North Korea missile launch was new kind of ICBM, regime says, as first images emerge

Kim Jong-un hails development of new solid-fuel rocket that can be deployed more quickly North Korea says it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with leader Kim Jong-un saying it marked a major step in Pyongyang's capacity to conduct a nuclear counterstrike, state media reported. South Korea's military said it had detected one "medium range or longer" ballistic missile launched on Thursday morning on a lofted trajectory - up, not outwards - from the Pyongyang a...