North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to be ready to fight and called for intensified exercises after he oversaw a "fire assault drill" that demonstrated a capability "to counter an actual war," state-run media reported Friday. The report came a day after North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile from the western city of Nampo toward the Yellow Sea, according to the South Korean military. The launch came ahead of a major joint military exercise known as the "Freedom Shield" between South Korea and the United States next week.

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