Kim worries China, too

Beijing - China yesterday said it was "concerned" over the situation on the Korean Peninsula, after Pyongyang said it had test-fired one of its most powerful missiles to boost its nuclear deterrent.

The launch was North Korea's first weapons test since being accused of sending soldiers to Russia.

South Korea's military said its "initial judgment" was that the projectile may have been a "new solid-propelled long-range ballistic missile".