“Landmine Blast Denial”: Kim Jong Un Family Watches Missile Launch; Kim Ju Ae in Attendance

[Financial News] The leadership of Kim Jong Un's dictatorial regime, which denies a landmine explosion on the western front, observed a missile launch. The Kim Jong Un regime has continued its military provocations while mocking President Lee Jae-myung and the Ministry of Unification, which proposed dialogue.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party, personally observed the medium-range strategic missile launch drill conducted on the 3rd. Rodong Sinmun, the WPK newspaper, reported on the 4th that General Secretary Kim had watched the medium-range strategic missile launch drill conducted toward the East Sea the previous day. Kim Jong Un's wife, Ri Sol-ju, and his 14-year-old daughter, Kim Ju Ae, were also seen.
Kim Jong Un said, "We must continue without interruption our responsible efforts to continuously and repeatedly make our adversaries recognize the reliability and lethality of our strategic attack capabilities," displaying hostility toward the South Korean government.
He also said that the missile drill was aimed at further advancing North Korea's 'nuclear war deterrent,' stating, "We must control various threats with a powerful deterrent and ensure a safer environment for our nation-building and activities."
The missile used in the drill was launched northeast, and Rodong Sinmun claimed that it hit the target point set at 43 degrees 36 minutes 28.04 seconds north latitude and 138 degrees 00 minutes 47.02 seconds east longitude, about 1,000 kilometers away in the East Sea.
Earlier, the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff (ROK JCS) said it had detected the launch of one ballistic missile into the East Sea from around Wonsan, Gangwon Province, at about 6:30 a.m. the previous day. It was North Korea's 16th missile provocation of the year, coming 12 days after a landmine explosion involving North Korean troops in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the western front.
Before Rodong Sinmun's report, North Korea unusually disclosed the missile drill in advance the previous day through a statement by Kim Yo Jong, director of the WPK's General Affairs Department. Kim referred to the ROK JCS's announcement that the missile had traveled more than 700 kilometers and the Japanese Defense Ministry's announcement that it had traveled about 680 kilometers, arguing that both South Korea and Japan had failed to track the missile's trajectory.
Kim said, "It may be necessary to recall our announcement that the missile is capable of changing its flight trajectory at low altitude and that artificial intelligence has been introduced," and claimed, "In other words, this means that there is virtually no way to evade this strike."

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