N. Korea launches first ICBM since days of 'fire and fury'

People walk along a sidewalk past a TV displaying a news programme on North Korea's missile launch on March 24, 2022, in Tokyo. - AP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in more than four years, as Kim Jong-un finally abandoned a testing freeze that had underpinned an unprecedented wave of talks with the US.

The missile was launched from the Sunan area outside Pyongyang on Thursday (March 24), reaching an altitude of 6,200km (3,900 miles) and travelling a distance of 1,080km, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.