North Korea Fires Largest ICBM To Date

Hwasong-19 launch

Footage of the Hwasong-19 launch is broadcast on South Korean television.

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SEOUL—North Korea has announced the successful test-firing of the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was launched on the morning of Nov. 1. State media KCNA reported that the missile traveled for 5,156 sec. and climbed to an apogee of 7,688 km (4777 mi) over a distance...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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