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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

Photo taken on April 25, 2025, shows a signboard in Pyongyang marking the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People march in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, with photos of participants in the anti-Japanese partisans movement during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People march in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, with photos of participants in the anti-Japanese partisans movement during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People line up with North Korean flags in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People march with North Korean flags in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People march with North Korean flags in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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N. Korean border area with China

Photo taken from the Chinese city of Dandong on March 8, 2023, shows Korean People's Army soldiers walking beside a fence set along the Yalu River on the North Korean side.

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Funeral for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A hearse carrying the coffin of Kim Jong Il passes through the square in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, with soldiers of the North Korean people's army lined up, on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also in the photo.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes as he walks beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R front), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also present.

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Funeral for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il passes through the square in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, in Pyongyang, where soldiers of the North Korean people's army lined up, on Dec. 28, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. soldiers (front) and members of the Korean People's Army of North Korea (back) stay alert in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014. The 61st anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice was marked the same day.

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N. Korean officer points camera at U.S. general

SEOUL, South Korea - One of three Korean People's Army officers points a camera toward Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. Forces Korea (in the foreground), in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014, on the 61st anniversary of the signing of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice.

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N. Korean soldiers gather for political rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers of North Korea's Korean People's Army gather for a political rally in Sinchon, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, to denounce the United States on June 25, 2014.

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Pyongyang propaganda warns of nuclear war on Korean Peninsula

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A huge propaganda painting celebrating the 82nd anniversary of the Korean People's Army's foundation is shown in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2014. It says there is "a dark shadow of nuclear war over the Korean Peninsula."

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N. Korean citizens offer flowers at statues of late leaders

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean citizens offer flowers at the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2014, on the 82nd anniversary of the Korean People's Army's foundation.

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N. Korea's military anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People bow to the bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2014, the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea's military anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People lay flowers at the bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2014, the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea envoy returns from China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Ryong Hae (R), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army of North Korea, arrives at Pyongyang airport on May 24, 2013, after visiting China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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N. Korea envoy visits China

BEIJING, China - Choe Ryong Hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army of North Korea, is pictured at Pyongyang airport before leaving for China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on May 22, 2013.

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N. Korea envoy visits China

BEIJING, China - A motorcade believed to be carrying a North Korean delegation enters the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 22, 2013. Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army of North Korea, visited China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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N. Korea envoy visits China

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army of North Korea. Choe visited China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on May 22, 2013.

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N. Korea armed forces day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean flags fly on a street in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea armed forces day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People (back) wait for a bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea armed forces day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2013, to mark the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea armed forces day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women dance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2013, to mark the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea armed forces day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Young people use mobile phones in a park in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea armed forces day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2013, to mark the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea army anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women in traditional Korean dress bring flowers to the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea army anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women bring flowers to the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea army anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers bring flowers to the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea army anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows flowers sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea army anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers bring flowers to the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2013, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans attend a rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 7, 2013, in support of a statement issued by a spokesman of the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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N. Korea military exercises

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Troops engage in a military exercise that was shown to Kyodo News by the Korean People's Army near Pyongyang on March 6, 2013, a day after North Korea threatened to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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N. Korea military exercises

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Troops engage in a military exercise that was shown to Kyodo News by the Korean People's Army near Pyongyang on March 6, 2013, a day after North Korea threatened to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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N. Korea military exercises

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Troops engage in a military exercise that was shown to Kyodo News by the Korean People's Army near Pyongyang on March 6, 2013, a day after North Korea threatened to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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N. Korea military exercises

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Troops engage in a military exercise that was shown to Kyodo News by the Korean People's Army near Pyongyang on March 6, 2013, a day after North Korea threatened to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Hyon Yong Chol, chief of the General Staff of North Korea's Korean People's Army, giving a speech at a national meeting in Pyongyang on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the KPA.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Hyon Yong Chol (front, far L), chief of the General Staff of North Korea's Korean People's Army, giving a speech at a national meeting in Pyongyang on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the KPA.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a national meeting held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.

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Memorial service for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front, far L) attends a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, his father and predecessor. Choe Ryong Hae (2nd from R), director of the General Political Department of the Korean People's Army, and Jang Song Thaek (front, far R), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, are also seen in the photo.

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Memorial service for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front) attends a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, his father and predecessor. Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Department of the Korean People's Army, is seen just behind Kim Jong Un.

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N. Korean general's sacking linked to standing position

SEOUL, South Korea - The front page of The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, dated July 8, 2012, shows Ri Yong Ho (3rd from R, front row), then chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, standing along the white line on the floor at the same forefront position as the country's leader Kim Jong Un next to him. A South Korean source well versed in North Korean situations says the photo could have been the reason or could have been used as the reason for his sudden removal from all his posts in the party later in July.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ships from North Korea's Korean People's Army head to a military exercise in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of North Korea's Korean People's Army prepare for a military exercise in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A military exercise by North Korea's Korean People's Army is shown to foreign reporters in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Korean People's Army conducts a live-fire drill during a military exercise in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyon Yong Chol speaks during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured from a video image shows Hyon Yong Chol speaking during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.