SEOUL — North Korean state media published pictures Tuesday of leader Kim Jong Un supervising what it called a “long-range artillery” drill after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched two short-range ballistic missiles in its first weapons test for months. The images in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper included pictures of multiple launch rocket systems and several of a larger caliber rocket being fired from a launcher in a forest. South Korea said that Monday’s launch appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles — which the nuclear-armed North is banned from testing under UN Security Council resolutions. The North also appeared to be carrying on a firing drill that began Friday, it added. The nuclear-armed North carried out a series of tests last year it often described as multiple rocket launch systems, and which were repeatedly played down by US President Donald Trump.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 03, 2020 04:41 UTC