It has recently been reported that a special lecture is being held within the North Korean military that emphasizes the ideological armament of the military.
A South Pyongan Province source told Daily NK on the 31st, “Special lectures are being held in each corps to prepare the People’s Army into a strong army with ideology and beliefs.” He added, “In response to the created situation, the People’s Army’s strong sense of enemy and main enemy will be strengthened.” He said, “We are aggressively pursuing cultural education projects.”
According to the source, in fact, on the morning of the 26th, a lecturer dispatched from the General Political Bureau came down from the 11th Corps command center located in Deokcheon, South Pyongan Province and gave a lecture.
The 11th Corps is the so-called ‘Storm Corps’, which is known to have been recently dispatched to Russia, and the source said that lectures were intensively held for military officers and soldiers of the corps.
The explanation is that the lecture on this day was first aimed at high-ranking military officers, and then an ideological education project was carried out sequentially encompassing all soldiers, including general military officers and non-commissioned officers.
At the lecture, the lecturer explained the complex international situation and internal and external situations and said, “The purpose of this lecture is to impress upon all soldiers the importance of revolutionary armed force, instill pride in the People’s Army, and at the same time arouse a sense of duty.”
He also added, “The purpose is to solidify our status as a strong military that causes infinite fear to hostile forces, and through this, to engrave a strong sense of opposition and a view of the enemy.”
The source said, “The content of the lecture centered on the fact that the People’s Army must be thoroughly armed with an ideologically strong force, and clearly pointed out that it is essential to establish an awareness of the enemy and a view of the enemy.” “I emphasized that ideology comes first in order to implement it,” he said.
Meanwhile, at this lecture, there was also an instruction to provide a decisive opportunity to promote the strengthening of the military by continuously carrying out offensive education projects for each unit to ensure that soldiers have strong thoughts and beliefs.
In relation to this, the source said, “This special lecture is an opportunity to strengthen the revolutionary armed force of the People’s Army and establish ideological qualities to overwhelm the enemy. “It was emphasized,” he said.
At a time when North Korea is raising tensions both internally and externally following the Pyongyang drone infiltration incident, it is analyzed that the intention is to strengthen discipline within the military by instilling soldiers’ hostility toward South Korea through ideological lectures to the entire military.
The source said, “Special lectures are expected to continue for each corps in the coming weeks.”
Meanwhile, North Korea is known to have recently sent troops from the Storm Corps, known as the elite special forces, to Russia, but it was found that the issue of dispatching troops was not specifically addressed at this lecture.
Source: www.dailynk.com
