{
  "id": 16817415,
  "title": "N. Korea's Kim calls for combat readiness at photo session with army company leaders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/n-koreas-kim-calls-for-combat-readiness-at-photo-session-with-army-16817415",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T23:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261028/n-koreas-kim-calls-for-combat-readiness-at-photo-session-with-army-company-leaders"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has emphasized to army company leaders the need to boost training and sharpen combat readiness, stating it as their \"primary revolutionary task,\" according to state media. At a photo session on Tuesday with key military officials, including Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Pak Jong-chon, Defense Minister Kim Song-gi, and KPA Chief of the General Staff Ri Yong-gil, Kim stressed the importance of enhancing training. He emphasized that the way to prepare for potential war was to significantly improve the rigorous and intensive training of their troops. Kim urged the leaders to demonstrate their loyalty and leadership through success in making their units \"a-match-for-a-hundred ranks\" with unwavering revolutionary faith, patriotic spirit, and unmatched heroic spirit.",
  "summary": "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged company commanders to intensify training and sharpen combat readiness, calling it their \"primary revolutionary task,\" state media reported Wednesday. He made the remark Tuesday at a photo session with participants in the Third Meeting of Company Leaders of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Pak Jong-chon, vice…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "N. Korea's Kim calls for combat readiness at photo session with army company leaders",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/n-koreas-kim-calls-for-combat-readiness-at-photo-session-with-army-16820366",
        "published": "2026-10-27T23:19:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}