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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made headlines this weekend with a highly publicized visit to the 11th Corps of the Korean Peoples Army, the regime’s most elite and combat-tested special forces unit. According to multiple outlets including the Korean Central News Agency and Izvestia, Kim inspected their headquarters, met top commanders, and personally watched their training exercises. He praised their combat readiness and called their fighting spirit and discipline—their so-called mass heroism—a model for all Korean forces.
During this appearance, Kim delivered strategic directives to strengthen special operations capabilities and signaled that the Central Military Commission would examine structural changes to further raise the unit’s stature. TASS reported Kim also spent time in the command center where he reviewed operational plans and set out his expectations for ideological and tactical advances. According to North Korean state media, he reminded all present that ideology remains crucial in modern battles and reaffirmed the party’s “will and desire” to mold the entire army into a force of “heroic winners.” Images broadcast by NDTV show Kim wearing his trademark dark tunic, taking photos with elite soldiers in a scene carefully curated to spotlight his hands-on leadership.
Elsewhere, Kim Jong-un’s recent activities included an inspection of the nearly completed Kangdong County Hospital, now set to become the template for a nationwide overhaul of North Korea’s healthcare system. The Pyongyang Times reported that Kim ordered rapid installation of medical equipment and tasked officials to replicate the hospital's standardized design in dozens of new facilities annually. He emphasized that public health modernization is a top state priority and announced plans to overhaul medical training nationwide, with these proposals up for review at an upcoming plenary session of the Party Central Committee.
While there have been rumors of North Korean special forces aiding Russian operations in Ukraine and news from Malay Mail and AFP that two captured North Korean soldiers are seeking asylum in South Korea, Kim himself has not commented publicly on these reports. These stories may influence international perceptions of North Korean internal policy and military engagement but remain unconfirmed from Pyongyang.
On the global stage, NK News noted renewed rhetoric from former US President Trump, who reiterated his willingness to “work very hard with Kim Jong-un” toward Korean Peninsula peace, though no direct diplomatic interactions have occurred recently.
Social media activity from Kim remains tightly controlled by regime channels, and there have been no independent posts or viral public reactions noted in the past 24 hours.
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