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North Korea Says Test-fire 'Perfected' New Solid-fuel ICBM

This picture taken on October 31, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS on November 1, 2024 shows a test-fire of the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea (Credit: AFP)

North Korea's latest weapons test "perfected" its newest and most advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Friday, as global criticism mounts over Pyongyang's purported deployment of troops to Russia.

Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of the Hwasong-19 missile, which flew higher and further than any previous missile, according to the North and to Seoul and Tokyo's militaries, which tracked it in real time.

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