North Korea is poised to send more than 100 of its fearsome M1989 Koksan howitzers to Vladimir Putin's troops in Ukraine, a ...

North Korea is preparing to send Russia more than 100 artillery systems – originally designed to flatten Seoul – to be used ...

There’s a chance that—at some point—the... Key Point: Any scenario in which Pyongyang attempts such a test—humorously labelled ‘Juche Bird’ by some—is fraught with danger.

The 170mm M1989 Koksan howitzers, among the longest-range artillery systems in the world, are known as “juche cannons”, and were built to pound the South Korean capital in the event of a conflict.