The army of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) plans to deploy the first integrated EW systems with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), which will carry out control and coordination. This was reported by the South Korean newspaper Daily NK, citing sources.
“At the end of last year’s Jinan Party power meeting, in accordance with this year’s Party decision, Guangchul’s order presented in front of the People’s Army in late March, the General Staff Combat Training Bureau was linked to electronic warfare and artificial intelligence, a new department called Operations Command, Defence, Military, we are working to attract technical talents capable of working in the field,” the source told Daily NK.
According to the newspaper, the new department of the DPRK General Staff has modernised electronic weapons and artificial intelligence operations to strengthen the armed forces’ operational command capabilities, using the technology it has for a specific purpose.
“Currently, the General Staff has developed a system using artificial intelligence technology that can help improve the speed and effectiveness of electronic warfare, in such cases it is an important issue,” the source added.
We will remind, the leader of the South Korean New Reform Party Lee Joon-seok, who received a mandate in the National Assembly (parliament) following the results of the April elections, said that South Korea should not supply Ukraine with lethal weapons. He reiterated the position of the current authorities that South Korea does not supply lethal weapons and ammunition and emphasised that the conflict over Ukraine “has been going on for several decades”.
“I firmly believe that there should be no future deliveries of lethal weapons to Ukraine from the South Korean side,” the politician said during a briefing for foreign journalists in Seoul.
