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STORY: According to the state news agency KCNA, North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong Un supervised the launching of strategic cruise missiles from a warship. The test served to check the “combat capability of the ship and the characteristics of its missile system” while improving the sailors’ ability to conduct an “attack mission in a real war.” KCNA reported this on Monday, without naming the date of the visit. The ship reached its destination “quickly and without a single mistake,” according to KCNA. South Korea and the US will begin their annual joint military exercises on Monday. This is intended to improve the joint response to the growing threat from North Korea.