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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un urged the country’s military to improve its capabilities for fighting a war, state media said on November 18, 2024. The KCNA report came amid suggestions that Pyongyang may dispatch as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine. Kim delivered the speech at a conference of battalion commanders and political instructors held in Pyongyang on November 15, during which he called for building political and military strength and fighting efficiency to ensure that the armed forces can cope with a war.