The Academy of National Defence Science conducts long-range cruise missile tests in North Korea, as pictured in this combination of undated photos supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sept 13, 2021. - Reuters
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Herald): North Korea test-fired a new type of long-range cruise missile over the weekend in yet another move to bolster its leverage for a deal with the US.
The tests, conducted Saturday (Sept 11) and Sunday, saw the missiles travel for 7,580 seconds in the air above the North's territorial land and waters and hit targets 1,500km away, according to the communist state's official Korean Central News Agency.
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