SEOUL: North Korean state media has released photographs it says were taken from its biggest missile launch since 2017.
The pictures show parts of the Korean peninsula and surrounding areas seen from space, BBC reports.
North Korea said the ballistic missile was an intermediate range Hwasong-12.
South Korea and Japan said it reached an altitude of 1,242 miles before landing in waters off Japan.
Both countries have condemned the launch, the seventh test this month.
The photographs, released by the North Korean state news agency, KCNA, were reportedly taken from a camera fitted to the missile’s test warhead.
Two of the images show the moment of launch and the other apparently shows the missile in mid-flight, taken from above.
Japanese and South Korean officials estimated that the missile flew for 30 minutes to a distance of 800km.
The UN prohibits North Korea from ballistic and nuclear weapons tests, and has imposed strict sanctions.
But the East Asian state regularly defies the ban, and leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to bolster his country’s defences.
(BBC)
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