{"id":261351,"date":"2026-05-22T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/22\/north-koreas-impregnable-fortress-kim-jong-un-orders-military-build-up\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:19:30","slug":"north-koreas-impregnable-fortress-kim-jong-un-orders-military-build-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/05\/22\/north-koreas-impregnable-fortress-kim-jong-un-orders-military-build-up\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea&#8217;s &#8216;Impregnable Fortress&#8217;: Kim Jong-un Orders Military Build-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation resultKim Jong Un summoned commanders from across the armed forces and ordered a buildup of forces along the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), state media reported.KCNA said on the 18th that Kim called division and brigade commanders to the Workers\u2019 Party Central Headquarters on the 17th to address a series of \u201cimportant military issues.\u201d He cited the party\u2019s territorial defense policy and called for strengthening first-line units guarding the southern border and turning the boundary into an \u201cimpregnable fortress.\u201d The comments signal a plan to reinforce frontline formations along the MDL facing South Korea.Kim said he will treat a reorganization of the military\u2019s structure as an \u201cimportant decision\u201d aimed at more thoroughly deterring war. He outlined plans to strengthen key units, including first-line forces, through military-technical upgrades and modernization.He said the government will adopt institutional measures to modernize the force both organizationally and technologically, and he emphasized commanders\u2019 responsibilities and roles in that effort. He ordered an overhaul of the training system and a stepped-up focus on practical exercises, saying \u201cpreparing the force for combat is the army\u2019s core duty\u201d and that training must match the changing character of modern warfare and the army\u2019s development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong-un directs military enhancements along the southern border and plans structural reforms to strengthen North Korea&#8217;s defense capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0094\/thumb-f04df9bc-26b9-493b-8a42-52ff4eb601d9.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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