The Latest Breaking News on North Korea Tests New Super-Large Warhead Cruise Missiles

North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to "radically promote" its forces, which experts said would facilitate missile launches with little warning.

North Korea says it has tested a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile intended to target the mainland U.S. North Korea’s state media said Friday its recent weapons test involved a new long-range missile powered by solid propellants, which it described as “the most powerful” piece of its growing nuclear arsenal…

Japan ordered Hokkaido residents to evacuate when the launch was detected before the weapon later fell into the sea.

The Japanese government says an emergency evacuation warning it issued and later retracted for residents of the northern island of Hokkaido after a North Korean missile launch was appropriate and not an error.

The ballistic missile was fired toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal

Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the country’s president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S. It's the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years

State media has said the enhancement is due to 'frantic' military exercises from his rivals

South Korea said on Tuesday that information contained in a purportedly leaked U.S. confidential document that appeared to be based on internal discussions among top South Korean security officials was "untrue" and "altered".

Kim Jong-un has met with senior military officials to discuss North Korea's war preparations in the face of military exercises by the US and South Korea.