North Korea claims successful test of submarine missile
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea says it has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine and strengthened its nuclear attack capabilities.
Hours before the announcement by North Korea's state media Sunday, South Korean military officials said the North had fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast.
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While South Korean experts say it's unlikely that North Korea currently possesses an operational submarine that can fire multiple missiles, they acknowledge that the North is making progress on such technology.
The North's Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un had observed from the test facility as the ballistic missile surged from a submarine, spewed out a "massive stream of flames" as it soared into the sky and met all technical thresholds.
On Saturday, North Korea's foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea.
"If we continue on this path of confrontation, this will lead to very catastrophic results, not only for the two countries but for the whole entire world as well," he said, speaking in Korean through an interpreter.
"It is really crucial for the United States government to withdraw its hostile policy against the DPRK and as an expression of this stop the military exercises, war exercises, in the Korean Peninsula. Then we will respond likewise."
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