North Korea: Kim Jong-un suffers ANOTHER missile failure amid growing WW3 fears – Daily Star

KIM Jong-un has suffered another missile embarrassment amid fears of imminent war with the US on the Korean peninsula.

Yonhap news agency reported that the North Korean military had carried out a test-firing of a ballistic missile early on Saturday morning.

But a US government source claimed that the test-firing had been unsuccesful, and President Trump had been briefed.

The missile is believed to have blown up a few seconds after take off on the peninsula.

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US officials said they had been tracking the missile from 4.30pm this afternoon and were still waiting to determine the exact type, but it is believed to be a medium-range ballistic.

A Pacific Command spokesman said: "The North American Aeropace Command determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America."

The news comes as North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un promised "weekly" missile launches in the wake of his spectacular failed test last week.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had previously warned the United Nations failure to curb North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs could lead to "catastrophic consequences".

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Donald Trump said a "major, major conflict" with North Korea was on the horizon if it failed to hold back on further missile tests.

Kim also staged North Korea's "biggest military drills ever" this week as massed artillery conducted live firing drills in a chilling message to Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, the US staged their own exercises on the tubby tyrant's border with over 5,000 American and South Korean troops taking part.

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The US President has also sent an "armada" to the Korean peninsula which is just days away.

In another, seemingly inflammatory move, they combined with Japan's air force on Friday in a further show of force.

The firing happened in an area to the north of Pyongyang, North Korea's capital.

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