North Korea calls on military to defend Kim Jong Un ‘with their lives’

NY Post

North Korea marked 10 years since Kim Jong Un’s ascension to power by calling on the country’s 1.2 million-strong military to unite behind him, state-run media reported.

The Rodong Sinmun newspaper — the official mouthpiece of the ruling Workers’ Party — urged the Hermit Kingdom’s military leaders and soldiers in an editorial to become an “impregnable fortress and bulletproof walls in devotedly defending (Kim) with their lives.”

The propaganda sheet hailed Kim’s “energetic leadership” in launching offensives “throughout the country for a fresh advance and leap forward as the stubborn attacking spirit pervaded the times.”

It also called for building a more modern, advanced military that serves as a “reliable guardian of our state and people…