{
  "id": 11825225,
  "title": "김정은 “전쟁 억제력의 한 형태”…리설주·주애와 극초음속미사일 발사 참관",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/story-11825225",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T00:41:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/politics_general/1280789.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
  "account": "North Korean Vice Premier Kim Jong-un witnessed a recent exercise involving intermediate-range strategic missiles on March 3rd, emphasizing that it serves as a means to \"suppress capabilities\" on multiple occasions. The Pyongyang Daily reported on this activity on March 4th, describing it as an opportunity to refine the combat readiness of missile personnel in handling long-range strategic weapons systems while assessing the reliability, effectiveness, and operational capability of North Korean deterrence.\n\nIn the accompanying photographs, Kim Jong-un's daughter, Jae, and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, were also present at the training site. Military Deputy Minister of Labor and Heavy Industry Kim Jong-hak, Head of the Strategic Missile Corps, and other officials also attended. The Vice Premier assessed the training, stating that missile personnel displayed \"very adept specialized qualities and a unified state of readiness to be deployed at a moment's notice\" in operating critical offensive systems, thereby providing confidence in the nation's deterrence.\n\nKim Jong-un further stated that it is imperative to continuously convey the reliability and deadly nature of strategic attack tools to the troops, thus ensuring \"an ongoing effort to recognize this for the purpose of suppressing nuclear threats and providing a safer environment for our national development and activities.\" He emphasized the importance of strengthening nuclear deterrence within this framework.\n\nThe photographs included images of the missile launch, with the ballistic path marked by the number \"17701922.\" The red trajectory on the monitor depicted an accelerated descent, followed by an ascent phase, characteristic of extreme high-speed missiles. The Vice Premier of the Ministry of People's Revolutionary Guards had previously stated that the missile launch exercise validated the unique flight characteristics of North Korea's missiles, which proved challenging for South Korean and U.S. forces to track.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}