North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects new missile production line

"Kim Jong Un's visit comes ahead of planned trip to China to attend military parade with Xi Jinping. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new missile production line and missile-manufacturing automation process, according to state media. His visit on Sunday to the missile production line came ahead of a planned trip to Beijing to attend a military parade along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin."

"North Korea is under heavy international sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, which were developed in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. Experts and international officials say the sanctions have lost much of their bite amid growing economic, military and political support from Russia and China. Kim said that the modernised production process would help increase major missile units' combat readiness, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Monday."

"North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to support Moscow in its war against Ukraine. North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also criticised US cooperation with Japan and South Korea, singling out a recent trilateral joint statement that warned of cybersecurity threats from Pyongyang. The ministry strongly denounces and rejects the United States, Japan and South Korea for using cyberspace as a theatre of geopolitical confrontation and hostile propaganda, a spokesperson said in a statement carried by KCNA."

Kim Jong Un inspected a new missile production line and missile-manufacturing automation ahead of a planned Beijing trip to attend a military parade with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. The modernization was presented as intended to increase major missile units' combat readiness. North Korea remains subject to heavy international sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Experts and international officials say the sanctions have weakened amid growing economic, military and political support from Russia and China. North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced US, Japanese and South Korean cyber cooperation as hostile propaganda.

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