SEOUL: North Korea tested a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, its state media reported, confirming the type used in a launch that was condemned by the US and the leaders of South Korea and Japan.
North Korea said the missile flew 1,001km to an altitude of 6,648km.
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday the missile flew for 74 minutes, in what would be the longest ever flight time for a North Korean missile.
Japan said the missile landed in the sea east of the Korean peninsula and about 250 km west of northern Japan’s Okushiri island.