North Korea's second missile test in five days came after the United States, Japan and South Korea concluded their trilateral Freedom Edge exercises in the East China Sea. It was a pointed warning to Kim and his allies, and Pyongyang vowed to respond, in a deepening of inter-Korean tensions on the peninsula.

A ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Monday might have had an “abnormal” flight trajectory and could have fallen inland, possibly near the capital of Pyongyang, the South Korean military said.

North Korea announced that it has successfully tested a new type of tactical ballistic missile equipped with a super-large warhead.

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles. One of them exploded in flight. Its fragments, according to South Korea, might have fallen on the territory of Pyongyang. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile that flew approximately 373 miles and a second ballistic missile that flew approximately 75 miles,

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles, with one of them exploding mid-flight. According to South Korea, its fragments might have fallen on the territory of Pyongyang. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile that flew approximately 600 kilometres and a second ballistic missile that flew approximately 120 kilometres,