<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>North Korean leader </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/kim-jong-un" rel="" target="_blank" title="Kim Jong Un"><span>Kim Jong Un</span></a><span> and his teenage daughter fired pistols during an inspection of a light munitions factory, as he pushes to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/kim-jong-un-north-korea-party-congress/70518244-330d-486d-a780-a01cca266684" rel="" target="_blank" title="modernise conventional forces"><span>modernise conventional forces</span></a><span> after years of focus on nuclear weapons.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/north-korea" rel="" target="_blank" title="North Korea"><span>North Korea</span></a><span>’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a factory producing pistols and other light arms a day earlier and reviewed a new pistol that recently entered production.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After testing the weapon at a shooting range, Kim rated it “excellent,” the agency said. The agency did not mention the presence of Kim’s daughter in its text report but its photos showed her firing a pistol along with senior military officials.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/iran-war-australian-expats-in-dubai-why-they-are-staying-in-middle-east/dc1c1f5c-643e-451d-b5fa-bbf1d5383e30" rel="" target="_blank" title="Penny Wong told thousands of Australian expats in the Gulf to fly home now. Here's why plenty of them want to stay"><strong><span>Penny Wong told thousands of Australian expats in the Gulf to fly home now. 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