North Korean state media remained silent on Wednesday, widely believed to be the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. This contrasts with recent efforts to cultivate his cult of personality while distancing him from his predecessors.

Kim Jong Un warned that North Korea ’s rivals could not ignore its new hypersonic ballistic missile, which was tested while US secretary of state Antony Blinken was visiting South Korea on Monday.

Dictator Kim Jong-un has claimed his hypersonic missile flew 930 miles at 12 times the speed of sound before landing in the waters between the Korean Penisula and Japan

North Korea said Tuesday it successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, claiming the weapon would "reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region."

North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency claimed a successful test of a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.

In recent years, North Korea has flight tested various intermediate-range missiles, which if perfected, could reach the US Pacific military hub of Guam

North Korea has tested a new hypersonic missile, which Kim Jong-un said would help deter its Pacific rivals, state media reported on Tuesday.

North Korea conducted a test launch of its latest medium- and long-range hypersonic ballistic missile, according to information released by the DPRK Central Telegraph Agency.