North Korea fired what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, according to South Korean and Japanese officials, just a day after it had fired a short-range missile and warned of “fiercer” military actions toward the United States.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement Friday that it had detected a ballistic missile launch off the eastern coast of North Korea on Friday morning and that it was likely an ICBM.
The Japanese Defense Ministry said in a statement Friday that North Korea had fired an ICBM-class ballistic missile around 10:14 a.m. from its western coastal area that flew toward its eastern waters across the country. Meanwhile, Japan’s Coast Guard said the missile was likely to have landed in the sea roughly 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Hokkaido….