North Korea’s Kim Unveils US-Capable Missile as Trump Hints at Possible Meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has showcased an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States, state media reported Tuesday, just as U.S. President Donald Trump signaled he may meet with Kim during an upcoming trip to Asia.

Kim attended the opening of the newly established Defense Revolution Museum in Pyongyang on Sunday, accompanied by his daughter Ju Ae and wife Ri Sol Ju, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

Photographs released by KCNA showed the Hwasong-20 ICBM on display, along with drones and other weaponry developed under Kim’s leadership.

A display in front of the Hwasong-20 launcher appeared to show a multiple warhead design and a world map depicting ranges extending beyond the U.S. mainland to the Middle East, Australia and South America, said Shin Jong-woo, secretary general of the Korea Defense and Security Forum.

“The exhibition appears intended to highlight the achievements of Kim’s defense science development programme,” Shin said. “It gave the impression of propaganda aimed at gaining a strategic advantage ahead of potential a North Korea-US summit.”

Separately, North Korea said it test-fired a tactical ballistic missile on Monday to confirm the successful technical upgrade of an unspecified key component.

KCNA described the upgrade as a “big success” that would bring an important change in improving the performance and sophistication of all offensive weapons systems.

South Korea’s military said it detected multiple ballistic missiles launched from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea on Monday, with at least one traveling more than 900 kilometers.

The launch was Pyongyang’s 16th ballistic missile test this year and came four days after South Korea publicly announced its first successful test of a domestically developed hypersonic glide vehicle.

The military display and missile test occurred against the backdrop of renewed diplomatic signals from Washington.

Asked at the White House on Monday whether he plans to meet Kim during his upcoming Asia trip, Trump replied, “I may,” adding, “That’ll be exciting, won’t it? But I get along with him.”

Trump is scheduled to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, on November 18-19.

The possibility of a Trump-Kim meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit has drawn attention, though North Korea has not responded to repeated U.S. overtures for dialogue.

Kim has said he will no longer discuss denuclearization, while the Trump administration has avoided using the term, instead emphasizing “dialogue without preconditions.”