DPRK leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting with military officials held this week in Pyongyang urged members of the Korean Peoples’ Army (KPA) to intensify political education and develop into an “ideologically-prepared elite force.”

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and the Rodong Sinmun reported Wednesday that the fifth meeting of company commanders and political instructors of the KPA has been held on Monday and Tuesday.

In addition to the DPRK leader, state media reported that high-ranking military officials including Ri Myong Su, Kim Su Gil, Ri Yong Gil, and No Kwang Chol, had attended the conference, along with “exemplary company leaders and political instructors.”