North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit comes amid a broader push to modernise the country’s conventional armed forces in addition to its nuclear and missile arsenals.
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SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected an “important” tank factory and touted “great progress in the core technology of Korean-style tanks”, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency said on May 4.
He said producing cutting-edge tanks and armoured vehicles is key to modernising the army and reaching the ruling party’s plan for “the second revolution in armoured force”.
Mr Kim’s visit comes amid a broader push to modernise North Korea’s conventional armed forces in addition to its nuclear and missile arsenals.
He recently attended the launch of a new naval destroyer
South Korean and US officials have said they suspect the North is receiving some technical and military help from Russia in return for sending ammunition, missiles and troops for the war in Ukraine, but no details have been confirmed. REUTERS
