Kim Jong-un says ICBM missile test was ‘gift to American b*******’

Kim Jong-un said the ICBM test was a ‘gift for Amercian b******* on July 4’ (Picture: EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA)

Kim Jong-un has said North Korea’s first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile was a ‘gift for American bastards on July 4’.

The dictator made the statement after the launch was confirmed by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who called it a ‘new escalation of a threat to the world’.

Donald Trump was also quick to respond to news of the missile, taking to Twitter to ask: ‘Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?’

He added: ‘Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!’

North Korea’s Academy Of Defence Science claimed the test was ‘final step’ in creating a ‘confident and powerful nuclear state that can strike anywhere on Earth’.

This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea’s northwest, Tuesday (Picture: AP)

North Korea claims to have successfully fired an intermediate-range missile ahead of the G20 summit this week. (Picture: AP)

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un looks on during the test-fire of inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (Picture: Reuters)

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