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Kim oversees cruise missile firing drill

20 August

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EPA-EFE/KCNA

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a strategic cruise missile launching exercise, Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency reported.

The launch test took place during his visit to an East Sea Fleet unit of the North Korean Navy. Kim reportedly spoke about the "important mission and duty of the KPA [Korean People's Army] Navy for frustrating the enemy's will for war in [an] emergency ... and defending the sovereignty and security of the country."

Elsewhere, South Korea and the United States began their joint 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military drills earlier on August 21 local time.

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