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This photo taken on March 23, 2013 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 24 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (4th R-in blue) inspecting the second battalion under Korth Korean army Unit 1973 at an undisclosed location. The inspection came at a time of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, with multiple threats from the North of an armed response to joint South Korea-US military drills and to UN sanctions imposed after its nuclear test last month. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS ------ EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS