North Korea's development of banned long-term missiles is in its final stages. The country's leader Kim Jong Un said this in his New Year's message, as reported by South Korea's Yonhap news agency. <br/><br/>Pointing to a string of nuclear and missile tests last year, the leader said, they are in the final stages of test-launching the inter-continental ballistic missile.<br/>'<br/>Pyongyang had, recently, claimed a series of technical breakthroughs in its goal of developing a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the continental United States.<br/>'<br/>United Nations resolutions call for an end to North Korea's nuclear and missile tests.