North Korea has ‘likely more in store’ after missile test — White House

North Korea likely has “more in store” after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile this week, a top White House official says.

Thursday’s launch was the first time Pyongyang has fired Kim Jong Un’s most powerful missiles at full range since 2017.

It was conducted under Kim’s “direct guidance,” and ensures his country is ready for “long-standing confrontation” with the US, state media outlet KCNA reports.

“We see this as part of a pattern of testing and provocation from North Korea… we think there is likely more in store,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells reporters on board Air Force One.

The missile appears to have traveled higher and further than any previous ICBM tested by the nuclear-armed country — including one designed to strike anywhere on the US mainland.

State media photographs showed Kim, wearing his customary black leather jacket and dark sunglasses, striding across the tarmac in front of a huge missile, with other images of him cheering and celebrating the test launch with uniformed military top brass.