North Korea says it launched ICBM to warn US, S.Korea over drills

North Korea Says It Launched ICBM to Warn US, South Korea Over Drills

SEOUL—North Korea said that Thursday’s launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a “tough response posture” to ongoing U.S.–South Korea military drills, state media reported. Photos released on Friday by North Korea’s state media showed Kim Jong Un watching the launch with his daughter, and included pictures from space apparently shot by a camera mounted on the missile. North…

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North Korea says it launched ICBM to warn US, South Korea over drills

North Korea said that Thursday's launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a "tough response posture" to ongoing U.S.-South Korea military drills, state media reported.

North Korea says it launched ICBM to warn US_ South Korea over drills

SEOUL -North Korea said that Thursday's launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic

ICBM launch serves as warning to US, South Korea over drills: DPRK

The Hwasong-17 is North Korea's biggest missile yet and was launched following the start of South Korean and American joint military drills held on a scale not seen since 2017.

North Korea says ICBM launch was response to rivals’ drills

The missile was launched Thursday morning hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida at a summit partly aimed at rebuilding security ties between the U.S. allies in the face of North Korean nuclear threats.