North Korea: leader Kim Jong Un supervises military exercises. Seoul and Washington a few days ago concluded their annual large-scale "Freedom Shield" exercises, including missile interception and air assaults.
The number of troops participating has been doubled compared to 2023. Since the start of the year, Pyongyang has designated South Korea as its "main enemy", closed agencies dedicated to reunification and inter-Korean dialogue and threatened war for any violation of its territory "even if only of 0.001 mm"