North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country to quickly start mass producing self-detonating explosive drones, calling their development an “essential requirement,” after overseeing a test of the deadly aerial weapon,

News that North Korea is ramping up drone production comes a week after a Ukrainian official told BI its soldiers were getting training from Russia.

Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction with the weapons' development process and stressed the need for mass production.

Improving the regime’s limited drone capabilities has been high on Kim’s weapons wishlist. But concerns persist over Moscow’s ability to turn Pyongyang into another drone su

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "full-scale mass production" of new suicide attack drones, state media reported Friday, amid growing military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.

Analysts say the low-cost weapons are attractive to Mr. Kim, who is intent on modernizing North Korea’s military.