Stronger Army Korea under Kim Jong-un

An independent research organization warned that the Korean military is developing much more powerful, even when the economy is very tight, and called for more effective measures to repel the threat.

Just over two weeks after leader Kim Jong-il's death, North Korea has made clear development policy of the country is military, in which the military have priority over all other areas.

Reuters quoted the report in 2011 of the Economic Research Institute of Korea in Seoul, said North Korean Army is 1.02 million standing troops, along with a massive armored vehicles, ships and air defense artillery . "The reality is not entirely wrong to say the military strength of North Korea superior than if based on data updated in 2011," the report said.

The North Korean military official funeral leader Kim Jong-il.

Although Korea has the number of combat aircraft in 1986 less than the power but not size of the country has improved a lot by being equipped with fighter jet MiG-29 in the 90s. In addition, North Korea currently owns a significant number of submarines.

Meanwhile, the number of armed soldiers in Korea is 700,000, plus the 28,000 U.S. troops are stationed, this number still lags far behind the North Koreans. However, military analysts identified and means of the Korean War are outdated and lack of water supply of fuel can be difficult to maintain long-term military operations.

Reuters quoted analysts said Kim Jong-un, to succeed leader Kim Jong-il is gradually showing influence and his position in government and military. Assuming that this character may order military action, testing missiles or nuclear weapons tests to confirm the strength of North Korea as well as his leadership position. Most likely, Kim Jong-un will continue to lead the country under tough policy that his father and grandfather were maintained alive.

In the last week, threatening turn Seoul into a "sea of ​​fire" was repeated after North Korea licensing restrictions for Americans to be to visit the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. This is not the first time Pyongyang used tough rhetoric against South Korea, especially since the conservative government of President Lee Myung-bak took power in 2008.

Most of Korea's financial investment in the development of weapons including nuclear weapons, the economy of this country is very bleak. In addition, North Korea also suffered from international sanctions in 2006 because of the long-range missile tests and nuclear devices. In the last months in 2010, it had public facilities to enrich uranium, an important process to produce a nuclear bomb.

In recent days, South Korean Defense Ministry said the country and the U.S. signed a joint action plan to combat aggression and increase the number of military exercises with U.S. forces. The ministry said the move is completely self-defense and combat the threat from North Korea.