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Now playing Next North Korea Kim Jong Un supervises North Korean troops simulating attack on South North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a drill simulating an attack on South, a day after Seoul detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea. 10/03/2023
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