N Korea says test-fire ‘perfected’ new solid-fuel ICBM 

SEOUL, Nov 1: North Korea's latest weapons test "perfected" its newest and most advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Friday, as global criticism mounts over Pyongyang's purported deployment of troops to Russia.

Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of the Hwasong-19 missile, which flew higher and further than any previous missile, according to the North and to Seoul and Tokyo's militaries, which tracked it in real time.

The official Korean Central News Agency hailed it as "the world's strongest strategic missile" and leader Kim "expressed great satisfaction" at the successful launch.    —AFP