In the presence of General Secretary Kim Jong Un (Kim Jong Un), North Korea carried out its first launch take a look at of a brand new solid-fuel ICBM, the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-18, which might be launched extra rapidly than typical liquid-fuel ICBMs. was introduced on the thirteenth by way of state media on the morning of the 14th.
The South Korean army introduced on the thirteenth that North Korea launched a ballistic missile with a medium-range or larger vary from close to Pyongyang towards the Sea of ​​Japan, and the announcement is believed to discuss with this missile.