U.S. envoy for DPRK to visit Japan, ROK after projectile launches

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week told the press that he was hopeful that Washington and Pyongyang would get back to the negotiating table in the coming weeks.

Kim guides 'new weapon' test

The DPRK said on Saturday that its top leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a "new weapon" the previous day.Kim "guided the test-fire of (a) new weapon again on Friday morning," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. "The national defense scientists showed a perfect result in the test-fire, too, and helped cement bigger confidence in this weapon system."

"It is our party's goal of defense building to possess invincible military capabilities no one dare provoke and to keep bolstering them," Kim was quoted as saying. "Everyone should remember that it is the party's core plan and fixed will for defense building to possess such a powerful force strong enough to discourage any forces from daring to provoke us."The ROK military said on Friday that the DPRK fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast.

(CGTN)