North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile may have failed in flight, according to officials; Japanese citizens are warned to take cover

Thursday, North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles, one of which may have been a failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that prompted an alarm for inhabitants in regions of central and northern Japan to seek shelter.

In spite of an earlier government warning that a missile had flown over Japan, Tokyo later stated that this was false.

The missile may have been an ICBM, which are North Korea's longest-ra....