National Security

N. Korea’s Kim guides rocket firing drills

By JungYoon Choi
Published June 29, 2014 11:55pm ET
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N. Korea’s Kim guides rocket firing drills
People watch a TV news program showing the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 29, 2014. North Korea fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, an apparent test fire that comes just days after the country tested what it called new precision-guided missiles. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) | Ahn Young-joon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un guided the test launches of tactical ballistic rockets aimed at U.S. and South Korean forces, the second such launch drill reported in state media in three days.

The latest launch likely refers to suspected Scud missile launches that Seoul officials say the North fired a day earlier.

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