SEOUL, May 18 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the strengthening of front-line units along the border with South Korea and called for turning the area into an "impregnable fortress," state media reported on Monday.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim convened a meeting with military and defense officials the previous day to outline plans for "remodeling the military organizational structure and strengthening the first-line units and other major units in military and technical aspects," describing it as an important decision to "more thoroughly deter war."
He urged, "The training for perfecting combat readiness is the main task of the army," reiterating the importance of "readjusting the training system and intensifying the practical training in keeping with the changing aspects of modern warfare."
He also said the country's army "should continue to carry forward its tradition of overwhelming the enemy with ideology and faith by steadily waging the ideological revolution with firm belief in its cause," which would enable it to "reliably maintain its honor and position as the strongest army in the world."
Sunday's gathering came just a few weeks after Kim visited a munitions factory and ordered new self-propelled howitzers to be deployed along border with South Korea "within this year."
The new 155-mm self-propelled howitzer has sufficient range to strike targets in South Korea, posing a direct threat to Seoul.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim convened a meeting with military and defense officials the previous day to outline plans for "remodeling the military organizational structure and strengthening the first-line units and other major units in military and technical aspects," describing it as an important decision to "more thoroughly deter war."
He urged, "The training for perfecting combat readiness is the main task of the army," reiterating the importance of "readjusting the training system and intensifying the practical training in keeping with the changing aspects of modern warfare."
He also said the country's army "should continue to carry forward its tradition of overwhelming the enemy with ideology and faith by steadily waging the ideological revolution with firm belief in its cause," which would enable it to "reliably maintain its honor and position as the strongest army in the world."
Sunday's gathering came just a few weeks after Kim visited a munitions factory and ordered new self-propelled howitzers to be deployed along border with South Korea "within this year."
The new 155-mm self-propelled howitzer has sufficient range to strike targets in South Korea, posing a direct threat to Seoul.
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