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The Worker-Peasant Red Guards (로농적위군) is a paramilitary force in North Korea. It is the largest civil defense force in the DPRK with an estimated 2007 strength of approximately 3.5 million. It was established in January 14, 1959 by Kim Il-sung and is not only under National Defense Commission and Ministry of People's Armed Forces control, but is also attached to the Worker's Party of Korea under its Military Affairs Department (until 2010 it reported also to the Civil Defense Department).
The militia is organized on a provincial/town/city/ village level, and structured on a brigade, battalion, company, and platoon basis. The militia maintains infantry small arms, with some mortars, field guns and anti-aircraft guns and even modernized older equipment such as multiple rocket launchers like the BM-13 and older Ural D-62 motorcycles, although some units are unarmed indicating status as logistics and medical units.
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Coordinates: 40°00′N 127°00′E / 40.000°N 127.000°E / 40.000; 127.000
North Korea ( listen), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국; hancha: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國; MR: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), is a country in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. The name Korea is derived from the Kingdom of Goguryeo, also spelled as Koryŏ. The capital and largest city is Pyongyang. North Korea shares a land border with China to the north and northwest, along the Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen rivers, and a small section of the Tumen River also forms a border with Russia to the northeast. The Korean Demilitarized Zone marks the boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan in 1910. After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into two zones by the United States and the Soviet Union, with the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. Negotiations on reunification failed, and in 1948 two separate governments were formed: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north, and the Republic of Korea in the south. An invasion initiated by North Korea led to the Korean War (1950–53). Although the Korean Armistice Agreement brought about a ceasefire, no official peace treaty was ever signed. Both states were accepted into the United Nations in 1991.
Kim Il-sung (Chosŏn'gŭl: 김일성; English pronunciation: /ˈkɪm ˈɪlˈsʊŋ, ˈsʌŋ/;Korean pronunciation: [kim ils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sŏng-ju (김성주); 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea, for 46 years, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to 1994. He was also the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea from 1949 to 1994 (titled as chairman from 1949 to 1966 and as general secretary after 1966). Coming to power after the overthrow of Japanese rule in 1945, he authorized the invasion of South Korea in 1950, triggering a defense of South Korea by the United Nations led by the United States. A cease-fire in the Korean War was signed on 27 July 1953.
Under his leadership, North Korea became a socialist state and had close political and economic relations with the Soviet Union which gave the country many similarities in those respects. By the 1960s and 1970s, North Korea enjoyed a relatively high standard of living, outperforming the South which was crippled by political instability and economic crises. Differences between North Korea and the Soviet Union made the country non-aligned in world politics, central among these differences being Kim Il-sung's philosophy of Juche which focused on Korean patriotism and self-reliance. Juche eventually replaced Marxism-Leninism and communism altogether.
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Rote Arbeiter- und Bauernwehr in Nordkorea - Übung
Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- A parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards was held with splendor in Pyongyang on Friday in celebration of the 63rd founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Columns of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards from various provinces and complexes and those of the Young Red Guards and columns of motorized units which have been trained to be powerful civilian defence forces lined up at Kim Il Sung Square. Amid the playing of the National Anthem and the song of "Long Live the Workers' Party of Korea" the flags of the DPRK and the WPK were hoisted. Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, appeared at the tribune of honor. The tribune of...
Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- All members of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG) in the DPRK are now burning their hearts with the will to take revenge on the provokers after hearing the news of the emergency enlarged meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Military Commission and an urgent report of the Korean People's Army Supreme Command. It is the fixed will of the DPRK servicepersons and civilians to mercilessly crush the warmongers hell-bent on undermining their ideology and social system and accomplish the cause of national reunification by dint of arms. -0-
Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- A parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards was held at Kim Il Sung Square with splendor on Sept. 9 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK. The parade is led by the column of Kim Il Sung University, the column of Kim Chaek University of Technology and the columns of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards in every province, the columns of the Young Red Guards and revolutionary schools marched past the tribune of honor in fine array, demonstrating the might of the army and people single-mindedly united around the headquarters of the revolution and the majestic appearance of the militia forces of the WPK. Then columns of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards equipped with powerful combat equipment of Korean type including multiple rocket launchers and...
Korean Central Television (조선중앙방송)
北朝鮮が建国65周年を迎えた9日、平壌の金日成広場で民兵組織「労農赤衛軍」による軍事パレードが開催された。同軍の制服を着て登壇した朴奉珠首相が金正恩第1書記への忠誠を呼び掛け、国民の団結を求めた。第1書記本人の演説はなかった。 記事詳細 http://www.47news.jp/CN/201309/CN2013090901001366.html The Worker-Peasant Red Guards parade in Kim Il Sung Square, the main plaza of Pyongyang, as North Korea marked the 65th anniversary of its founding on Sept. 9, 2013. Premier Pak Pong Ju, clad in a Red Guards uniform, called for loyalty to leader Kim Jong Un, who did not make a public comment during the event.
Zhang Hongbing, a 60 year old Chinese lawyer said in an interview that he feels deep remorse for contributing to his mother's death when he was a teenager during the Cultural Revolution. Zhang had been a member of the Red Guard, a youth organization that supported Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist regime. Zhang's mother criticized Mao's policies, which prompted a 16 year old Zhang to hand a note to the Red Guard stating that his mother should be executed. Two months later, she was seized by military representatives and executed. During the Cultural Revolution, family ties were altered and destroyed as children were encouraged to denounce their parents if they did not support the Chinese Communist party.
North Korea's Military Capabilities 2017 - Capacidades Militares da Coreia do Norte - North Korea Military Power 2017 The Korean People's Army (KPA: 조선인민군) constitutes the military force of North Korea and, under the Songun policy, the central institution of North Korean society. Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. The KPA defence force consists of five branches: Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Special Operation Force. The Worker-Peasant Red Guards also come under control of the KPA. Korean People's Army (Exército Popular Coreano) Korean People's Army Ground Force Korean People's Navy Korean People's Army Air Force Korean People's Army Strategic Force North Kor...
Rote Arbeiter- und Bauernwehr in Nordkorea - Übung
Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- A parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards was held with splendor in Pyongyang on Friday in celebration of the 63rd founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Columns of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards from various provinces and complexes and those of the Young Red Guards and columns of motorized units which have been trained to be powerful civilian defence forces lined up at Kim Il Sung Square. Amid the playing of the National Anthem and the song of "Long Live the Workers' Party of Korea" the flags of the DPRK and the WPK were hoisted. Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, appeared at the tribune of honor. The tribune of...
Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- All members of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG) in the DPRK are now burning their hearts with the will to take revenge on the provokers after hearing the news of the emergency enlarged meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Military Commission and an urgent report of the Korean People's Army Supreme Command. It is the fixed will of the DPRK servicepersons and civilians to mercilessly crush the warmongers hell-bent on undermining their ideology and social system and accomplish the cause of national reunification by dint of arms. -0-
Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- A parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards was held at Kim Il Sung Square with splendor on Sept. 9 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK. The parade is led by the column of Kim Il Sung University, the column of Kim Chaek University of Technology and the columns of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards in every province, the columns of the Young Red Guards and revolutionary schools marched past the tribune of honor in fine array, demonstrating the might of the army and people single-mindedly united around the headquarters of the revolution and the majestic appearance of the militia forces of the WPK. Then columns of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards equipped with powerful combat equipment of Korean type including multiple rocket launchers and...
Korean Central Television (조선중앙방송)
北朝鮮が建国65周年を迎えた9日、平壌の金日成広場で民兵組織「労農赤衛軍」による軍事パレードが開催された。同軍の制服を着て登壇した朴奉珠首相が金正恩第1書記への忠誠を呼び掛け、国民の団結を求めた。第1書記本人の演説はなかった。 記事詳細 http://www.47news.jp/CN/201309/CN2013090901001366.html The Worker-Peasant Red Guards parade in Kim Il Sung Square, the main plaza of Pyongyang, as North Korea marked the 65th anniversary of its founding on Sept. 9, 2013. Premier Pak Pong Ju, clad in a Red Guards uniform, called for loyalty to leader Kim Jong Un, who did not make a public comment during the event.
Zhang Hongbing, a 60 year old Chinese lawyer said in an interview that he feels deep remorse for contributing to his mother's death when he was a teenager during the Cultural Revolution. Zhang had been a member of the Red Guard, a youth organization that supported Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist regime. Zhang's mother criticized Mao's policies, which prompted a 16 year old Zhang to hand a note to the Red Guard stating that his mother should be executed. Two months later, she was seized by military representatives and executed. During the Cultural Revolution, family ties were altered and destroyed as children were encouraged to denounce their parents if they did not support the Chinese Communist party.
North Korea's Military Capabilities 2017 - Capacidades Militares da Coreia do Norte - North Korea Military Power 2017 The Korean People's Army (KPA: 조선인민군) constitutes the military force of North Korea and, under the Songun policy, the central institution of North Korean society. Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. The KPA defence force consists of five branches: Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Special Operation Force. The Worker-Peasant Red Guards also come under control of the KPA. Korean People's Army (Exército Popular Coreano) Korean People's Army Ground Force Korean People's Navy Korean People's Army Air Force Korean People's Army Strategic Force North Kor...
A parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards and a mass demonstration of Pyongyang citizens took place with splendor at Kim Il Sung Square on September 9, the 65th founding anniversary of the DPRK. Kim Jong Un, First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, First Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, appeared on the rostrum in Kim Il Sung Square. The rostrum was also taken by senior officials of the Party, the state and the army, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, officials of the Party, armed forces organs and the Cabinet, chief secretaries of the provincial committees of the WPK, the head of the congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan, and the head of the delegation from the General Ass...
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) gave a banquet in honor of the contributors to the successful launch of earth observation satellite Kwangmyongsong-4 on February 13. Supreme leader Kim Jong Un was present at the banquet. Attending it were Kim Yong Nam, Hwang Pyong So, Pak Pong Ju, Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Pak Yong Sik, Ri Myong Su, Yang Hyong Sop, Kim Won Hong, Kwak Pom Gi, O Su Yong, Kim Phyong Hae, Kim Yong Chol, Choe Pu Il, Ro Tu Chol, Jo Yon Jun and other senior party, state and army officials. Invited to it were scientists, technicians, workers and officials who contributed to the successful launch of Kwangmyongsong-4. After arriving at the Mokran House together with Ri Sol Ju, supreme leader Kim Jong Un reviewed honor guards of the Ground, Naval, Air and A...
North Korea Military Power 2017-2020 - Documentary Kim Jong Un The Korean People's Army (KPA; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선인민군; Chosŏn inmin'gun) constitutes the military force of North Korea and, under the Songun policy, the central institution of North Korean society. Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and Chairman of both the Central Military Commission and National Defence Commission. The KPA defence consists of five branches: Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Special Operation Force. The Worker-Peasant Red Guards also come under control of the KPA. The KPA faces its primary adversaries, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and United States Forces Korea, across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, as it has since the Armistice Agreement...
Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Un guided the "2015 combat aeronautics contest of air commanding officers of the Air and Anti-Air Force of the Korean People's Army" which was held with splendor at the Kalma Airport, which has been rebuilt on an expansion basis, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War. At 8:30, a.m. his plane Chammae-1 flew over the air above the airport to review sub-units of the KPA Air and Anti-Air Force. After alighting from the plane, he received a salute from the head of the guards of honor of the KPA Ground, Navy, Air and Anti-Air Force and the Worker-Peasant Red Guards and reviewed them. He received bunches of flowers from service personnel of the KPA Ground, Navy and Air and Anti-Air Fo...
Odo Puiu Events invites you to watch …. North Korea's Military Human Resources 2017. North Korean soldiers march and shout slogans during the military parade in Pyongyang The Korean People's Army (KPA; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선인민군; Chosŏn inmin'gun) constitutes the military force of North Korea and, under the Songun policy, the central institution of North Korean society. Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. The KPA defence force consists of five branches: Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Special Operation Force. The Worker-Peasant Red Guards also come under control of the KPA. The KPA faces its primary adversaries, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and United States Forces Ko...