North Korea conducted the country’s first ‘nuclear trigger’ exercise under Kim Jong-un’s guidance. Pictures release by KCTV news agency show Kim Jong-un overseeing the drills in which several short-range ballistic missiles were fired. “Kim guided a combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack involving super-large multiple rocket artillerymen. The rockets hit their island target some 352 kilometres away. Kim had expressed great satisfaction over the result, which boosted the Korean-style tactical nuclear strike,” the report added. Meanwhile, a senior Joe Biden administration official expressed concerns that Russia’s bonhomie with North Korea was emboldening it. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS