North Korea announces first train-launched ballistic missiles test

A test missile is launched from a train in North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea said it had successfully launched ballistic missiles from a train for the first time and was continuing to bolster its defences, after the two Koreas test-fired missiles hours apart in duelling displays of military might.

Wednesday’s launches underscored a return of the tensions between the rivals amid a prolonged stalemate in US-led talks aimed at stripping North Korea of its nuclear weapons programme.