The Korea Times
North Korea plans to deploy a new self-propelled howitzer along its border with South Korea by the end of this year, state media said Friday, as it seeks to bolster its defense capabilities. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a munitions factory Wednesday to review production of a "new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer" destined for three battalions to be stationed at a long-range artillery unit along the "southern border." The self-propelled gun-howitzer has a striking range exceeding 60 kilometers, the report said, which is enough to place Seoul within firing range of North Korean front-line positions. Kim "reaffirmed that the year 2026 will also record an unprecedented upgrade in the course of struggle for bolstering up the national defense capability of the country," the KCNA said, urging cadres to achieve "signal successes every day" through intensified efforts to strengthen military readiness. In a separate KCNA report, Kim visited the 5,000-ton warship Choe Hyon on Thursday to observe a maneuvering assessment test ahea
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