North Korea to move artillery capable of striking Seoul to border with South

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North Korea plans to move long-range artillery systems capable of striking Seoul closer to the border as part of its military strategy. This move follows a recent announcement regarding North Korea's naval capabilities and a shift in its constitutional stance on relations with South Korea.

North Korea said on Friday it would deploy new long-range artillery systems this year that were capable of striking South Korea’s capital region and would commission its first naval destroyer in coming weeks. The announcement comes days after South Korea said the North’s newly revised constitution drops all references to Korean unification, in line with leader Kim Jong-un’s vows to terminate ties with South Korea and establish a two-state system on the Korean peninsula. Kim visited a munitions...