He attended a grand military parade in the capital in which what appeared to be new long-range ballistic missiles were displayed. A North Korean missile exploded during launch Sunday from the c.
The failed missile launch comes just a day after North Korea brandished what appeared to be long-range and submarine-based missiles as part of a military parade, celebrating the 105 birthday of its late founder, Kim Il Sung.
There were no further details, and the office said it was analysing the launch.
Pyongyang's rogue atomic ambitions have come into sharp focus in recent weeks, with Trump vowing a tough stance against the North and threatening unilateral action if China failed to help curb its neighbor's nuclear program.
The US Pacific Command said the missile "blew up nearly immediately", adding that the type of missile was being analysed.
After a two-month policy review, the Trump administration has settled on a policy toward the North that relies on "maximum pressure and engagement", US officials said Friday. "The type of missile is still being assessed".
North Korea's actions come as tensions on the Korean Peninsula have spiked. The missile was launched from the same point of the April 5 launch, a White house foreign policy adviser said.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade.
Gen. John Hyten, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told a congressional panel that its success was significant because it was "a new solid medium range ballistic missile off a new transporter erector launcher".
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North Korea hosted a military parade in the capital on Saturday in a show of strength, and unveiled what observers fear may be a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
With speculation mounting that the North is preparing to conduct a sixth nuclear test, he sent an aircraft carrier-led strike group to the Korean peninsula - a pointed gesture in the wake of the recent United States missile strike on Syria.
Tensions continue to rise between North Korea and the U.S.
North Korea's has used US' military exercises in the regions as means of galvanizing its people, claiming that the exercises are dress rehearsals for impending invasion.
Unconcerned at the prospect of provoking an incident, one Chinese tourist uses a slingshot to shoot a stone into the river as the boat approaches Sinuiju, the North Korean frontier town linked to Dandong by the Friendship Bridge. But in a commentary released after Saturday's military demonstration, Beijing's official news agency, Xinhua, said the region had reached "a critical moment in history" and warned that a pre-emptive United States strike could trigger full-scale war.
Seoul officials said the missile launched Sunday could be the same type as the one fired earlier this month.
The first test of this year - the successful test of a land-based KN-15 missile on February 12 - was considered "a major advancement" by North Korea.
On Friday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned that the situation in the region was escalating, adding that "conflict could break out at any moment".
Tourist Huang Xiaojie said North Korea did not have the military ability to go to war.
Trump has repeatedly said he will prevent Pyongyang from developing a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile capable of reaching the mainland United States.
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