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SEOUL, March 30 — Nuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested 'super-large multiple rocket launchers', state media said today, but leader Kim Jong-un was not described as commanding the drill as analysts say Pyongyang seeks to normalise its launches. With the world focused on the coronavirus...

A view shows the testing of what local media call a super-large multiple rocket launcher in North Korea in this undated photo released on March 28, 2020. — KCNA pic via Reuters

Unusually, the official Korean Central News Agency did not say in its report that Kim had directed yesterday's test. Images carried by the North's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed rockets blasting out of a launcher with six firing tubes, striking what appeared to be an island target. Kim was not seen in the photos.

However some analysts believe he was actually present, as some items he habitually uses were visible.The string of weapons drills come during a prolonged hiatus in disarmament talks with the United States and despite recent overtures from Washington offering help to contain the pandemic. The day after another firing earlier this month, North Korean state media said Kim had received a letter from US President Donald Trump detailing a plan to develop ties — a move later confirmed by a White House official.

 

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