Kcna in a sentence

According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), several other commanding officers were either dismissed or transferred, while some others were appointed to different positions.

At akey party meeting presided over by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday, the North decided to take “important, practical” measures for the “offensive use” of war deterrents, according to the KCNA.

During his trip to Russia, Kim toured Russia’s Pacific Sea Fleet, equipped with strategic nuclear submarines among other military vessels, KCNA said, quoting him as praising the fleet for its contribution to peace in the region.

He ordered his military to maintain the capability to “overwhelmingly respond ” to enemy actions, which he said included “all sorts of more frantic war preparation moves,” according to KCNA.

In another sign of the North's post-pandemic opening, KCNA said Saturday that a team of North Korean athletes departed from Pyongyang to participate in the Asian Games starting next week in Hangzhou, China.

KCNA offered few specifics on any agreements reached at the talks.

Kim also “stressed the need to push ahead with the work for exponentially boosting the production of nuclear weapons and diversifying the nuclear strike means”, according to KCNA.

Kim Jong Un said the rocket launcher puts all of South Korea within striking distance and is capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead, according to KCNA.

Kim reached an "important conclusion on further stepping up the war preparations of the KPA in an offensive way," KCNA reported, referring to the North's military.

North Korea launched four strategic “Hwasal-2” cruise missiles from Kim Chaek City that fell into the Sea of Japan, according to state-run media publication Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency has claimed ahead of the tropical storm's arrival that "all the sectors and units" in the country were "conducting a dynamic campaign to cope with disastrous abnormal climate".

South Korea’s defence ministry said that it had detected signs of the launch, but that the claims in KCNA were “exaggerated” and “different from the facts,” without elaborating.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, however, disputed at least part of KCNA’s account.

The KCNA report came as South Korea’s military said it detected a missile launched from North Korea’s capital region around 2:50am local time on Sunday (17:50 GMT on Saturday).

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim visited factories producing tactical missiles, mobile launch platforms, armoured vehicles and artillery shells over the weekend.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the missile launches showed Pyongyong’s resolve to respond with “overwhelming powerful forces” to so-called military manoeuvres by the “the US imperialists and the South Korean puppet forces”.

In an emergency Politiburo meeting presided in Sinuiju, leader asked authorities to “strictly punish” those who he said neglected their responsibilities for disaster prevention and caused “even the casualty that can not be allowed,” according to KCNA.

In a separate report released on Saturday, KCNA said Kim visited a military production facility the previous day and urged for “more rapidly bolstering the nuclear force” of the nation “without halt and hesitation”.

KCNA cited a Ministry of Defence spokesman as saying Pyongyang would take further measures to “permanently fortify” the border without providing details.

KCNA photos also show Kim being applauded by soldiers, who 'pledged their intense loyalty' to him 'in the sacred struggle for the security of the country'.