North Korea Stages Artillery Firing Drill in Latest Weapons Test

North Korea Stages Artillery Firing Drill in Latest Weapons Test
This photo provided by the North Korean regime shows North Korean senior official Pak Jong Chon (L), as he inspects the army's artillery firing competition in an undisclosed location in North Korea, on Nov. 6, 2021. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
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SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea has conducted artillery firing exercises to bolster its defense capability, state media reported Sunday, its latest weapons test as Pyongyang continues to pressure Washington and Seoul to abandon what it calls their hostile policy.

An artillery firing competition among mechanized units was held on Saturday, with senior government and military officials present, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.