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Supreme Guard Command (Korean: 호위사령부; Hanja: 護衛司令部) (also known as Unit 963, [1] the Escort Bureau, [2] Guard Command, [3] Bodyguard Command, [4] SGC, Guard Bureau and the General Guard Bureau [5]) is the protective security unit tasked with the protection of North Korea's ruling Kim family, high-ranking Workers' Party of ...
"Onwards Toward the Final Victory" (Korean: 최후의 승리를 향하여 앞으로) is a North Korean propaganda hymn dedicated to the country's leader Kim Jong Un.It continues the tradition of North Korean supreme leaders having hymns dedicated to them, as was the case with Kim's grandfather Kim Il Sung ("Song of General Kim Il-sung") and Kim's father Kim Jong Il ("Song of General Kim Jong ...
According to the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the American Enterprise Institute, it is based on the political, social, and economic background of one's direct ancestors as well as the behavior of their relatives, songbun is used to classify North Korean citizens into three primary castes—core, wavering, and hostile—in ...
The previous month two North Korean spies had been imprisoned for plotting to murder Hwang. [12] North Korea denied involvement, but the later defector "Kim Kuk-song" said that he had personally directed the July 2010 operation. [13] "Kim" also said "I can tell you that North Korean operatives are playing an active role in various civil society ...
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
The U.S., South Korea and others accuse North Korea of having already exported artillery shells, missiles and other conventional arms to Russia. Besides Russia's possible weapons technology transfer, South Korean officials also worry that Moscow might offer defense commitment to North Korea in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula.
"No Motherland Without You" (or "Ode to Kim Jong Il") is a North Korean song about the country's second supreme leader, Kim Jong Il. Composed by Hwang Jin Young and written by Ri Jong O [], it extols the proclaimed talent and virtues of Kim, and the North Korean people's loyalty to him.
Putin, on a state visit for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, vowed to deepen trade and security ties and to support the North against the U.S., a close ally of its bitter rival South Korea.