Editing Korean People's Army (section)

===Korean People's Revolutionary Army, 1932–1948===
[[Kim Il Sung]]'s anti-Japanese guerrilla army, the {{ill|Korean People's Revolutionary Army|ko|조선인민혁명군}}, was established on 25 April 1932. This revolutionary army was transformed into the People's Army in anticipation of the regime's establishment on February 8, 1948. Until 1977, they commemorated February 8 as the "Founding Day" of the army. However, since 1978, they changed it to April 25, designating it as the "Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Army" and holding large-scale commemorative events. The reason for changing the date of the founding of the People's Army in North Korea is that Kim Il Sung organized the "Anti-Japanese People's Guerrilla Unit", a unit of the Anti-Japanese People's Army, in Ando County, Manchuria, on April 25, 1932, which later developed into the "Korean People's Revolutionary Army" and played a significant role in the anti-Japanese struggle. This is based on the "Kim Il Sung revolutionary tradition."<ref name= KPRA/> Both of these are celebrated as [[Military Foundation Day|army days]], with decennial anniversaries treated as major celebrations, except from 1978 to 2014 when only the 1932 anniversary was celebrated.<ref name=38north-20180201>{{cite news |url=https://www.38north.org/2018/02/rcarlin020118/ |title=A Few Facts on North Korea's Army Day |last=Carlin |first=Robert |work=[[38 North]] |publisher=U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies |date=1 February 2018 |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109212924/https://www.38north.org/2018/02/rcarlin020118/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="founded">See "Puk chuyo'gi'nyŏm'il 5–10 nyŏnmada taegyumo yŏlpyŏngsik" (North Korea Holds Large Military Parades for Anniversaries Every 5–10 years), Chosŏn Ilbo, 25 April 2007; Chang Jun-ik, "Pukhan Inmingundaesa" (History of the North Korean Military), Seoul, Sŏmundang, 1991, pp. 19–88; Kim Kwang-su, "Chosŏninmingun'ŭi ch'angsŏlgwa palchŏn, 1945~1990" (Foundation and Development of the Korean People's Army, 1945~1990), Chapter Two in Kyŏngnam University North Korean Studies Graduate School, Pukhan'gunsamunje'ŭi chaejomyŏng (The Military of North Korea: A New Look), Seoul, Hanul Academy, 2006, pp. 63–78.</ref><ref name= KPRA>{{cite web| script-title=ko:조선인민혁명군 (朝鮮人民革命軍)| publisher = [[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]]| url = https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0070134| access-date = 2023-10-24| language = ko| archive-date = 30 October 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231030133204/https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0070134| url-status = live}}</ref>