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Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1998 |
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Article 58.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea rests on the people's
nationwide defence system.
Article 59.
The mission of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea is to safeguard the interests of the working people, to defend the socialist
system and the gains of the revolution from aggression and to protect the freedom,
independence and peace of the country.
Article 60.
The State shall implement the line of self-reliant defence, the import of which
is to train the army into a cadre army and modernize the army, arm the entire
people and fortify the country on the basis of equipping the army and the people
politically and ideologically.
Article 61.
The State shall strengthen military and mass discipline in the army and promote
the display of the noble traditional trait of unity between officers and men
and unity between the army and the people.