The demonstration came as the United States, South Korea and Japan held combined military exercises in nearby waters.

During a visit to an exercise range where he watched tests of ‘kamikaze’ drones in action, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced the country would begin mass production of one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).

News that North Korea is ramping up drone production comes a week after a Ukrainian official told BI its soldiers were getting training from Russia.

Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction with the weapons' development process and stressed the need for mass production.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "full-scale mass production" of new suicide attack drones, state media reported Friday, amid growing military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country to quickly start mass producing self-detonating explosive drones, calling their development an “essential requirement,” after overseeing a test of the deadly aerial weapon,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the mass production of attack drones after Pyongyang accused Seoul of flying unmanned aerial vehicles in the airspace over its capital in what it called a “war provocation.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered a mass production of the aerial weapon, saying the introduction of such drones around the world requires an urgent update of military theory,