North Korea says it has successfully tested multiple-warhead missile capability.
The North said on Thursday that its Missile Administration "successfully conducted the separation and guidance control test of individual mobile warheads" on Wednesday.
The announcement was made through the country's ruling Workers' Party newspaper and other media.
It said the test was carried out by using the first-stage engine of an intermediate-range solid-fuel ballistic missile within a 170- to 200-kilometer radius.
It added the separated mobile warheads were guided correctly to the three coordinate targets.
North Korea's five-year defense plan, now in its fourth year, calls for the development of a missile with multiple warheads.
The South Korean military said on Wednesday that North Korea fired a ballistic missile from an area in or around Pyongyang, but that the launch apparently failed.