- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his teenage daughter, oversaw strategic cruise missile tests launched from a warship, according to state media.
- The launches were conducted in response to ongoing US-South Korean military exercises, which Pyongyang views as an invasion rehearsal.
- Images released by KCNA showed Kim Jong Un and his daughter observing footage of weapons being fired from the Choe Hyon naval destroyer.
- Kim Jong Un stressed the necessity of maintaining 'a powerful and reliable nuclear war deterrent' and stated the exercises aimed to showcase the navy's offensive capabilities.
- His daughter, Kim Ju Ae, thought to be around 13, has made several high-profile appearances with her father, with South Korea's intelligence agency suggesting she is being groomed as a potential successor.
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