North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles and ordered full readiness to use nuclear attack capability, which would ensure the most effective defence for the country,

North Korea test-fired strategic cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea in a demonstration of Pyongyang's nuclear deterrent capabilities, state-run media said Friday.

North Korea has conducted a new test of nuclear-capable missiles, launching them over the sea off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, state media reported. The missiles traveled a distance of 1,587 kilometers in an oval trajectory,