North Korea fires missile but appears to have failedKCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a rocket warhead ti. North Korea has fired one missile from its east coast but it appears to have failed, South Korea's military officials say. READ MORE:* North Korea intermediate range missile launch fails* North Korea threatens nuke strikes* UN rights envoy calls for prosecuting North Korean leaderNorth Korea has failed in all four previous attempts to launch the Musudan, which theoretically has the range to reach any part of Japan and the US territory of Guam. The US military has detected a missile launch from North Korea, Navy Commander Dave Benham, a spokesman from the US military's Pacific Command, told Reuters. The missile launched on Wednesday morning was believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan missile, said one of the officials.

Source: Stuff June 21, 2016 23:03 UTC