SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles, state media said Sunday, displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and US militaries carry out joint drills. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the test Saturday proved the missiles effective in countering aerial threats such as drones and cruise missiles, and that Kim assigned unspecified “important” tasks to defense scientists ahead of a major political conference expected early next year.

Two new air defence missiles with "superior combat capability" have been fired in a test observed by Kim Jong Un.

Il leader nordcoreano Kim Jong Un ha supervisionato sabato il lancio di prova di due "nuovi" missili antiaerei. Lo ha annunciato l'agenzia di stampa nordcoreana Kcna, dopo che…