SEOUL — South Korea said Thursday it was scrutinizing North Korea’s military activities following a series of publicized army visits by leader Kim Jong-Un.
The North’s state media has given prominent coverage in recent days to Kim’s visits to two strategic units — including a paratroop brigade — both of which demonstrated their ability to destroy enemy installations “at lightning speed.”
Kim heads the North’s top military body, the National Defence Commission, and such inspection tours are not unusual.
But the latest visits come as South Korea is warning Pyongyang might be planning some sort of provocation ahead of South Korea-US joint military drills scheduled to begin late February.
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