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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Gavin Blair in Tokyo, and agencies

North Korea ICBM launch may have been a failure, South’s military says

north korea's Kim jong-un
North Korea’s latest launches came after it fired an unprecedented 25 missiles on Wednesday. Photograph: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP/Getty Images

North Korea’s launch of a suspected new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) may have been a failure, military chiefs in South Korea have said. The missile was one of three fired on Thursday morning.

The ICBM was fired from the suburbs of Pyongyang but then appeared to have failed during normal flight after the separation of the propellant and warhead sections, defence sources told multiple South Korean media outlets.

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