<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised an artillery demonstration drill of &ldquo;super-large multiple rocket&rdquo; launchers aimed at South Korea, Pyongyang state media said on Friday.</p>
<p>The development comes a day after South Korea said North Korea fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday and days after an unsuccessful satellite rocket launch by Pyongyang.</p>
<p>Kim directly gave an order to organize the &ldquo;power demonstration firing&rdquo; that took place Thursday in response to the South Korean Army&rsquo;s show of force against North Korea&rsquo;s legitimate exercise of its sovereign rights, according to KCNA as cited by Yonhap.</p>
<p>The drill aimed to show that North Korea will not &ldquo;hesitate to carry out a preemptive attack by invoking the right to self-defence,&rdquo; the news agency added.</p>
<p>South Korean military said yesterday that it detected the launch of around 10 short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang&rsquo;s Sunan area, adding they flew about 350 kilometers before falling into the East Sea, also known as.</p>
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The drill aimed to show that North Korea will not “hesitate to carry out a preemptive attack by invoking the right to self-defence,” the news agency added

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