Kim Jong-un spotlights drones and defence AI at a weapons display

North Korea's leader urged scientists to speed up military artificial intelligence and unmanned aircraft, state media reported Friday. The exhibition featured strategic, tactical and suicide attack drones.

State media said drones and cruise missiles hit an island target with "100 percent accuracy", a claim that could not be independently verified.

— North Korean state media

Ballistic missile tests this year

17 tests

South Korea detected about 10 short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Wonsan area, the North's 17th ballistic missile test this year.