SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited key military factories, including a tactical missile production plant, state media KCNA said on Monday (Aug 14). Kim 'expressed satisfaction' with a factory's 'recent focus on tactical missile production' and 'expanding production capacity' during his visits l
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited key military factories, including a tactical missile production plant, state media KCNA said on Monday .
Kim"expressed satisfaction" with a factory's"recent focus on tactical missile production" and"expanding production capacity" during his visits last week, it said. He"presented a significant goal" to improve missile production, praised the latest operability of howitzer shells, and personally drove a combat armoured vehicle, KCNA said.by Kim Jong Un to defence facilities, where he has emphasised mass production of weapons.
The United States has accused North Korea of providing weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said last month the US was"incredibly concerned" about their ties.KCNA separately said on Monday that Kim visited"typhoon-hit areas" after
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