Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un pledged to accelerate the development of his nuclear programme
People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on May 4 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/CHUNG SUNG-JUN
The launch comes after Kim vowed at a military parade last week in Pyongyang to speed up the development of his weapons programme. US President Joe Biden is expected to make his first visit to Seoul, South Korea as president later this month, after months of failed overtures to Pyongyang to restart talks.
In late March, North Korea fired an ICBM that reached an altitude of 6,200km and travelled 1,080km to splash down in the sea to the west of Japan, which was higher and farther than North Korea’s last successful ICBM test in November 2017. South Korea said its neighbour likely fired off a Hwasong-15 on March 24, which is thought to be able to deliver a single warhead to all of the US mainland, after a failed launch on March 16 of a Hwasong-17.
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