North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test was a "gift" to "American bastards" on their independence day, Pyongyang's official news agency on Wednesday cited leader Kim Jong-Un as saying.
After personally overseeing the launch, the Korean Central News Agency reported, "he said American bastards would be not very happy with this gift sent on the July 4 anniversary".
Breaking into peals of laughter, it said, he "added that we should send them gifts once in a while to help break their boredom".
North Korea is reveling in the condemnation of its first ICBM test, vowing to never give up its missiles or nuclear weapons and to keep sending Washington more "gift packages" of weapons tests.
The statement also said that leader Kim Jong Un urged his scientists to "frequently send big and small 'gift packages' to the Yankees," an apparent reference to continuing the stream of nuclear and missile tests Kim has ordered since taking power in late 2011.
The Korean Central News Agency quoted him as saying the U.S. would be displeased by the "package of gifts" delivered on its Independence Day.
North Korea test-fired the missile on July 4, the day that America marks its independence.