"North Korean Military Releases Supplies, Shortens Service, and Reduces Weapon Production to Revive Economy"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] An analysis has emerged that under Chairman Kim Jong-un's tenure, the military has been releasing materials and manpower, actively supporting the economy.

On the 31st, Jo Namhoon, a Future Strategy Research Committee member at the Korea Defense Research Institute, explained in the report "Measures of the North Korean Military for the Recovery of the North Korean Economy," published in the Korea Development Institute (KDI) North Korean Economic Review, that "to respond to Chairman Kim's directive demanding an increased role of the military in economic recovery, the North Korean military has deployed its material and human resources to the civilian sector."

The military's resource deployment consisted of three aspects: releasing war reserve materials, shortening soldiers' service periods, and reducing conventional weapons production.

He first mentioned that in June, Chairman Kim issued a "special order" to release war reserve materials amid food and material shortages.

Regarding the release of war reserve materials, he interpreted, "It seems they have taken the current food and material shortage situation quite seriously," and added, "North Korea, having acquired nuclear weapons, may have judged that it no longer needs to stockpile a significant amount of war reserve materials necessary for a prolonged full-scale war."

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