North Korea conducts artillery firing drills in response to South Korea-U.S. military training

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen multiple artillery firing drills by the military in response to ongoing US-South Korea joint military exercises. The drills, aimed at increasing combat readiness and war capability, involved units positioned near the enemy's capital. Kim emphasized the need for intensified war preparations and improved combat capabilities during inspections of military bases in the western region of the country. North Korea has denounced the joint exercises as provocative and reckless, vowing to take corresponding military steps and monitor "adventurist acts".