Kim Jong Un watches North Korea weapons test with teenage daughter

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems with his teenage daughter on Saturday, state media reported, as the regime stepped up weapons displays during joint US-South Korean military exercises.

According to the Associated Press, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim led an attack exercise involving twelve 600mm ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers along North Korea’s east coast.

The South Korean military said that approximately 10 ballistic missiles were detected launched from an area near Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

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South Korea’s National Security Council condemned the missile launches as a provocation and said they violated United Nations Security Council resolutions banning North Korea from conducting ballistic missile tests, the Associated Press reported.

Kim said the exercise was intended to demonstrate the destructive capacity of the country’s tactical nuclear forces, according to state media.

“If this weapon is used, the opponent’s military infrastructure within the attack range will never survive,” Kim said.

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This photo provided by the North Korean government shows leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter watching cruise missiles launched from the Choe Hyon navy destroyer via video in North Korea on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Photos released by state media show Kim Jong Un and his daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, who is about 13 or 14, walking next to the launch trucks, the Associated Press reported.

Kim Ju Ae has appeared with her father in numerous military events, missile tests and parades since late 2022, increasing speculation that Kim Jong Un may position himself as a future successor.

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, the daughter of leader Kim Jong Un tests a gun at a factory that produces pistols and other weapons on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The live-fire test comes after the United States and South Korea began their annual military drills earlier this week; North Korea has routinely condemned this as a rehearsal for an invasion.

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Last month, Kim Jong Un reportedly gave his teenage daughter a leadership role in the regime’s powerful “Missile Administration,” the body that oversees Pyongyang’s nuclear forces.

Emma Bussey of the Associated Press and Fox News Digital contributed to this report.