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Kim Jong-un inspects test site of 'new tactical weapon'

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conducts a field inspection at a test site for a new tactical weapon, Friday. The regime did not say what kind of weapon it was. / Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conducts a field inspection at a test site for a new tactical weapon, Friday. The regime did not say what kind of weapon it was. / Yonhap

By Lee Min-hyung

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected the testing for the country's new "cutting-edge tactical weapon," the regime's media reported Friday.

Following the report, the South Korean military said it is hard to confirm what the weapon is. But given that the regime underlined such terms as "cutting-edge," the military believes that the report is aimed at the United States, it said.

Some military experts said the weapon is thought to be long-range artillery.

"Kim inspected the testing site for the regime's newly developed high-tech weapon by visiting a test facility of a defense science institute," the North's Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

"The test has been conducted successfully," it said, without giving details of the weapon.

This is the first time Kim has conducted a field inspection in public for a weapons test since Nov. 29 last year, when North Korea launched the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

"The state-of-the-art weapon, developed for a long period of time, has great significance in that it has drastically enhanced the combat power of the North's armed forces," the KCNA said.

Tangerines from the South

The KCNA also reported Friday that Kim instructed that the tangerines South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent as a gift last week be distributed to students and workers in Pyongyang.

Cheong Wa Dae on Sunday sent 200 tons of tangerines to the North in return for Kim's gift of two tons of pine mushrooms delivered to the South in September, following the inter-Korean summit.

"President Moon sent a meaningful gift to the North Korean leader to express gratitude for the pine mushrooms," the KCNA reported.

"Kim expressed his appreciation for the gift, and instructed the tangerines be sent to students and laborers in Pyongyang."

On Sunday, the South Korean presidential house delivered the tangerines by separating them into 20,000 boxes sent to the North using four C-130 cargo planes.


Lee Min-hyung mhlee@koreatimes.co.kr


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