North Korea

Kim Jong-un vows to accelerate war preparations, while the South holds rare defence drills

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North Korean state media has reported that leader Kim Jong-un ordered the country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations at a year-end meeting on December 27, 2023, in response to what Kim says are unprecedented confrontational moves by the US. On the same day, South Korea held a rare defence drill involving over a thousand security personnel, to guard against attacks by the North.

December 28, 2023