US EditionNorth Korean leader Kim and his daughter try out new pistols at shooting range
Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter tested a newly produced pistol to boost North Korea's light arms production under a five-year defense modernization plan, state media said.
- On March 11, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a light munitions factory and fired pistols with his daughter at the indoor shooting range, state media showed.
- Kim emphasized the expansion and modernization of light-arms factories to strengthen 'the combat efficiency of the army, public security forces and militia forces', KCNA reported.
- State media said he reviewed a new pistol that recently entered production based on a design approved last month by the party's central military commission and rated its performance excellent.
- Kim ordered establishment of a new production line under the five-year plan and set an extended meeting next month to review munitions-factory modernization and budgets for the munitions companies.
- Analysts note Kim Ju-ae, believed to be about 13, has appeared more at military events, and the visit followed a Tuesday naval cruise-missile test with her father.
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Photos released by state media in North Korea recently showed dictator Kim Jong Un standing at a shooting range with senior officials, personally test-firing a newly produced pistol from one of the country’s light-munitions factories. The images, first reported by international outlets including the Associated Press and CBS News, quickly circulated around the world. But what caught the attention of many observers was not just the handgun itself.…
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