North Korea says it has tested exploding drones designed to hit targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating their mass production.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered a mass production of the aerial weapon, Yonhap news agency said on Friday. Your trusted source for the latest news delivered weekdays from the team at U.S. News and World Report.

Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, has ordered the mass production of suicide attack drones following a successful test. These drones, designed to strike land and sea targets, are intended to bolster North Korea's military capabilities and are being manufactured at a rapid pace.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the performance test of suicide attack drones, and stressed the need for prompt full-scale mass production, the North's state media reported Friday. Kim provided on-site guidance for the tests of various types of suicide attack drones,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the mass production of suicide drones, viewing their global proliferation as necessitating urgent updates in military theory. His actions align with growing military cooperation with Russia,

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,

The news comes amid rapidly growing military cooperation with Russia, raising questions about whether Moscow is helping develop the weapons.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the "mass production" of suicide attack drones, state media reported on Friday, after he witnessed a test of the weapons system a day earlier.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched test flights of what his country's state media called "suicide drones" in images released by state media.