Kim says DPRK's air force to receive new strategic military assets

The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un said on Friday that the Korean People's Army (KPA) air force "will be given new strategic military assets and entrusted with a new important duty," the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday.

Kim attended celebration events held on Friday to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the KPA air force, the report said. The top DPRK leader also watched the demonstration flight by the air force and conferred the Order of Kim Jong Il, the highest order of the DPRK, on the KPA air force, the report added.