North Korea's Kim Jong Un leads meeting on strengthening military, inspects artillery drill


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  • Friday, 30 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a military training base, in North Korea, in this handout picture released on April 5, 2025, by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a party meeting on strengthening the military on Wednesday and inspected an artillery drill on Thursday, state media KCNA said on Friday.

In an expanded meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim emphasised that roles of party organisations carrying out measures from the central leadership should be strengthened to solve "all the problems arising in the army building and military activities."

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