North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded the “limitless strength” of his nuclear-armed military as he visited troops with his daughter to mark the 75th founding anniversary of his army, state media said Wednesday.

The North Korean despot re-emerged in public for the first time in over a month — to tout his troops’ “preparedness for war” in a fresh warning to the US and its allies.

North Korea appears to be staging its first military parade in almost a year, providing leader Kim Jong Un a platform to show off his latest weapons after threatening to exponential expand his nuclear arms programs.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a meeting that called the country's military to expand its combat drills and work toward "perfecting the preparedness for war," state media reported on Tuesday.

The North Korean leader ordered his military to expand combat exercises and intensify their operation and combat drills as tensions have risen in the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang condemned planned joint military drills between South Korea and the U.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to expand its combat exercises and strengthen war preparedness as he looks to escalate an already provocative run in weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening tensions with its neighbors and Washington.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to perfect the preparedness for war and display “matchless military strength” as he made his first public appearance in more than 36 days. Mr Kim presided over his ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission meeting on Monday,