Hwasong-12

North Korea on Monday confirmed it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it once threatened to target the U.S. territory of Guam with "enveloping fire," sparking fears the nuclear-armed state could resume long-range testing.

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the most brazen provocation of Kim Jong Un's five-year-long rule and one that will reignite tensions between Pyongyang and the outside world.

Analysts from the US, South Korea and Japan believe the 4,500-kilometre range Hwasong-12 missile had a longer range than any previous ballistic missile launched by Kim Jong-Un's North Korea, putting US bases on the Pacific Ocean island of Guam within reach.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated a test of the "perfect weapon system" after his engineers launched what they said was a new kind of intermediate-range ballistic missile system capable of carrying "a large-size heavy nuclear warhead."

North Korea's latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of rocket, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday.

North Korea on Monday confirmed it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it once threatened to target the U.S. territory of Guam with "enveloping fire," sparking fears the nuclear-armed state could resume long-range testing.

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the most brazen provocation of Kim Jong Un's five-year-long rule and one that will reignite tensions between Pyongyang and the outside world.

Analysts from the US, South Korea and Japan believe the 4,500-kilometre range Hwasong-12 missile had a longer range than any previous ballistic missile launched by Kim Jong-Un's North Korea, putting US bases on the Pacific Ocean island of Guam within reach.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated a test of the "perfect weapon system" after his engineers launched what they said was a new kind of intermediate-range ballistic missile system capable of carrying "a large-size heavy nuclear warhead."

North Korea's latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of rocket, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday.