 that travelled 1,000km and flew for 74 minutes yesterday. Photographs of the launch posted by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) show Kim applauding the missile from the command post. KCNA reported that the easy-going tyrant, wearing a white suit jacket, 'personally guided the test-fire of a new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-18 on the spot'. He was joined by his wife Ri Sol Ju, General Kim Jong Sik and other top officials. According to state media, Kim was 'greatly satisfied' with the results of the test run, with photographs showing him standing up to applaud. Kim Jong-un has made it a habit to oversee missile launches (Picture: AFP) North Korea's leader stoop up to applaud after the launch (Picture: AFP) Yesterday's solid-fuel ICBM was its first test in three months, South Korea's military said, with the missile landing in waters between North Korea and Japan. 'The test-fire had no negative effect on the security of the neighbouring countries,' KCNA reported. The launch was organised by the Missile General Bureau, a government agency that South Korean experts say was revealed in February to make it clear that the nation is a nuclear weapons state. The Hwasongpho-18 was one of many ICBMs, strategic cruise missiles and short-range missiles North Korea has fired in recent years. Kim has long shown his face at missile launches as North Korea's propaganda wing moves into first gear as the US and South Korea beef up their alliance. He has been photographed hunching over in black suits as he watches the ballistic missiles blast off with a pair of binoculars. In March last year, Kim threw on a 'Top Gun-style' leather flight jacket and black){kind=link}
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A rather relaxed-looking Kim Jong-un smiled as he watched North Korea launch yet another ballistic missile.
State media said the country fired its newest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that travelled 1,000km and flew for 74 minutes yesterday.
Photographs of the launch posted by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) show Kim applauding the missile from the command post.