North Korea
North Korea to 'deploy new self-propelled howitzers along border within this year'
SEOUL, May 8 (AJP) - North Korea will deploy new self-propelled howitzers along the border with South Korea "within this year," state media reported on Friday. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, its leader Kim Jong-un visited a munitions factory earlier in the week where he "learned about the production of new-type self-propelled gun-howitzers for three battalions to be deployed at the long-range artillery unit in the southern borderline wi
May 8, 2026
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