A Kim Jong Un's Photo-Op: North Korea Fires Rockets and Artillery Into The Sea

Kim personally gave the order to launch the rocket barrage, reported the North's main newspaper

What's That In The Dist-Unce? North Korean Dictator Kim Pictured Directing Rocket Launches Just Miles From Border With Southern Neighbours -- Daily Mail

* Kim Jong Un personally gave the order to launch the barrage
* Rockets fired several miles north of a popular tourist observatory
* The roar of rockets and the trails seen rising from clouds of smoke
* Not clear why North Korea conducted drills so close to the border

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally directed a series of rocket launches just miles from his country's border with the South, it emerged today.

In an apparent act of defiance that puts the face of its leader to actions provoking North Korea's neighbours, the despot gave the order to launch the barrage.

Satellite imagery and photos released by state media show the rockets were fired several miles north of a popular South Korean tourist observatory near the inter-Korean Demilitarised Zone.

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