North Korea military drill targets South Korea’s presidential office

“Through the combat drill, our forces extended the sea of fire of the Yeonpyeong Island to the sea of fire of Cheong Wa Dae,” KCNA said, referring to the South’s border island which was bombarded by the North in 2010. No date was given for the military exercise.

“Well done, the enemy troops will have no space to hide themselves, far from taking any counteraction,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying. There are growing concerns of fresh provocation by Pyongyang following Friday’s impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-Hye.

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn, who has temporarily taken on the role and authority of acting president, held an emergency cabinet meeting and ordered the military to be extra vigilant against the North.

North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests already this year and multiple missile launches in its push for a weapon capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the US mainland.

The UN Security Council slapped its toughest sanctions yet on the North this month for its fifth nuclear test in September, capping the North’s annual coal exports — its top external revenue source.