Kim Jong-un rallies troops ahead of drills

Published on 19/08/2012 00:00

NORTH KOREA: LEADER Kim Jong-un has visited a frontline military detachment and reminded troops of 
their duty to fight a “sacred war” against any provocation by South Korea, ahead of annual war games by allies South Korea and the United States.

The military drills 
are scheduled to begin tomorrow and continue 
until the end of August.

Kim, who came to power 
in December 2011 after the death of his father, visited 
the same artillery unit that launched a deadly attack on South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island near the western sea border two years ago.