Leader Kim Jong-un visits the North Korean air force headquarters (Photo: Reuters).
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave operational strategy instructions to improve the military's combat readiness and combat capabilities during a visit to the air force headquarters on November 30 to mark North Korea's pilots' day, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
"Leader Kim Jong-un highly appreciated the pilots' close combat readiness to carry out air combat missions without any problems regardless of adverse conditions," KCNA reported.
North Korea last week successfully launched its first spy satellite, which it said was designed to monitor US and South Korean military activities.
The US and its allies have strongly condemned the launch, accusing it of violating multiple UN Security Council resolutions. Pyongyang has vowed to launch more satellites, calling it an exercise of self-defense.
South Korea has suspended part of an inter-Korean military agreement in response to the satellite launch and stepped up surveillance along its heavily fortified border with North Korea. Pyongyang responded by vowing to deploy stronger armed forces and place new weapons along the border.
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