North Korean 'hypersonic' missile blows up in mid-air

A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, as North Korea protests the regional deployment of a US aircraft carrier for a military drill with South Korea and Japan.

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Later Wednesday, South Korea conducted live-fire drills along its disputed western sea boundary with North Korea, its first since it suspended a 2018 agreement with the North aimed at reducing front-line military tensions in early June. The North Korean missile was launched at about 5.30 am and was travelling off the North's east coast before it blew up, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.