SEOUL, (APP/AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a
live-fire long-range artillery drill, simulating a strike on the official residence of his South Korean counterpart, state media said Friday, as Pyongyang’s threats against Seoul turned increasingly personal.
“Artillery shells flew like lightning and intensely and fiercely
struck targets simulating Cheong Wa Dae and rebel governing bodies in Seoul,” the North’s official KCNA news agency said.
Cheong Wa Dae is the Korean name for the executive office and
official residence of the South Korean president, known as the Blue House
in English.
Military tensions on the divided Korean peninsula have been
escalating since North korea carried out its fourth nuclear test in January, and a satellite rocket launch a month later that was widely seen as a disguised ballistic missile test.
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N. Korea leader watches artillery drill targeting South’s president
