PYONGYANG - The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday attended a combined tactical drill of special operations, training matches and joint fire demonstrations, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday.

Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, said that a scientific combat training system has been established throughout the entire army, which "promotes substantial changes in the training sector and the strengthening and development of combat capability of units and sub-units," said the KCNA report.

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Calling modern warfare "a showdown between military talents and war of commanding officers' brains," Kim stressed that all combat drills should be organized on the principle of enhancing the initiative, independence and creativity of commanding officers, it said.

The DPRK leader also emphasized the need to refine the training apparatus and elements of training grounds to prepare all personnel for modern warfare, and to integrate IT and scientific judgment systems into training to establish a new training system in line with evolving trends, it added.