Update: North Korea stepping up readiness for swift retaliatory strike against enemy — news agency

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The Korean Central News Agency quoted Director of the Artillery Bureau of the Korean People's Army General Staff, Major General Ryu Chang Son as saying that joint exercises between missile units and long-range artillery units support improve the troops’ ability to respond quickly when orders are received

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