North Korea Confirms Kim Jong Un Ordered Rocket-Launch Drill
- Trump says Kim won’t break ‘promise to me’ after incident
- ‘Deal will happen,’ president vows, saying he’s ‘with’ Kim
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President Donald Trump brushed off news of a possible weapons test by North Korea -- confirmed Sunday by state media in Pyongyang -- and vowed that his long-sought denuclearization deal with leader Kim Jong Un “will happen.”
KCNA said in a statement early Sunday local time that Kim had supervised a “strike drill” -- essentially, a test of combat readiness -- of defense units in direction of the the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. The tests were done to assess the accuracy of “large-caliber long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons,” the state media agency said.