The newly-tested air-defense missiles "are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets," North Korean state media reported.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the firing of new air defence missiles to test their combat capability, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The report came ahead of the summit on Monday between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korea President Lee Jae Myung.

The U.S. State Department in announcing that the drills had begun said they were intended to reaffirm "the ironclad commitment between the U.S. and South Korea to defend their hom