SEOUL: North Korea said Friday that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch was intended to send a "stronger warning" over combined US military exercises with South Korea, blaming those for creating a "most unstable security environment" in the region.

Thursday's launch from North Korea's capital area came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol traveled to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The meeting underscored Seoul's urgency to tighten security cooperation with a fellow US ally in the face of North Korean nuclear threats.

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