North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on his military to train to become the “strongest armed forces in the world” at a two-day meeting of company commanders in Pyongyang, state media reported on Saturday. His remarks come amid strained ties with South Korea, which has proposed military talks to clarify their border following an explosion in the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). Addressing the gathering held on Thursday and Friday, Kim outlined a plan to strengthen the North Korean military through what he described as a “Korean-style military revolution”, according to the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim called for “all the companies” of the North Korean army to be “turned into a strong elite unit in military and technical aspects and consolidated into perfect combat forces”.
The meeting was aimed at developing a plan “to train the strongest armed forces in the world”, KCNA reported.
