 "North Korea launches 2 missiles; state media lauds Kim Jong Un's 'guidance'")
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of "a new-type of tactical guided weapon" as a "solemn warning to South Korean military warmongers", state news wire KCNA said Friday.
Kim "personally organised and guided" the firing of the "state-of-the-art weaponry system" on Thursday, KCNA said, a reference to the two short-range missiles fired into the sea.
It was Pyongyang's first missile test since an impromptu meeting between Kim and US President Donald Trump last month.
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