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
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."

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