Kim Jong-un holds rare military meeting as N.Korea nuclear test looms

Kim Jong Un attending the Third Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission on June 21, 2022. - KCNA/AFP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): Kim Jong-un for the first time in a year convened a top-level meeting of North Korea’s military that could set the stage for his first nuclear test since 2017, as international attention is diverted to the war in Ukraine.

The North Korean leader presided over a Central Military Commission that will look at policies for the "the crucial and urgent tasks to build up national defense,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday (June 22). It’s the first time the commission of military leaders has met at this level since June 2021 and the gathering is expected to take several days, NK News reported.