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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a live test launch of multiple rocket launchers near his teenage daughter on Saturday, as the regime escalated weapons protests amid joint US-South Korean exercises, state media reported.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim was in charge of a strike that included the launch of a dozen 600mm Ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers on North Korea’s east coast, according to the Associated Press.
The South Korean military said it had found about 10 missiles that had been launched from an area near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a live test of multiple rocket launch systems, at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Saturday, March 14, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
South Korea’s National Security Council criticized the launch of the program as provocative and said it violates United Nations Security Council resolutions that prohibit North Korea from conducting ballistic missile tests, the Associated Press reported.
Kim said the test was designed to demonstrate the destructive power of nuclear weapons, according to state media.
“If this weapon is used, the military infrastructure of the adversaries within the attacking range will not be able to survive,” Kim said.
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This photo provided by the North Korean government shows leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter watching a missile launch from the naval destroyer, Choe Hyon, on video Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Photos released by state media show Kim Jong Un and his daughter – believed to be Kim Ju Ae, aged about 13 or 14 – walking alongside delivery trucks, the Associated Press reported.
Kim Ju Ae has been seen alongside her father at numerous military events, missile tests and parades since late 2022, fueling speculation that Kim Jong Un may replace her as the next successor.
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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, the daughter of leader Kim Jong Un tests a gun at a factory that produces guns and other weapons in an undisclosed location in North Korea on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
The test-fire came after the US and South Korea began their annual military exercises earlier this week, which North Korea often denounces as offensive exercises.
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Last month, Kim Jong Un reportedly gave his teenage daughter a leadership role in the regime’s powerful “Missile Administration,” the body that oversees Pyongyang’s nuclear forces.
The Associated Press and Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
