International security

Kim Jong-un says North Korea missile launch is the 'greatest success'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declared it “the greatest success” that put the country in the “front rank” of nuclear military powers, official media has reported.

The country fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday, which flew about 300 miles (500km).

The South Korean government and experts said the launch showed technical progress in the North’s missile programme.

“A test-fire of strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile was successfully conducted under the guidance of supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army Kim Jong-un,” the North’s official KCNA news agency said.