North Korea holds final test for solid-fuel ICBM engine: state media

Pyongyang shows off progress on missile that could reach continental US

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un views a solid-fuel missile engine test in this picture released by the country's state-run news agency. (Reuters via KCNA)

ERIKA KOBAYASHI

SEOUL -- North Korea conducted a final ground test of a solid-fuel engine designed for a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Tuesday.

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