North Korean Paratroopers Injured in Kim-Led Drills, Agency Says

An unknown number of North Korean paratroopers are said to have been injured last month during a high-profile military exercise meant to demonstrate that Kim Jong Un’s forces were “fully prepared for war.” The March 15 drill—watched by the North Korean leader and his young daughter Ju Ae—involved several airborne units, some of whose soldiers collided with one another as their parachutes failed to fully open in strong winds, South Korean officials told the Yonhap news agency last week. The training exercise was announced the following day by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, which said it helped Pyongyang…