N. Korea tests new ultramodern 'tactical' weapon – KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters/AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the testing of a newly developed tactical weapon, calling it “another display of our rapidly-growing defense capabilities to the whole region,” North Korean state media said on Friday.
The United States remains confident that denuclearization ''promises'' made during a historic summit between Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will be fulfilled, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday.
''At the Singapore Summit, President Trump and Chairman Kim made a number of commitments regarding final, fully verified denuclearization and creating a brighter future for North Korea,'' the US statement said. ''We are talking with the North Koreans about implementing all of those commitments.
''The President has made clear that if Kim Jong Un denuclearizes, there is a bright future for North Korea.'' It was the first mention by state media of a new development in North Korea’s weapons program in months.
“This result today is a justification of the party’s policy focused on defense science and technology, another display of our rapidly-growing defense capabilities to the whole region, and a groundbreaking change in strengthening our military’s combat capabilities,” Kim said. KCNA said the test was successful. Kim said that the weapons system tested was one that his father, Kim Jong Il, was especially interested during his lifetime and led the development of it personally.
This is Kim’s first field visit to a testing site since his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump in June, when the two leaders agreed to work toward denuclearization and peace on the Korean peninsula, and to establish new relations between the United States and North Korea.