STORY: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said new military and construction goals will be set during a key party congress this month, state-run television KRT said on Thursday (February 19).

Kim attended a ceremony on Wednesday (February 18) to mark the gifting of 600mm-caliber multiple rocket launchers to the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers' Party. Fifty such launchers were gifted by North Korean munitions workers, state media said.

Kim said the rocket launchers have "virtually no difference from a high-precision ballistic missile in terms of precision and power," adding they are "appropriate for a special attack, that is, for accomplishing a strategic mission" and they incorporate "AI technology and compound guidance system," according to North Korea's official news agency KCNA.

Kim has been touting the progress of various projects ahead of this month's Ninth Congress, the country's biggest political gathering that reviews performance, sets new policy goals and can bring leadership change.

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VIDEO SHOWS: NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN ATTENDING CEREMONY TO MARK GIFTING MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS TO RULING PARTY / KIM DRIVING MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER AND MAKING SPEECH / PARTY MEMBERS AND MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS AT CEREMONY

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SHOWS: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (AIRED FEBRUARY 19, 2026) (KRT - No use North Korea)

1. MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS LINING UP

2. MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS IN FRONT OF BANNERS READING (Korean): “Ninth Congress of the Worker’s Party of Korea”

3. VARIOUS OF MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS LINING UP

4. NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS WALKING TOWARDS MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS

5. CAR CARRYING NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN ARRIVING

6. KIM GETTING OUT OF CAR

7. KIM WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND PARTICIPANTS APPLAUDING, WAVING NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS

8. KIM NODDING AND WAVING

9. KIM WALKING TOWARD MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER WITH PARTICIPANTS APPLAUDING

10. VARIOUS OF KIM DRIVING MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER

11. PARTICIPANTS APPLAUDING AND NORTH KOREAN FLAGS

12. VARIOUS OF KIM DRIVING MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER

13. KIM GETTING OUT OF MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER

14. VARIOUS OF KIM STANDING IN FRONT OF MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER WITH OFFICIALS

15. KIM WALKING UP STAIRS

16. CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

17. WORKER OF MUNITIONS FACTORY MAKING SPEECH TO KIM

18. KIM LISTENING TO SPEECH AND NODDING

19. WORKER WALKING TO KIM AND HANDING DOCUMENT / KIM HUGGING WORKER

20. VARIOUS OF KIM MAKING SPEECH AT PODIUM

21. PARTICIPANTS WAVING NORTH KOREAN FLAGS

22. KIM MAKING SPEECH AT PODIUM

23. NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS AND PARTICIPANTS LISTENING TO KIM’S SPEECH

24. KIM SPEAKING

25. PARTICIPANTS APPLAUDING WITH NORTH KOREAN FLAGS

26. KIM STANDING AT PODIUM WITH PARTICIPANTS AND NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS CLAPPING

27. WORKERS AT MUNITIONS FACTORY WALKING UP STAIRS

28. KIM AWARDING CERTIFICATE AND MEDAL TO WORKERS

29. WORKERS BOWING TO KIM

30. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS LOOKING AROUND MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS