North Korea tested a strategic winged missile, KCNA State Information Agency reported.

The country's leader Kim Jong -un personally watched the testing described as the launch of an “important weapons system”.

According to KCNA, strategic cruise missiles launched from the submarine covered 1,500 kilometers and flew from 7,507 to 7,511 seconds before hitting targets..

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff later said North Korea fired several cruise missiles from the interior towards waters off the west coast around 16:00 (09:00 Kyiv time) on Saturday.

The KCNA report said the missile test is part of plans to "

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In a separate report, KCNA quoted North Korea's foreign ministry as promising " It was the military alliance and joint exercises of South Korea and the United States, according to the ministry, caused increasing tension in the region.

“Kim Jong -un emphasized that the DPRK will always make significant efforts to fulfill its important mission to maintain a stable and long world and stability, based on a more powerful military force,” the statement said.

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On Thursday, US President Donald Trump during an interview said he plans to resume relations with Kim Jong O..

Earlier this month, North Korean state media reported that Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful test of a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).