February 2025 - North Korea Special Weapons News

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Completed Pyongyang General Hospital KCNA 28 Feb 2025 -- Thanks to the steadfast will and energetic guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to develop the public health of the DPRK into the most advantageous and advanced socialist one so that the people can fully enjoy the benefits of modern medicine and lead a happy life in good health, a world-class medical service center has been successfully built in the capital city of Pyongyang as a perfect embodiment of the Workers' Party of Korea's plan for modernizing public health and its idea on Juche-oriented architectural beauty.
Strategic Cruise Missile Launching Drill Conducted KCNA 28 Feb 2025 -- A relevant sub-unit of the combined missile units of the Korean People's Army in the western area conducted a strategic cruise missile launching drill in the West Sea of Korea on the morning of February 26.
DPRK Cabinet Makes Efforts to Create Modern Essential Oil and Pigment Industries KCNA 28 Feb 2025 -- The DPRK Cabinet is intensifying the work to create modern essential oil and pigment industries.
Secretary of WPK Central Committee Meets President of United Russia Party KCNA 28 Feb 2025 -- Ri Hi Yong, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the Central Inspection Commission of the WPK, on a visit to Russia as head of the WPK delegation, met with Dmitri Anatoliyevich Medvedev, president of the United Russia Party, on February 26.
North Korea says launched cruise missiles in 'counterattack' drills Press TV 28 Feb 2025 -- North Korea's military has test-launched its strategic cruise missiles on the coast of the West Sea of Korea, also known as the Yellow Sea, in a drill showcasing its "counterattack" capabilities.
North Korea fires cruise missiles as leader Kim orders war preparations Radio Free Asia 27 Feb 2025 -- North Korea launched "strategic" cruise missiles off its west coast this week, state media said on Friday, in a test supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, who called on the military to be prepared for war.
Meeting with member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Ri Hi-yong President of Russia 27 Feb 2025
North Korea Has Sent More Troops To Russia, Says South Korean Intelligence RFE/RL 27 Feb 2025 -- North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and redeployed several to the front line in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, Seoul's intelligence agency said on February 27.
North Korea sending more troops to Russia, South confirms Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2025 -- South Korea's main spy agency said North Korea had deployed more troops to Russia, with media reports estimating the number at more than 1,000.
UK, allies sanction North Korean officials linked to Russia troop deployment Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2025 -- Britain has imposed sanctions on senior North Korean officials linked to their country's support for Russia's war against Ukraine as part of what the United Kingdom said was its largest sanctions package against Russian individuals and institutions since the early days of the war.
New book says Kim Jong Un was named North Korea's heir at age 8 Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2025 -- A new book claims North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un was designated as his father's successor at age 8, nine years earlier than most experts and observers previously thought.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Kang Kon Military Academy KCNA 26 Feb 2025 -- The prestigious military academy, which has recorded innumerable brilliant feats in the glorious colors while creditably performing its duty of training the junior commanding personnel, the backbone of basic combat units reliably supporting the immortal mightiness and invincibility of the heroic Korean People's Army, has greeted the glorious moment unprecedented in the proud 80-year history of its development.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Kim Il Sung University of Politics KCNA 25 Feb 2025 -- At a time when the outlook on the revolution, transparent patriotic spirit and matchless fighting efficiency peculiar to the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA) are being demonstrated as the unprecedented legendary feats in the sacred course of building a rich country with strong army led by the ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the great leadership adding a great viability to the brave stride of the KPA has been recorded in the cradle of its political and ideological mightiness and the strategic fortress for building a powerful army.
EXPLAINED: North Korean POW in Ukraine wants to defect to South. What's next? Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2025 -- A North Korean soldier captured in Russia's Kursk region has reportedly expressed his desire to defect to South Korea, which has said it would accept him.
DPRK Premier Inspects North and South Hamgyong Provinces KCNA 24 Feb 2025 -- Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, made a field survey of various sectors in North and South Hamgyong provinces.
Press Statement of Chief of External Policy Office of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 24 Feb 2025 -- The chief of the External Policy Office of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued on Feb. 23 the following statement "Illegal anti-DPRK sanctions-breeding moves will prompt the DPRK's behavioral counteraction to defend its sovereign right":
DPRK condemns U.S. military provocations People's Daily 22 Feb 2025 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has condemned U.S. military provocations, vowing to counter the strategic threat posed by the United States and other enemies with strategic means, reported the official Korean Central News Agency on Saturday, citing a defense official.
North Korea slams escalating US military provocations under Trump, vows to counter threats Press TV 22 Feb 2025 -- North Korea has condemned an increase in US "adventuristic" military provocations under the Trump administration, vowing to counter threats and safeguard its security by all means.
Press Statement of Information Office Chief at DPRK Ministry of National Defence KCNA 22 Feb 2025 -- The chief of Information Office at the DPRK Ministry of National Defence on Friday issued the following press statement "We will counter the enemies' strategic threat with our strategic means":
N. Koreans' high casualties in Ukraine blamed on inexperience VOA 21 Feb 2025 -- North Korean troops that joined Moscow's forces about four months ago in Russia's border region of Kursk are estimated to have suffered considerable casualties in the war against Ukraine, which analysts attribute to their lack of front-line combat experience.
North Korea expected to send many health workers to Russia: think tank Radio Free Asia 21 Feb 2025 -- North Korea is expected to send a large number of healthcare workers to Russia for training, a South Korean government-backed think tank said, as it tries to address a lack of in-house capabilities to achieve a goal of modernizing rural health services.
Joint Statement on the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) Steering Committee Inaugural Meeting US Dept. of State 20 Feb 2025 -- The Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America held the inaugural meeting of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) Steering Committee in Washington, DC on February 19, 2025 and released the following statement.
U.S. Nuclear Stick Can Never Work in Asia-Pacific Region: KCNA Commentary KCNA 20 Feb 2025 -- The U.S., which recently received hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars from Australia according to the AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement, showed its moves to provide Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia.
North Korea rights groups face collapse amid US funding halt VOA 20 Feb 2025 -- The vast majority of human rights groups focused on North Korea face an existential crisis after receiving notices from the U.S. government that their grant funds have been frozen, according to several sources among the predominantly Seoul-based NGOs.
North Korea's 'largest' warship under construction with Russian aid: report Radio Free Asia 19 Feb 2025 -- North Korea is building a second large naval combatant at Chongjin Shipyard, which is possibly its largest warship, new satellite imagery shows, with experts saying it suggests Pyongyang is strengthening its conventional naval capabilities in collaboration with Moscow.
'I want to defect to South': North Korean soldier captured in Kursk breaks silence Radio Free Asia 19 Feb 2025 -- A North Korean soldier captured in Russia has given the first public account of conditions supporting Russian forces, struggling with a language barrier, inadequate support and Ukrainian drones on what he had been told was a training mission.
North Korea's 'Day of the Shining Star' dimmer this year Radio Free Asia 19 Feb 2025 -- The "Shining Star" wasn't quite as lustrous this year in North Korea, as celebrations for the birthday of supreme leader Kim Jong Un's late father and predecessor came and went without much fanfare, residents told Radio Free Asia.
North Korea vows to bolster nuclear force as US, allies push for denuclearization Radio Free Asia 18 Feb 2025 -- North Korea said Tuesday it will stick to its policy of bolstering its nuclear forces, days after the United States, Japan and South Korea reaffirmed their goal of the complete denuclearization of the North.
Press Statement of Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 18 Feb 2025 -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Tuesday released a press statement "The anachronistic and futile attempt to challenge the inviolable sovereignty and the prestige of the DPRK will entail self-destructive results".
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun on Day of Shining Star KCNA 17 Feb 2025 -- All the people across the DPRK significantly greeting the greatest auspicious February holiday of the nation with the pride and honor of ushering in a gigantic era of prosperity in which the whole country changes under the guidance of the great Workers' Party of Korea pay the highest tribute to Chairman Kim Jong Il , the sacred image of socialist Korea and great sage of the revolution.
Five-Year Plan for Construction of Capital City Decided by Eighth Congress of WPK Enters its Final Stage Groundbreaking Ceremony for Building 10 000 Flats at Fourth Stage in Hwasong Area Takes Place with Splendor KCNA 17 Feb 2025 -- The construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, decided by the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea to turn Pyongyang into a magnificent world-class city in which the people-first principle is thoroughly applied in the new era of the comprehensive development towards the supreme ideal of civilization and prosperity, has entered the final stage.
Ukraine broadcasts appeal to North Korean soldiers to surrender Radio Free Asia 16 Feb 2025 -- Ukrainian troops have begun broadcasting surrender appeals in Korean, assuring North Korean soldiers fighting in Kursk they will be treated humanely as prisoners of war, according to a Ukrainian activist group. The report comes after Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had requested a few thousands more troops from North Korea.
Chairman Kim Jong Il, Great Father of People KCNA 16 Feb 2025 -- Chairman Kim Jong Il 's whole life was a brilliant one of the genuine leader of the people who had always kept them in his mind all his life.
Papers Dedicate Editorials to 83rd Birth Anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il KCNA 16 Feb 2025 -- Leading newspapers of the DPRK Sunday dedicate editorials to the 83rd birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il .
US, Japan, S Korea renew calls for 'complete denuclearisation' of North Korea Press TV 16 Feb 2025 -- The United States, South Korea and Japan have once again called for "complete denuclearisation" of North Korea on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Joint Statement on the Trilateral United States - Japan - Republic of Korea Meeting in Munich US Dept. of State 15 Feb 2025
EXPLAINED: North Korea is dismantling a family reunion facility. What's next? Radio Free Asia 14 Feb 2025 -- North Korea began demolishing a building designed to host the reunions of separated families. The destruction is widely seen as a major setback for inter-Korean humanitarian efforts, particularly for elderly individuals who have long waited for a chance to see their loved ones before it is too late.
North Korea must compensate for killing of South Korean official: Court Radio Free Asia 13 Feb 2025 -- A South Korean court has ruled that North Korea must compensate the family of a South Korean official who North Korean forces shot dead in 2020, a killing that inflamed both cross-border tension and anger towards the South Korean government.
KCNA Commentary Sneers at Puppet ROK and Its Master KCNA 14 Feb 2025 -- The confrontation hysteria against the DPRK is getting evermore pronounced in the puppet ROK amid the worsening political chaos.
KCNA Report on Successfully Completing First Year's Task for Implementing Regional Development 20×10 Policy Set Forth by WPK Central Committee KCNA 13 Feb 2025 -- The Korean Central News Agency Wednesday released a report on the successful completion of the first year's task for implementing the Regional Development 20×10 Policy set forth by the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
North Korea demolishes facility for family reunions: Seoul Radio Free Asia 13 Feb 2025 -- North Korea has begun dismantling a facility where families separated by a decades-old war could meet on the border with South Korea, Seoul said on Thursday, the North's latest action to highlight what it says is the permanent division of the peninsula.
KCNA Commentary Denounces U.S. as Ferocious Robber KCNA 12 Feb 2025 -- The world is now seething with the U.S. "bomb declaration".
Hundreds Of Russian Soldiers Treated In Hospitals In North Korea RFE/RL 11 Feb 2025 -- Hundreds of Russian soldiers are being treated in North Korean hospitals, a Russian diplomat said, comments that provide another glimpse into the scale of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang in the Ukraine war.
Press Statement of Spokesperson for DPRK Ministry of National Defence CNA 11 Feb 2025 -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK issued the following press statement titled "We will make clearer our choice of action and mode of counteraction against the U.S." on Feb.11:
Russia supports US-North Korea dialogue, envoy says Radio Free Asia 11 Feb 2025 -- Russia would welcome North Korea resuming talks with the United States, the Russian ambassador in Pyongyang said, adding that while dialogue was better than no contact at all, North Korea got "practically nothing" from its previous engagement with the U.S.
North Korea's increasingly accurate missiles raise concerns Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2025 -- North Korean ballistic missiles used by Russia in the Ukraine war are now capable of landing within 100 meters (yards) of their targets, causing serious concern to defenders and highlighting the benefits to North Korea of its weapons being tested on the battlefield.
North Korea likely to produce drones with Russian support this year: report Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2025 -- North Korea is set to produce multiple types of drones this year in collaboration with Russia, media reported, as Moscow agreed to provide technical support to Pyongyang in exchange for its military assistance in fighting Ukraine.
North Korea vows to bolster nuclear forces as US, Japan hold summit Radio Free Asia 09 Feb 2025 -- North Korea reiterated its commitment to advancing its nuclear capabilities, emphasizing that its nuclear weapons were not a "bargaining chip," in an apparent response to a U.S.-Japan summit in which the leaders of the two allies reaffirmed their goal of the complete denuclearization of the North.
North Korea's Kim Vows Continued Support For Russia's Military Amid Heavy Losses RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 8 vowed to maintain his country's support for Russia in its war against Ukraine and threatened to bolster his nuclear forces to counter U.S. military cooperation with Japan and South Korea in the region.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un slams US for prolonging Ukraine war due to 'wild ambition' Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has slammed the United States for its blocking of international peace efforts aimed at ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.
KPA Founding Anniversary Celebrated in DPRK KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- All the people across the DPRK significantly celebrated the 77th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
Banquet Given to Celebrate 77th Founding Anniversary of KPA KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- A banquet was given on Feb. 8, the 77th founding anniversary of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA).
KCNA Commentary on ROK's Reckless Military Maneuvers KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The military provocations being committed in a frantic way in the ROK from the first month of the new year serve as an occasion of highlighting once again what enemy it is facing and how dangerous it may pay dearly for a moment's carelessness.
KPA Commanding Officers Visit Kumsusan Palace of Sun KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- On the occasion of the 77th founding anniversary of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA), all the service personnel and people of the DPRK pay the highest tribute to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il who achieved the great cause of building the army by dint of self-reliance with his far-sightedness and original military idea for self-defence and outstanding commanding art and devoted their whole lives to training our revolutionary armed forces into the renowned elite army of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to Ministry of National Defence on Day of KPA Founding KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The heroic Korean People's Army, which has remained faithful to its sacred mission of firmly defending the sovereignty and security of the state and safeguarding the well-being and happiness of the beloved people with the image of the dignified Workers' Party of Korea embroidered on the glorious colours, is now greeting its proud 77th founding anniversary along with its undying honor, while recording another year of victory and miracles in the history of army building.
DPRK Premier Inspects Various Sectors of National Economy KCNA 08 Feb 2025 -- Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, inspected various sectors of the national economy.
KCNA Commentary on Anti-DPRK Remarks of NATO and EU KCNA 08 Feb 2025 -- Shortly ago, NATO and the European Union let loose sophism without common sense ignoring the reality, make the world laugh at them.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's Feats for Bolstering up Military Capabilities of KPA KCNA 07 Feb 2025 -- The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK are greeting the significant founding anniversary.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Makes Speech at Groundbreaking Ceremony of Hospital and Leisure Complex in Kangdong County for Regional Development 20×10 Policy KCNA 07 Feb 2025 -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of a hospital and leisure complex in Kangdong County for the Regional Development 20×10 Policy.
Grand Construction Struggle for 2025 Launched to Implement Regional Development Policy in New Era Ground-breaking Ceremony of Kangdong County Hospital and General Service Center for Regional Development 20×10 Policy Held with Splendor KCNA 07 Feb 2025 -- The grand construction struggle for 2025 to implement the regional development policy in the new era started thanks to the grand intention of the Central Committee of the great Workers' Party of Korea to steadily carry forward the era of great rejuvenation in which 20 cities and counties of different parts of the country are changing every year while making bigger and more correct and responsible strides of advance for epochal changes dynamically revitalizing the whole country to be the ideal of the people suited to the dignity and prestige of a powerful country.
Korean People's Army-Driving Force of National Defence and Creator of People's Happiness KCNA 07 Feb 2025 -- The DPRK people are significantly celebrating the 77th Day of Army Founding.
KPA Displaying Matchless Might KCNA 06 Feb 2025 -- All the people in the DPRK are greeting the 77th birthday of the heroic Korean People's Army which has demonstrated its might as the revolutionary armed forces of the Workers' Party of Korea, the guards of the DPRK government and the genuine people's army.
Myongsasimni in DPRK Turned into World-level Tourist Resort KCNA 06 Feb 2025 -- Myongsasimni in the East Sea of Korea is being turned into a wonderful maritime park for the people and a world-level tourist resort, thanks to the sacred political idea, outlook on development, high ambition and ideal of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Enlarged Plenary Meeting of C.C., SWUK Held KCNA 05 Feb 2025 -- The 13th Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea took place on Tuesday.
North Korea's new map erases South Korea, signaling policy shift Radio Free Asia 05 Feb 2025 -- North Korea left South Korean territory blank on a revised map, labeling it with a different term that reflects Pyongyang's policy change to view the South as a completely separate and hostile nation.
North Korean casualty rate in Kursk may be as high as 50%: US expert Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2025 -- Up to half of the North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk region might have been wounded or killed in battle over recent weeks, said a U.S. expert, amid reports that North Korea is preparing to send more troops to help its ally Russia.
KCNA Commentary on Coexistence of Truce and Murder in Middle East KCNA 04 Feb 2025 -- Killing and destruction goes on in the Middle East where the truce was declared.
North Korea ready to send 25,000 more troops to Russia: Zelenskyy Radio Free Asia 03 Feb 2025 -- North Korea could send an additional 20,000 to 25,000 troops to Russia, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid reports that North Koreans had been taken off the front lines in a contested Russian region after suffering heavy casualties.
Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry Issues Press Statement KCNA 03 Feb 2025 -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK released the following press statement titled "The most depraved country in the world is not entitled to take issue with other countries" on Feb. 2:
KCNA Report on Over-fulfillment of National Economic Plans for January KCNA 03 Feb 2025 -- The Korean Central News Agency on February 2 released a report on the fact that a mass innovation movement for creating new norms and records was launched in all sectors of the national economy, and many units over-fulfilled their economic plans for January.
Press Release of Institute for Disarmament and Peace of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 03 Feb 2025 -- The Institute for Disarmament and Peace of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea made public the following press release titled the "U.S. scheme to build a new missile defense system is a new 'Star Wars' plan seriously destroying the global security balance" on February 2:
North Korea responds to US 'hostility' in its first criticism of the Trump government Radio Free Asia 02 Feb 2025 -- North Korea condemned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a "rogue state" in its first direct criticism of the Trump administration, about a week after the U.S. president suggested he might try to revive contacts with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
KCNA Commentary on U.S. Arms Support to Puppet ROK KCNA 02 Feb 2025 -- The U.S., the world's biggest war merchant, is getting more frantic in its arms sale to its vassal states than ever before.
Moral Treasure of DPRK People KCNA 02 Feb 2025 -- The fighting spirit and traits of the preceding generations who worked miracles and innovations, overcoming the grim difficulties facing the revolution, are the moral treasure to be followed by all the people and glorified generation after generation.
DPRK Premier Inspects Various Sectors of South Phyongan Province KCNA 02 Feb 2025 -- Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, inspected various sectors of South Phyongan Province.

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