North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for the reinforcement of the front-line units on the country’s southern border in an effort to make it into an “impregnable fortress.”
In an effort to strengthen cohesion within the military, Kim addressed a meeting of division and brigade-level officers on Sunday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Kim unveiled plans to reorganize the military to strengthen frontline units and turn the border with South Korea into an “impregnable fortress”, KCNA said on Monday.
He also discussed key military and political issues, urging commanders to maintain a high level of combat readiness and focus on North Korea’s “principal enemy.”
Kim emphasized, we need to modernize our military infrastructure and strengthen key units “militarily and technically” as part of our efforts in building an enhanced war deterrence.
He then emphasized reorganizing the military’s training system and expanding practical combat drills in line with evolving warfare trends and the rapid modernization of military technology.
North Korea’s top brass, Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, and a senior adviser to the Ministry of National Defense were present during the talks, according to the KCNA.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which runs along the 38th parallel across the Korean Peninsula, is the border that divides the peninsula roughly in half.
The demilitarized buffer zone between the two Koreas is 250 km long and approximately 4 km wide.
The North and South ended their 1950-53 US-intervened war with a truce, but not a peace treaty.
In February, during an event marking the 78th anniversary of the creation of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), Kim said that the nation’s military is expected to “widen its fighting front” to defend effectively against the enemy.
He emphasized that this year will be a year of “tremendous transformation” for the KPA as the demand for more strenuous efforts will increase.
“This year is a grand year of transformation, in which our military’s fighting front must widen further and we must struggle more boldly,” Kim noted.
Source: Press TV
