North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the mass production of attack drones after Pyongyang accused Seoul of flying unmanned aerial vehicles in the airspace over its capital in what it called a “war provocation.

North Korea says it has tested exploding drones designed to hit targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating their mass production.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered a mass production of the aerial weapon, saying the introduction of such drones around the world requires an urgent update of military theory,

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered a mass production of the aerial weapon, Yonhap news agency said on Friday. Your trusted source for the latest news delivered weekdays from the team at U.S. News and World Report.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched test flights of what his country's state media called "suicide drones" in images released by state media.

N. Korean leader inspects suicide drone performance test North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) inspects a performance test of suicide attack drones, produced by an affiliated institute of the Unmanned Aerial Technology Complex and businesses,

The news comes amid rapidly growing military cooperation with Russia, raising questions about whether Moscow is helping develop the weapons.