INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country
on Wednesday and ordered heightened readiness for war, state KCNA news agency reported on Thursday.The tour of the base, the location of
which was not identified, comes after the start of annual combined military drills by U.S
and South Korean forces on Monday in the South with twice the number of troops taking part compared to last year, Reuters reported.Kim said
the military must &dynamically usher in a new heyday of intensifying the war preparations in line with the requirements of the prevailing
situation,& KCNA reported.&Our army should … steadily intensify the actual war drills aimed at rapidly improving its combat capabilities
for perfect war preparedness,& KCNA quoted Kim as telling the troops.KCNA did not mention whether Kim directly referred to the drills by the
and South Korean military
He inspected troops conducting actual maneuvers under conditions simulating actual war, KCNA said.The post North Korea leader Kim Jong Un
orders heightened war preparations, KCNA says first appeared on Ariana News.
