Trump 'not happy' after N Korea's Kim oversees latest rocket test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a high-tech rocket system, state media reported Sunday, prompting criticism from US President Donald Trump, who said he was "not happy" with the latest launch.

Pyongyang fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of recent launches in protest at the South's joint exercises with the US, which wrapped up last week.

North Korea's official news agency described the weapon as a "super-large multiple rocket launcher".

It also quoted Kim as saying the country needed to keep stepping up weapons development "for resolutely frustrating the ever-mounting military threats".

In France, where Trump is attending a meeting of G7 leaders, the US leader played down the importance of the launch.

"I'm not happy about it, but then again he's not in violation of the agreement," Trump said, referring to a deal between the two leaders that ostensibly prohibited the .