North Korea Conducts Possible IRBM or ICBM Missile Test

Could be largest test in years

North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 lifting off from the launching pad at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images

SEOUL—Nuclear-armed North Korea conducted what could be its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, analysts said, after governments in Japan and South Korea reported a suspected ballistic missile launch.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that a projectile believed to be a single ballistic missile was launched about 7:52 a.m. local time from North Korea’s Jagang Province toward the ocean off its east coast.