Kim Jong-un observed a shooting training competition of the artillery troops of the People's Army's large united forces.

According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 24th, Kim Jong-un, the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, observed a artillery firing training competition conducted by various major joint artillery units of the Korean People's Army on the 23rd. The report stated that the artillery firing training competition inspected the night marches, formation deployments during combat, and the ability to fire at enemy targets that suddenly appear in the summer coastal areas of each artillery unit. Kim Jong-un expressed satisfaction with the progress and results of the training competition, and requested that the artillery units, as the core branch of the country's armed forces, continuously upgrade and develop independent artillery tactics and strategies.