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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his teenage daughter observes rocket test

North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae, conducted a live-fire rocket test off its east coast, prompting South Korea to call it a U.N. violation amid ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercise

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 Test firing of multiple rocket launch systems, at an undisclosed place in North Korea. PIC/AP

Test firing of multiple rocket launch systems, at an undisclosed place in North Korea. PIC/AP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his teenage daughter, observed a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, state media reported Sunday, a likely response to ongoing U.S.-South Korean military training that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.

The official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim watched the strike drill involving twelve 600mm-calibre, ultraprecision rocket launchers off North Korea's east coast on Saturday.

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