North Korea confirmed it carried out a successful new test of its 'super-large multiple rocket launcher' system on Friday.

State-run media said the test confirmed the 'combat performance and perfection of the supersonic weapon', which the Hermit Kingdom has tested twice before.

It comes a day after South Korea said it had detected two projectiles launched from North Korea's South Pyongan which flew approximately 230 miles.

North Korea confirmed Friday that is has conducted a third test of is 'super-large multiple rocket launcher', which is 'able to devastate the enemy with super-powered blows'

The test, which was not watched by Kim Jong-un, marks Korea's twelfth this year and comes ahead of a year-end deadline that Kim has set Donald Trump to restart stalled nuclear talks.

Kim had agreed to halt nuclear tests and tests of long-range missiles as long as talks were ongoing, raising fears of renewed nuclear brinkmanship if they fall apart.

Thursday's test was conducted to 'verify the security of launchers' continuous fire system,' the state Korean Central News Agency reported from Pyongyang.

KCNA reported that the rockets are 'able to devastate enemy group targets or designated target areas with super-powered blows by the surprise strike of the ultra-large weapon system.'

Kim was informed of the results of the test and 'expressed satisfaction... and sent congratulations' to the team involved, KCNA said.

Nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington are currently at a standstill.

The test marks the North's twelfth in recent month, after Kim Jong-un set Donald Trump a year-end deadline to return to nuclear talks

Pyongyang is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes, which it says it needs to defend against a possible US invasion.

It is demanding the easing of the measures and has repeatedly urged Washington to come forward with a new offer by the end of this year.

Kim and US President Donald Trump adopted a vaguely-worded statement on the 'complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula' at their first summit in Singapore in June last year, but little progress has since been made.

The pair met in Hanoi in February, but no deal was reached.

Trump and Kim then agreed to restart working-level talks during a brief meeting at the Demilitarised Zone dividing the peninsula in June.

The two sides met in Sweden earlier this month but Pyongyang walked away, saying it had 'no desire' to negotiate unless the United States moves to end its 'hostile policies.'