
North Korea’s civilian and military economy initially outpaced its southern rival. With Soviet backing, Kim built his military into one of the world’s strongest, even as many ordinary civilians grew poorer. By the 1980s, however, South Korea’s economy boomed, while growth in the north sta...
"I just can’t see him ever wanting to just stay in Korea when he has family in America. He has so many reasons to come home," Gates, from Racine, Wisconsin, said. RELATED: Army secretary says soldier who crossed into North Korea 'may not have been thinking clearly' King,...
North Korea Flag History of the North Korea Flag The Flag of The Peoples Republic of Korea (1946-1948) Flag of South Korea Korean Peoples Army Firstly, after the defeat of the Japanese at the end of World War 2, the Northern part of the Korean peninsula was occupied by Soviet forces in...