Kim Jong Un appears with teenage daughter at live-fire rocket test in North Korea

North Korean person Kim Jong Un watched a live-fire trial of aggregate rocket motorboat systems alongside his teenage girl Saturday, arsenic the authorities escalates weapons demonstrations amid associated U.S.–South Korea subject exercises, authorities media reported.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim oversaw a onslaught drill involving 12 600mm ultra-precision aggregate rocket launchers on North Korea’s eastbound coast, according to The Associated Press.

South Korea’s subject said it detected astir 10 ballistic missiles launched from an country adjacent the North Korean superior of Pyongyang.

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In this photograph provided by the North Korean government, person Kim Jong Un and his girl be a live-fire trial of aggregate rocket motorboat systems, astatine an undisclosed spot successful North Korea connected Saturday, March 14, 2026.  (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

South Korea’s National Security Council condemned the launches arsenic a provocation and said they violated United Nations Security Council resolutions that prohibit North Korea from conducting ballistic rocket tests, The Associated Press reported.

Kim said the drill was meant to show the destructive capableness of the country’s tactical atomic forces, according to authorities media.

"If this limb is used, the opponent’s subject infrastructure wrong its striking scope tin ne'er survive," Kim said.

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This photograph provided by the North Korean authorities shows person Kim Jong Un and his girl watching cruise missiles launches from the naval destroyer, the Choe Hyon, via video Tuesday, March 10, 2026, successful North Korea.  (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Photos released by authorities media showed Kim Jong Un and his girl — believed to beryllium named Kim Ju Ae, astir 13 oregon 14 years aged — walking adjacent motorboat trucks, The Associated Press reported.

Kim Ju Ae has appeared alongside her begetter astatine galore subject events, rocket tests and parades since precocious 2022, fueling speculation that Kim Jong Un whitethorn beryllium positioning her arsenic a aboriginal successor.

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In this photograph provided by the North Korean government, person Kim Jong Un's girl tries retired a pistol astatine a mill producing pistols and different arms astatine an undisclosed spot successful North Korea connected Wednesday, March 11, 2026.  (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The live-fire trial followed aft the U.S. and South Korea began their yearly subject drills earlier this week, which North Korea routinely condemns arsenic rehearsals for an invasion. 

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Last month, Kim Jong Un reportedly gave his teenage girl a enactment relation successful the regime’s almighty "Missile Administration," the assemblage that oversees Pyongyang’s atomic forces.

The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Emma Bussey contributed to this report.