A South Korean military official said the test apparently involved a new weapons system displayed at a recent North Korean military parade, possibly using solid fuel.
launched the missile between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korean officials said, calling it a"grave provocation".military official said the test apparently involved a new weapons system displayed at a recent North Korean military parade, possibly using solid fuel.government to issue an evacuation order on Hokkaido Island, though it was later retracted.United States
, which"strongly condemned" what the White House said in a statement was a long-range ballistic missile test. Japan's defence minister, Yasukazu Hamada, said it was an ICBM-class weapon which appeared to have been fired eastward at a high angle.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called a National Security Council meeting in response to the launch.A student on Hokkaido Island told Japanese broadcaster NHK the alert caused momentary fear and confusion at a train station.
"For a second in the train there was panic, but a station worker said to calm down, and people did," he said.
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