▲ North Korea carries out a firepower strike drill involving 600 mm ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers on March 14, 2026, in this photo published by the Korean Central News Agency the following day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea says test-fired Hwasong-11 Ra ballistic missile, attended by leader Kim

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired the Hwasong-11 Ra surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile in a recent test launch attended by leader Kim Jong-un to evaluate the missile's warhead capability, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published the report a day after South Korea's military detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles launched toward the East Sea at around 6:10 a.m. from North Korea's Sinpho area.

Kim expressed "great satisfaction" over the test-launch, saying "it is of weighty significance ... to boost the high-density striking capability to quell a specific target area, as well as the high-precision striking capability," the KCNA report said.

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