SEOUL (Reuters) -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, state media said on Friday. Kim had previously supervised the test of suicide drones, earlier in the year amid a rapidly developing military cooperation with Russia, raising questions as to whether he was receiving technical help from Moscow to develop them. Also known as loitering munitions, such weapons have been widely used in the war in Ukraine as well as in the Middle East.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the performance test of suicide attack drones and stressed the need for prompt full-scale mass production, the North's state media reported Friday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the "mass production" of attack drones, state media has reported, as concerns mount over the country's deepening military cooperation with Russia.