South Korea’s military said that it detected about 10 ballistic missiles fired from North Korea’s capital region toward the eastern sea.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un (centre, right) and his daughter attend a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, at an undisclosed place in North Korea on Mar 14, 2026. (Photo: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
South Korea’s military said on Saturday that it detected about 10 ballistic missiles fired from North Korea’s capital region toward the eastern sea. South Korea’s national security council called the launches a provocation that violated UN Security Council resolutions that bans any ballistic activities by North Korea.
KCNA cited Kim as saying that the drill would expose enemies within the 420km striking range, to “uneasiness” and give them “a deep understanding of the destructive power of tactical nuclear weapon,” KCNA said. He apparently referred to South Korea and US troops stationed in South Korea.
“If this weapon is used, the opponent’s military infrastructure within its striking range can never survive,” Kim said, according to KCNA.
KCNA photos showed Kim and his daughter, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae and aged about 13, walking near huge olive-green launch trucks and looking at weapons being launched from them.
The girl has been accompanying her father at numerous high-profile events like missile tests and military parades since late 2022, stoking outside speculation that she’s being groomed as his heir.
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