North Korea: Pyongyang fires suspected ICBM

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday but it failed mid-flight, say the South Korean military.

The ICBM launch is Pyongyang's seventh this year, and comes amid concerns that it will soon test a nuclear weapon.

It comes a day after both Koreas fired missiles in an escalation of tensions.

That exchange saw the most number of missiles launched by the North in a single day.

North Korea's multiple launches comes as the US and South Korea are staging their largest-ever joint air drills, which Pyongyang has strongly criticised as "aggressive and provocative".