{"id":42312,"date":"2026-01-04T22:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/kim-jong-un-personally-supervised-north-koreas-hypersonic-missile-test\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:41:39","slug":"kim-jong-un-personally-supervised-north-koreas-hypersonic-missile-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/kim-jong-un-personally-supervised-north-koreas-hypersonic-missile-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un personally supervised North Korea's hypersonic missile test"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally observed the test of a new hypersonic missile on January 4. He emphasized the need to improve offensive weapons and nuclear deterrence.<\/p>\n

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally observed the test of a new hypersonic missile on January 4. This was reported by the state news agency KCNA, writes UNN.<\/p>\n

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Following the launches, the DPRK leader emphasized the need to further improve offensive weapon systems and strengthen the country's overall nuclear deterrence capabilities.<\/p>\n

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The North Korean leadership considers the development of hypersonic technologies a priority direction of its defense strategy. Kim Jong Un regularly participates in overseeing key weapons tests, which underscores their strategic importance for Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

The military exercises took place against the backdrop of preparations for an official summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, scheduled for Monday. Observers view the latest missile launch as a show of force ahead of important diplomatic negotiations in the region.<\/p>\n

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally observed the test of a new hypersonic missile on January 4. He emphasized the need to improve offensive weapons and nuclear deterrence. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally observed the test of a new hypersonic missile on January 4. This was reported by the state news agency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}