N.Korea says Thursday's launch was Hwasong-17 ICBM

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said that Thursday's launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a "tough response posture" to ongoing U.S.-South Korea military drills, state media reported.

Photos of the launch released on Friday by the country's government media showed Kim Jong Un watching the launch with his daughter, and included photos from space apparently shot by a camera mounted on the missile.