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North Korea Confirms Official Launch of New “Successful” Tactical Guided Munition
“Two launches … Hitting exactly the 600 km East Sea target”
“Improved weapon system with a warhead weight of 2.5 t”
President Kim Jong-un is absent … Vice President Lee Byung-cheol visited
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It officially confirmed that North Korea conducted two new test tactical guided missiles yesterday and said it had hit the 600km target accurately. President Kim Jong-un did not attend, but continued his public welfare by looking around the planned site for a new house in Pyongyang. Connect reporters. Reporter Hwang Hye-kyung! Did you officially confirm the two projectiles that North Korea fired yesterday? Yes, North Korea reported in a report this morning that it had conducted a test launch of a new tactical guided missile recently developed by the Defense Academy. It was an official confirmation of the launch of a projectile that our army identified early yesterday morning. North Korean media rated the two new tactical guided missiles tested this time as highly successful, saying they accurately hit the target set in the 600 km water area above the East Sea. In particular, the new tactical guided munition is a weapon system with an improved warhead weight of 2.5 tonnes. He explained that this test launch confirms the reliability of the improved solid fuel engine and reaffirms the anomalous trajectory characteristics of the low-altitude glide jump-type flight method already applied to other guided missiles. However, Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Council, did not attend this test launch, but instead was attended by Vice Chairman of the Party Central Military Committee, Lee Byeong-cheol, the Ministry of Military Industry and the Investigation Division of Defense Sciences of the Labor Party. Vice President Lee Byung-cheol said yesterday’s test launch is an important process to carry out the defense science policy proposed by the 8th Party Congress. The development of this weapon system was evaluated as having great importance in strengthening the military force and suppressing various military threats that exist on the Korean peninsula. On the other hand, President Kim Jong-un continued his progress by looking around the planned site for the construction of houses in Pyongyang. Yes, on the 23rd, President Kim Jong-un, who attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the housing district for 50,000 homes in Pyongyang, yesterday toured the planned housing site around the Dongong River that crosses Pyongyang. In addition, they are taking care of people’s lives one after another, such as assembling a prototype of the newly produced passenger bus. North Korean media reported that President Kim brought up the idea of making the Gangan district distinctive by forming a modern attic residential district along the common riverbank that flows through the center of the capital and harmoniously arranging high and low-rise houses. In particular, he added that the housing district will be promoted directly by the Party Central Committee, in addition to the construction of 50,000 homes in Pyongyang, and will be presented to taxpayers, scientists and educators who are dedicated to serving the Party and the state. President Kim has not scheduled any military-related programs, such as visits to military units this year, and is showing a number of people’s livelihoods. During yesterday’s inspection, Choi’s closest aide was accompanied by Labor Party Organization Secretary Cho Yong-won and Prime Minister Kim Deok-hoon. I am YTN Hwang Hye-kyung.
