N. Korea's Kim calls for 'strongest army' in speech for military meeting in Pyongyang

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SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for the regime's military to build the "strongest army" as he addressed a meeting of commanders in Pyongyang, the North's state media reported Saturday.

Kim made the remarks as he supervised a meeting of company commanders on Oct. 22 and 23 in the North's capital, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Kim told the commanders that "the main spirit of the Third Meeting of Company Leaders of the Korean People's Army is to build the strongest army and accelerate the Korean-style military revolution by training the strongest companies," the KCNA reported.

Kim also instructed company commanders to "firmly carry forward the true nature of our army as the army of the Party and the army of ideology and core elements."

The meeting was the first gathering of the North's entire army after Pyongyang's Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, the KCNA reported.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at a meeting with military commanders in Pyongyang, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 24, 2026. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

N. Korea's Kim calls for 'strongest army' in speech for military meeting in Pyongyang

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首尔，10月24日（韩联社）——据朝鲜官方媒体周六报道，朝鲜领导人金正恩在平壤召开的指挥官会议上发表讲话，呼吁朝鲜军队建立“最强大的军队”。

据朝鲜中央通讯社（朝中社）报道，金正恩于10月22日至23日在朝鲜首都视察连长会议时发表了上述讲话。

据朝中社报道，金正恩告诉指挥官们，“朝鲜人民军第三次连长会议的主要精神是通过训练最强大的连队来建设最强大的军队，加快朝鲜式军事革命”。

金还指示各连长“坚定地发扬我军作为党的军队、思想和核心要素军队的真正性质”。

据朝中社报道，这是朝鲜劳动党第九次全国代表大会召开以来，朝鲜全军首次集结。

这张照片由朝鲜官方通讯社朝中社于2026年10月24日发布，照片中朝鲜领导人金正恩在平壤会见军事指挥官并发表讲话。（仅限韩国境内使用，禁止转载）（韩联社）

朝鲜领导人金正恩在平壤举行的军事会议上发表讲话，呼吁建立“最强大的军队”。