Kim says N.Korea will keep developing 'formidable striking capabilities' - KCNA


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  • Monday, 28 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm Held in Ryonpho area of Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province of the DPRK, North Korea in this photo released on February 18, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will continue to develop "formidable striking capabilities" and boost its strategic forces, leader Kim Jong Un said, according to state media on Monday, as he visited workers involved with the country's biggest missile test.

Kim was meeting with people who contributed to a missile launch on Thursday, which North Korea said was its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

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