North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile today, another episode in a record series of projectile launches in recent weeks, South Korea's military said, quoted by world agencies.

South Korea's military general staff believes North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, a senior military official told AFP without giving further details.

According to Seoul, North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern territorial waters, the Associated Press and BTA reported.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile a day earlier and warned of a "brutal military response" to US efforts to bolster its military presence in the region alongside its allies, saying Washington was "making a bet it will regret", Reuters reported.

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