SEOUL (AFP): North Korean state media have displayed an unprecedented portrait of leader Kim Jong-un in military uniform -- and an assault rifle on his desk -- as the nuclear-armed nation holds a ...

North Korea’s military, known as the The Korean People’s Army, is one of the largest military units in the world with an active duty army of over a million. Additionally, North Korea possesses ...

"He faces 14 charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice ... MORE: Travis King, Army soldier who ran into North Korea, ...

An Army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago will plead ... October filed a series of charges against King under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including desertion, as ...

North Korea is facing an army recruitment crisis as thousands of high school leavers look to evade the annual draft over fears of being sent to fight in Russia. Pyongyang has sent around 11,000 ...

though outlets described a number of other commemorative events marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army. North Korea's past four military parades occurred after ...

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to cross the Hantan River at a training field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea on Monday. (Ahn Young-joon/AP) SEOUL, South Korea — North ...