SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un guided the military’s latest rocket-firing drill, state media said Sunday, confirming the missile launch which was conducted in defiance of UN censure.
Saturday’s launch was the first since the UN Security Council on July 17 officially condemned Pyongyang for its recent series of ballistic missile tests, in violation of UN resolutions.
The North’s state news agency KCNA described the missile launch by the army as a “rocket-firing drill” to simulate a strike on military bases in South Korea where 28,500 US troops are stationed.
“(Kim) examined a firing plan mapped out in consideration of the present location of the US imperialist aggressor forces’ bases ... and under the simulated conditions of the battle to strike and destroy them before guiding the drill,” it said.
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