JAKARTA - North Korea (North Korea) fired two long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea.

Citing AFP, the state-run KCNA media on Monday, December 29, said that the firing exercise over the Yellow Sea yesterday was directly supervised by North Korean President Kim Jong Un.

According to the media, the purpose of the exercise is to review "the posture of the counterattack response and the combat capability of the long-range missile sub-unit."

KCNA also said Kim urged "limitless and continuous" development of his country's nuclear weapons capabilities.

Kim added that the North Korean government and ruling party "will as usual devote all their efforts to the unlimited and sustainable development of the country's nuclear combat force."

According to the Yonhap news agency, the South Korean military has detected the launch of several missiles from the Sunan area near Pyongyang.


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