North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building a strong, modern army to cope with any war during a visit to a military academy, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.

Thousands of miles from home, North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader, a new study says.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim Il Sung University of Politics on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing that "arms without ideology are little short of ironware," according to North's state media on Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has come a long way in building a powerful army but weapons without ideology are simply "ironware", as he stressed loyalty to some of its most elite military cohorts,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the importance of ideology in the nations military, stating that weapons alone are merely ironware without political and moral strength. Speaking at Kim Il Sung University