North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw military drills targeting a replica of South Korea's presidential office, the Blue House, pictures published by state newspaper the Rodong Sinmun showed on Sunday.
The drills, conducted by by Korean People's Army Unit 525, were described as practice for "bold combat actions with the southern part of Korea as their theatre," and were aimed at "destroying specified targets of the enemy" an accompanying KCNA report of the event said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw military drills targeting a replica of South Korea's presidential office, the Blue House, pictures published by state newspaper the Rodong Sinmun showed on Sunday.
The drills, conducted by by Korean People's Army Unit 525, were described as practice for "bold combat actions with the southern part of Korea as their theatre," and were aimed at "destroying specified targets of the enemy" an accompanying KCNA report of the event said.
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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.