Agency: The country’s state news agency said on Monday that it had successfully launched long-range cruise missiles in its first missile test in six months, as Pyongyang continues to refine its arsenal while nuclear disarmament talks with the U.S. are stalled.
The missiles hit targets 1,500 kilometers away on Sunday after flying more than two hours and changing their trajectories in flight, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
What it means: U.N. resolutions ban North Korea from developing or testing ballistic missiles, but not cruise missiles. The nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, who usually supervises all major weapons tests, did not make an appearance.
