North Korea confirms launch of Hwasong-17 in test overseen by Kim Jong-un and his daughter

The missile launch came as South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol visited Tokyo to meet prime minister Fumio Kishida

North Korea has confirmed that it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in a test overseen by the country’s leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter.

State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Mr Kim supervised the test-firing of the Hwasong-17 missile.

The missile, blasted off from a launch vehicle parked on an airport runway, reached a maximum altitude of 6,045km (3,756 miles) and traveled 1,000km (621 miles) before landing in waters off the country’s eastern coast.