North Korea has fired an undefined ballistic missile aiming the east coast of South Korea, media reports said citing the officials of Seoul. The joint chief of staff of South Korea reported the launch but did not specify the type of the missile.

Japan’s Minister of Defence stated that the missile touched an altitude of 50 kilometres and might have landed beyond the economic zone of South Korea.

The launch was observed after a day when the South Korean officials said that North Korea was testing a missile specialised to be launched via submarines.

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New ICBM at coronavirus-defying parade

North Korea showed off a gigantic new intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday that analysts described as the biggest of its kind in the world, as the nuclear-armed country defied the coronavirus threat with thousands of maskless troops taking part in a military parade.

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The ICBM, carried on a transporter-erector-launcher with no fewer than 11 axles, rolled through Kim Il Sung square as leader Kim Jong Un watched from a rostrum, footage from state broadcaster KCTV showed.

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Several analysts described it as the largest road-mobile liquid-fuelled missile anywhere, with Harry Kazianis of the Center for the National Interest saying it was "much bigger and clearly more powerful than anything in the DPRK's arsenal".

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The missile could see its first test around the time of the inauguration of the next US presidential term, as a signal to either Donald Trump or Joe Biden.

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The ICBM was preceded earlier by the Pukguksong-4a, a new submarine-launched missile that would add another dimension to Pyongyang's arsenal, which it says it needs to deter a US invasion.

A US aircraft carrier also approached South Korea to participate in joint drills along with South Korea to prepare for a planned visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris.

Earlier in June, North Korea had fired eight short-range missiles for conducting tests in a single day, leading to a UN sanction on the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

North Korea rejects the resolutions of the UN as they believe it is an infringement of its sovereignty of the right to self-defence and exploration of space. Reports stated that the South Korean Military saw North Korean activity preparing to test their artillery in Sinpo.

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