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North Korea: Pyongyang boasts of successful missile test
Everyone condemns latest nuclear posturing

NORTH KOREA confirmed Sunday’s ballistic missile test yesterday — claiming it had taken a major step forward in its nuclear capabilities.

The country’s KCNA news agency said the test of the “strategic” medium-long range Pukguksong-2 was successful, after Kim Jong Un “personally guided” the missile launch.

It claimed the missile has a solid fuel engine which would allow the weapon to be launched within minutes, evade interception by anti-ballistic missiles and carry a nuclear warhead.

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