North Korea Says It Launched ICBM to Warn US, South Korea Over Drills

North Korea Says It Launched ICBM to Warn US, South Korea Over Drills
People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 16, 2023. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
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SEOUL—North Korea said that Thursday’s launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a “tough response posture” to ongoing U.S.–South Korea military drills, state media reported.

Photos released on Friday by North Korea’s state media showed Kim Jong Un watching the launch with his daughter, and included pictures from space apparently shot by a camera mounted on the missile.