(UPDATED) SEOUL: North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful "surprise" drill demonstrated Pyongyang's "capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack."
PERSISTENT PROVOCATION This picture taken on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Sunday shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-15 at Pyongyang International Airport. AFP PHOTO
(UPDATED) SEOUL: North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful "surprise" drill demonstrated Pyongyang's "capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack."