Kim Jong Un orders North Korean military to improve war readiness

rth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has instructed his military to increase ir combat drills and to improve ir readiness for war. This decision was made as rth Korea continues to show aggression through weapon demonstrations amid rising tensions with neighboring countries and US. Kim Jong-un presided over a meeting of Central Military Commission of ruling Workers' Party on Monday, where he urged armed forces to achieve victory and to showcase unrivaled military strength, according to Korean Central News ncy's report.

members of Central Military Commission reportedly discussed tasks aimed at producing significant change in military, such as increasing and intensifying operational and combat exercises, and enhancing preparedness for war with greater strictness.  meeting comes at a time when rth Korea is planning a large-scale military parade in Pyongyang to commemorate founding anniversary of Korean People's Army, which falls on Wednesday. Kim Jong-un may use this event to display newest weapons from his expanding nuclear weapons and missile programme, which is causing concern in  US.

Pyongyang is concerned about US-South Korea's military exercises

recent meeting indicated that Pyongyang intends to increase its military capability. It is important to flag that this developent comes on heels of a year when rth Korea conducted a record number of missile tests. rth Korea is concerned that  US and South Korea are conducting larger military drills. Pyongyang has warned that it would respond to US military actions with its "powerful nuclear force". Pyongyang is objecting to US' plans to increase joint exercises with South Korea as that would entail more advanced military equipment such as bombers and aircraft carriers entering region. US and South Korea maintain that y are conducting se exercises in response to rth Korea's sabre rattling.