SEOUL >> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if enemies attacked it, state media KCNA said today.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says North Korea’s recent disclosure of a nuclear facility was likely an attempt to grab U.S. attention ahead of the presidential election

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol reads North Korea's nuclear display as a strategic move to gain U.S. focus. Heightened military demonstrations on both sides underscore a volatile situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Kim Jong Un observed an artillery exercise early on Sunday, the North Korean news agency KCNA reported. It is the second military visit by the ruler since the South Korea's Armed Forces Day on October 1.