{"id":38691,"date":"2019-11-25T21:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/25\/kim-jong-un-orders-north-korea-artillery-firing-drawing-seoul-rebuke\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:22:10","slug":"kim-jong-un-orders-north-korea-artillery-firing-drawing-seoul-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/25\/kim-jong-un-orders-north-korea-artillery-firing-drawing-seoul-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un orders North Korea artillery firing, drawing Seoul rebuke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PYONGYANG, North Korea \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to practice firing artillery near a disputed sea boundary with rival South Korea, Pyongyang\u2019s state media reported Monday, drawing a quick rebuke from Seoul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/24\/north-korea-says-its-gained-nothing-from-us-but-betrayal\/\" target=\"_blank\">the latest sign of impatience <\/a>from Kim amid worries that nearly two years of U.S.-North Korean diplomacy will fall apart if Washington doesn\u2019t meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/24\/north-korea-urges-us-to-act-wisely-through-year-end-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pyongyang\u2019s year-end deadline<\/a> to offer a new initiative to settle their long-running standoff over the North\u2019s nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coastal artillery company\u2019s actions during Kim\u2019s visit to the west coast\u2019s Changrin Islet \u201cfully showed their gun firing skills\u201d and \u201cdelighted the supreme leader,\u201d according to the North\u2019s Korean Central News Agency. It didn\u2019t say when the visit took place, and it wasn\u2019t clear what specific weapons were fired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul\u2019s Unification Ministry said it was Kim\u2019s first known trip to a front-line military unit since at least April last year, around the start of his diplomatic engagement with the U.S. Those once-promising negotiations are largely at a standstill now as North Korea steps up pressure on Washington to lift international sanctions and abandon what it calls hostile policies against the North. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/18\/north-korea-says-it-wont-give-trump-a-summit-for-free\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19321808056117.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea says it won\u2019t give Trump a summit for free<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea on Monday responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it has no interest in giving Trump further meetings to brag about unless it gets something substantial in return.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When North Korea has previously spoken of removing U.S. hostility, it has meant the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea and Japan. Kim is believed to want a deal that provides relief from crippling sanctions against his country in return for disarmament moves that critics say would come too slowly and wouldn\u2019t significantly roll back his nuclear program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The islet where the recent drills took place is just north of the de facto inter-Korean maritime boundary, the scene of several bloody naval skirmishes between the rivals. In 2010, North Korea launched an artillery strike on a South Korean island just south of the boundary, killing four people. Earlier that year, North Korea is accused of torpedoing a South Korean warship operating near the boundary, killing 46 sailors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Defense Ministry expressed regret over the latest drills, saying they violated deals settled between the Koreas last year that looked to lower military animosities along the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spokeswoman Choi Hyun-soo told reporters that North Korea must stop any acts that will increase military tensions and abide by the past agreements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\" class=\"wp-image-74639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg 3500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3500px) 100vw, 3500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this undated photo provided on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses as he inspects a women&#8217;s company under Unit 5492 of the Korean People&#8217;s Army in North Korea. I(Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relations between the two Koreas improved greatly last year as Kim engaged in talks with the U.S. over the fate of his advancing nuclear arsenal. Kim met President Donald Trump in Singapore in June last year in what was the first such North Korea-U.S. summit since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. Kim also met South Korean President Moon Jae-in three times last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nuclear talks fell apart in February, when Trump rebuffed Kim\u2019s calls for broad sanctions relief in return for dismantling his main nuclear complex, a partial denuclearization step. Inter-Korean relations have subsequently suffered a series of setbacks, with North Korea criticizing South Korea for failing to break away from Washington and for not restoring joint economic projects held up by U.N. sanctions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, North Korea has test-fired a slew of short-range missiles and other weapons, which experts say mainly target South Korea. North Korea has also threatened to dismantle South Korean-built buildings at a now-shuttered joint tourism project in the North. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea hasn\u2019t lifted a self-imposed moratorium on long-range missile and nuclear tests, which Trump has boasted as his major achievement in his North Korea policy. 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