According to the report, Kim Jong Un praised the rockets’ “high hit and accuracy.”

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a drill simulating a “nuclear counter-attack,” the state-run KCNA news agency said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of tests by Pyongyang this year.

According to the report, the exercise took place on Monday. Seoul’s military earlier announced that the North had fired several short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, with Tokyo confirming the launch.

The drill included “super-large multiple rocket units” that “hit their island target” about 352 kilometers (219 miles) away, the report said.

It said Kim praised the rockets’ “high hit and accuracy”.

South Korea’s military said on Monday that the missiles flew about 300 kilometers from Pyongyang territory before landing in water east of the Korean peninsula.

The launch is the second in less than a week by Pyongyang, which on Friday tested a “super-large warhead” designed for a tactical cruise missile, state media said. Seoul’s military confirmed it had detected a cruise missile launch at the time.

The launch comes after Pyongyang’s ally Moscow in March used a UN Security Council veto to effectively end UN monitoring of sanctions violations by Kim’s government over its nuclear and weapons programs.

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