North Korea says test-fire 'perfected' new solid-fuel ICBM

North Korea's latest weapons test "perfected" its newest and most advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Friday. 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.

The official Korean Central News Agency hailed it as "the world's strongest strategic missile" and leader Kim "expressed great satisfaction" at the successful launch. The test proved that North Korea's "development and manufacture of nuclear delivery means that is absolutely irreversible", according to KCNA. State media released pictures of the ICBM and Kim observing the test in.