Launch was 'new type' ICBM: North Korea

North Korea test fires a missile.
North Korea's latest missile test was an "unacceptable act of violence", Japan's PM says. -AP

North Korea says it has test fired its new type of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-17 to boost its nuclear deterrent against "US imperialism", state media reports.

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