Watch: Kim Jong Un oversees rocket launcher drills

North Korea’s position journalist has aired footage of the region’s leader, Kim Jong Un, overseeing a missile test.

In a area right next to several big rocket launchers, Mr. Kim exchanged a friendly word with a military official.

Asian Central Television said the chisel aimed to test the “real war skills” of the missiles and their providers.

The video was broadcast a moment after South Korea and Japan claimed North Korea had launched a number of short-range nuclear missiles into the water.