North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Attends Artillery Drills "In Range" of Seoul
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw live artillery drills, as South Korea and the U.S. conducted joint exercises. Kim has emphasized war readiness as tensions on the Korean peninsula escalate.
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00:00 North Korea has held artillery drills with leader Kim Jong-un overseeing the exercises.
00:06 State media says the drills carried out on Thursday were in firing range of the enemy's
00:10 capital - referring to Seoul in South Korea.
00:14 The report says the exercises were to increase war capabilities.
00:18 It comes after the U.S. and South Korea began their 11-day spring drills on Monday with
00:23 twice the number of troops participating compared with last year.
00:27 Tensions on the peninsula have escalated in the past few months as Kim pushes for war
00:32 readiness.