There's been more missile tests from North Korea North Korea says leader Kim Jong-un has supervised tests of long-range cruise missiles which he described as a successful demonstration of his military's expanding nuclear strike capabilities and readiness for actual war South Korean officials say Kim may also conduct a nuclear test in the coming weeks or months escalating a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the north as a nuclear power and to be able to negotiate concessions from a position of strength analysts say Kim is exploiting the distraction created by Russia's war on Ukraine using it as a window to accelerate arms development as he pursues a full fledged nuclear arsenal that