Pyongyang announces first ICBM test launch - North Korean television

HONG KONG. July 4 (Interfax) - Pyongyang has announced the first test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The report was aired by the North Korean central television on Tuesday.

Representatives of the United States and South Korea said earlier that the missile test performed by North Korea on Tuesday might have been the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.