Seoul, South Korea (AP)-North Korean leader Kim Jong United Nations supervised the test-firing of two types of new Atiyar missiles, the state media said on Sunday that showing its expanded military capabilities, South Korean and American terrorists conduct joint exercises.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the Tests on Saturday proved effective in combating the missiles such as drones and cruise missiles, and Kim assigned the unidentified “important” tasks to defense scientists before a major political conference earlier next year.
The report did not specify the missiles that were tested or where the incident took place. This did not mention any comment by Kim directed in Washington or Seoul.
The test is with the new South Korean President Lee jaehooung Tour to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigru IshibaWhere he vowed to resolve general challenges, including North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, bilateral cooperation with the United States and strengthen their trilateral partnership. Lee was to leave for Washington on Sunday Summit with US President Donald Trump.
Kim’s government has repeatedly dismissed the call to resume long-lasting conversations by Seoul and Washington to reduce their nuclear weapons and missile programs, as it continues Give priority to Russia As part of a foreign policy with the aim of expanding relations with nations facing the United States.
since Russia’s attack on UkraineKim has sent large shipments of thousands of soldiers and weapons, including artillery and ballistic missiles, to help fuel President Vladimir Putin’s war artning.
This has caused concern that Moscow can provide technology that strengthens Kim’s nuclear-cosmetics, experts have indicated North Korea’s aging antiirir and radar system as a possible area of ​​collaboration. The previous South Korea’s previous orthodox government stated in November that Russia supplied missiles and other equipment to help strengthen air rescue of North Korean capital Pyongyang, but did not specify which systems were provided. Kim held a ceremony in Pyongyang last week, to honor North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine, honored the state “hero” title to those who gave medals next to 101 paintings of fall and praised them as “great men, great heroes and great Patriats”, stated by state media. According to South Korean assessment, North Korea has sent around 15,000 soldiers to Russia since last decline. 600 of them have died In conflict. Kim has also agreed to send Thousands of military construction workers and deminers In Russia’s Kursk region, a deployment South Korean intelligence believes that may be soon.
Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press