On Friday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the projectile launched by the North Korean military reached an altitude of nearly 7,700km (4,785 miles) and covered a distance of over 1,000km, landing in a designated area in the Sea of Japan (known as the East Sea in Korea).

According to the agency, the ICBM test “updated the recent records of the strategic missile capability of the DPRK” and did not pose any threat to the security of neighboring nations.