New footage shows Kim Jong Un applauding rocket launches

WATCH ABOVE: New footage shows Kim Jong Un applauding missile launches

North Korea’s state television on Tuesday aired footage of the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, watching a missile launch and inspecting military drills.

The footage, which KRT said was filmed in June, appeared to show Kim watching the test-firing of anti-ship missiles and smiling and applauding as monitors suggest the missiles struck their target.

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State media released stills of the event in June and at the time, South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted Seoul officials as saying the launch took place on 14 June.

The North test-fired three short-range missiles into the East Sea from its eastern border town of Wonsan, the officials were reported as saying.

In the footage broadcast on Tuesday, Kim is also shown visiting the site of a nighttime drill.